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I’ve got one. Do you?

I’m talking about the newest feature on Twitter, the follow button.  It’s a button you can place on your website to invite site visitors to follow you on twitter WITHOUT leaving your website.

Check it out on sidebar of this blog, SocialMediaExplained.com.

This is a great new way to grow your twitter following with people who are familiar with your  company. In the past, as in yesterday, it was a risk to promote twitter on your home page because, if visitors left to go over and follow you on twitter, they may get distracted and forget to explore your website.  With this new button, web site visitors can click to follow and continue browsing. The follow happens on your website.

But, the next time your web site visitor logs in to twitter, your tweets will be in their stream. Hooray! Think visibility.

To get a follow button for your blog or website, login to your twitter profile and then go to twitter.com/followbutton.  Grab your very own Follow Button.  WordPress users can copy the code into a text widget and SAVE! – Your done!  Traditional HTML site owners will likely need to send the snippet of code to their web designers.  Either way, its quick and easy to build that following on twitter with people already visiting your web site.

Have a great week!

Michelle Cullison
DaystarNewMedia.com

About the Author:
Michelle Cullison, consultant and professional speaker, equips businesses and organizations to expand from web site to web presence to achieve REAL business objectives. Learn more about her company at DaystarNewMedia.com. Connect with Michelle on LinkedIn.com/in/michellecullison or send an email to michelle@daystarnewmedia.com.

https://twitter.com/about/resources/followbutton