One way to make money with Twitter is to get people off Twitter and onto your website. The only way to do that is to get them to click on the links in your tweets instead of moving on to their next tweet. How do you get them to click?

Well before they can click they have to see the tweet in the first place. So to maximise exposure of your important link containing tweets consider doing one or both of the following. Include relevant keywords in the text of the tweet so that it’s more likely to turn up in a search. Make the tweet retweet friendly by keeping it less than 120 characters long. A retweet can be very powerful because it is effectively a personal recommendation, so allow extra space for it to be easily done.

Using a URL shortener is a must. Not only does it shorten the link it also disguises the nature of the link forcing people to click it if they want to know wants on the other end. An added bonus is that some link shorteners also allow you to track link-throughs which could provide useful information in determining what type of links work best with your target market.

To increase the chance that your link gets clicked you need to also post links to things other than your website. The purpose of this is twofold it helps you gain the trust of your followers who won’t think of you as spammer and it also gets your readers in the habit of clicking your links.

We live in an instant society so don’t link to your homepage when you can link directly to a product page.

People are naturally curious so think of ways to build up that curiosity. Ways to achieve this are to have your tweet hint at where the link will take them but not give the game away. You could use multiple tweets to build up suspense for a final tweet that contains the link.

Twitter can be a great source of referrals to your site and therefore a great way to make money if you are smart in how you use and present your links.

If you’re keen to discover how to Twitter for profit then the quickest way is to learn from those who already do make money with Twitter