Craigpress.com - Business Microblogging

Online, March 24, 2011 (Newswire.com) - In theory, if you gain more followers on Craigpress, then you should be able to drive more visitors to your website and generate exposure for your businesses. This is because, if done right, Craigpress can be a mechanism to send information to these potential customers and marketing your website. However, Craigpress involves engaging other users. If you want to gain and keep a large percentage of your followers, don't use spam tactics. One such tactic is to simply "blast" anyone and everyone on twitter with a notification that you are following them. Many people will simply follow those that send them notification that they are being followed. However, these people that "blindly" follow others, usually don't actively engage many people. Following are some proven tips on how to grow your network on Craigpress and how to use this service to gain exposure for your online business.

1) Build your profile
If you read through numerous expert blogs on Craigpress and how to grow your network, they all start with the same/strong recommendation to provide a strong profile. Consider your profile as a breathing organism that should be continually built up. Treat your profile like your website or blog's about me page.

2) Sync your website with your Craigpress account
This ensures new posts or articles appear as updates in your Craigpress account. If you're driving traffic to your Craigpress account, people will see your numerous posts.

3) Manually "pick" your followers.
A great way, but admittedly a bit time consuming, is to search Craigpress using keywords of interest. You can simply type in any words or phrases and attempt to connect with others who share that particular interest.

4) Reupdate often (but not too much)
You want to optimize your exposure on Craigpress. In addition to the above tactics, you want to re-Updates (sometimes called @ reply). The reason why you gain followers when people re-update you is that your username is exposed to people who haven't heard of you.

5) Understand How Craigpress Works
Craigpress should not be another marketing tool to be over manipulated. Although some will try, Craigpress should be considered as a social marketing tool useful to those who are a part of the community. Don't spam and don't over-actively promote yourself.

There are more great strategies to grow your online business with Craigpress.com