We Internet marketers sometimes run through blog and forum posts so fast that we miss some important money-making tidbits that might be useful to us – now or in the future. We miss little secrets that others may reveal because we don’t have time to pay close attention or we have something else on our minds. Scanning is the way we handle most of our emails too – at times, missing the point.

Slowing down and paying attention can expose some valuable information, such as competitions that may produce some quick cash. One competition on Twitter awarded a promo space on a home page, with one winner every hour. Free promotion of your site or product – if you had only seen it. All you had to do was answer a question (send a tweet) and a winning name was drawn from the correct answers every hour.

When people are interested enough to tweet about it, others will certainly tweet about it until you go viral. But the trick is to make it interesting – a contest or other money-making idea – something that will pique their interest. Recently on a forum, one person posted that they used Twitter for test competitions and the results were even better than expected. You can ask readers to retweet and increase your exposure even more. If people are interested in your product or site, they’ll check it out based on the recommendation.

Another tip for getting some great exposure and have fun in the process is to simply enter into discussions with others on Twitter, even if you’re not being followed by that person. His or her followers will see your name and perhaps enter into the discussion – but at the very least, they’ll see your name – possibly putting you on their follow list. Ask something or say something that has bearing on what’s being discussed. If it’s helpful or valuable, you may get a response.

Want to get your tweets re-tweeted? Use WordPress to install the plug in My TweetBacks WordPress Plugin, and your tweets will automatically be re-tweeted. The value in that is that you can get literally thousands of people tweeting every hour in hopes to win the prize – lots of free exposure.

A word of wisdom here – be sure that your Twitter profile name is eye-catching. For example, use a Twitter profile like, “WinCASH” and set up fun and scintillating answers to the questions. Use answers to questions about headline topics that everyone is sure to have seen. The better the prize – the more people will respond. It’s a no cost viral exposure method.

I’d love to hear your Twitter tips, please share in the comments!

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