Today’s post is a friendly heads-up for Piranha Members and other Cleaners and Restorers using Social Media to grow their Cleaning and Restoration business.

Most Piranha Members are ethically and effectively monetizing their internet presence by dominating local search engine results pages (for free) as well as monetizing social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.). In fact, Piranha Coaching Members have had advanced, but easy “how to” step-by-step coaching on this stuff.

Today however we wanted to share this some insights with every RichCleanerBlog Reader, Cleaner and Restorer.

Recently a software program launched charging from $23 per month up to $100 per month that is said to automatically find and connect potential Cleaning Clients on Twitter and then automatically solicit your Cleaning services to those prospects. However, automated software like this could actually get your Twitter account terminated… BUT, there are ways to generate and convert leads from Twitter that are FREE and won’t get your account terminated. That’s what this post is all about.

The following comes from one of Piranha’s “Expert Coaches” – Dan Hollings, Internet Strategies for “The Secret” hit movie and Twitter (www.TwitterTwenius.com). For several years, Dan has taught Piranha Members how to dominate local search engine results pages and monetize social media at our live events, in several of our Coaching Membership Calls and even on this blog…

Here’s the insider’s scoop from Dan Holling’s on How To Create a FREE Twitter Machine to Find and Connect With Potential Carpet Cleaning & Restoration Clients:

It’s easy to be lured into automated systems that promise to do all the work while you sit back and just cash big checks. Lately, there have been a string of robotic systems related to Social Media and Twitter, some of which claim to not only find and close customers for you… but from their sales page, you’d think they’d actually do the job and make coffee too.

BEWARE!

Read the Official Twitter RULES first:
www.budurl.com/therules

Note a few Twitter rules such as:

- If you send large numbers of unsolicited @replies in an attempt to spam a service or link
- If you send large numbers of duplicate @replies
- If you post duplicate content over multiple accounts or multiple duplicate updates on one account

If you violate even ONE of these rules, even ONE time. You might as well call it quits for Twitter, because your account may be terminated or delisted from search. Worse yet, you’ll get no customers and you’ll lose money.

Remember these 2 core LAWS of Social Media:
Success = Human Interaction
Failure = Robotic Nonsense

So, with that out of the way, let’s look at ONE way to potentially find prospects and customers on Twitter based on keyword searches. This strategy accomplishes what other systems charge hundreds of dollars for, without risking your account and for little, if any money.

STEP ONE

• Go to TweetBeep
  http://tweetbeep.com
• Open a free account.
• Read the HELP area
  http://tweetbeep.com/support.html

STEP TWO

• Set-up KEYWORD ALERTS
• Target these to your local region (if appropriate)
• AND… to keywords that might lead you to customers talking about the services you provide.
• NOTE: You can add up to 10 keywords for free (that should be plenty)

STEP THREE

• These ALERTS will be emailed to you (as tweets are found)
• OR… you may view the results (as found) within the TweetBeep admin
• Read the Tweets the system finds.

STEP FOUR

• If a tweet is found by TweetBeep and seems potentially related to your services, you can tweet them a short PERSONAL (not automated) message. Do not use the same reply message for every response.
• You should also FOLLOW this person on Twitter.
• The more HUMAN your message reads, the better. Don’t pitch, hype or try to sell directly… instead be friendly, personal and helpful. If you like, add your Free Recorded Message, but only if it seems appropriate.

THAT’S IT

You have created a Twitter Machine (ie: strategy) that automates the “locating” of potential customers, yet does not insult these potential customers with an obvious automated message. Plus, you are not violating any of Twitters rules… and DRUM ROLL PLEASE…

It’s F R E E !!

BONUS TIP: Offering a free Consumer Awareness Guide might be a good idea. But only if a customer and interaction seem appropriate. However, do NOT offer it to every Twitter user you interact with.

You can follow Dan on Twitter at: Twitter.com/DHollings
You can follow Joe on Twitter at: Twitter.com/JPolish
You can follow Lisa on Twitter at: Twitter.com/LisaTheRugChick
Connect with Piranha Marketing on Facebook at: Piranha Marketing on Facebook

This is a post from Joe and the whole Piranha Marketing Team. First, here’s a short video we just made bragging about one of our action-taking, successful Piranha Members:

Here’s the picture of the signage that Joe Vizi is having added to his vans – very cool!

Here’s the comment from Joe Vizi (it’s easy to see that he’ll be growing his business and dominating his local area with Twitter and other Social Networking and Direct Response Marketing strategies he’s learning as a Piranha Marketing Member):

“Joe is right! Twitter is huge, and having Oprah now using twitter is big news! Why? Oprah’s followers can become a pool of clients that you can market to for free, her name alone can be used as the filter for finding the type of clients we’re looking for. Wouldn’t you like to have your service endorsed by Oprah? OMG; you would be busier than your wildest dreams! If your not actively using twitter (and other types of social media) now, you soon will. The sooner you get into this the easier it will be to get into this! I know Joe doesn’t want us to use this blog for personal promotion and I would never do so, but follow me on twitter (JoeReneeVizi) and check out some of the people in my network, very interesting people! I have learned tons from them.”

So how can YOU take action right now… ?

Browse this blog for the step-by-step strategies to growing your business with Twitter, to dominate local Google Search, to learn how to create Van Signage that Sells, and how to Create Your Very Own BUSY SEASON.  Plus how you can track your marketing just like we do and how you can keep from going “CrazyBusy.”

You’ll also find out about our complete marketing systems, and automated tools for your business that sift, sort, screen and sell Clients for you 24 hours a day (like Free Recorded Messages). Check it out, you’ll bel glad you did.

Use the tabs on this blog for more info, contact any of the Piranha Team in this video with your questions (we don’t work for Joe we work for YOU – - – it’s when YOU get RESULTS that we earn our income!). So, don’t be shy! Call or email us anytime at 1-800-275-2643 or support@joepolish.com. Hopefully we’ll see you in person at the 2009 Rich Cleaner Conference.

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Oprah did a show today on Twitter.  We taught Twitter Tips to our Cleaning & Restoration Members in our last Coaching Club call and shared a lot of great stuff plus a full how-to article and lots of great Twitter Tools in our last blog post for our Rich Cleaner Blog readers…

Even if you already know what Twitter is – WATCH THIS…

Now… let’s go deeper with this and cover a little more about – HOW YOU CAN USE TWITTER TO BUILD YOUR CLEANING & RESTORATION BUSINESS…

As you can see, this is very big news and it will impact your cleaning & restoration business. At Piranha Marketing we’ve been sharing Twitter Secrets (and other internet marketing and blogging secrets) with our Members for months. As always, we’ll continue to stay on top of the latest, cutting-edge technology and psychology of online (and offline) marketing for professional carpet cleaners and restorers.

Twitter is for fun, for friends and for business and now you can be the first Cleaner or Restorer to develop a huge Twitter following in your area and a “Personality Business.”

The article I’m talking about in the video above is in the post below… check it out.

Oh yeah, follow me on Twitter -> http://www.Twitter.com/JPolish

And, follow Lisa on Twitter -> http://www.Twitter.com/LisaPiranha

When you sign up (it’s free, by the way) why not make your first Tweet a link to this blog post and share all these great Twitter Tips for building your business.

FOLLOW JOE

FOLLOW LISA