It's no big secret that twitter marketing is a highly effective way to drive tons of targeted traffic to your online business. The main problem with twitter is that all your conversations or "tweets" as they call it must be short and to the point.

Here are five strategies that you can use in your twitter marketing that will grow your business.

1. Keep it Real. There's good reason why this term is so popular today and that's because it's so true. People connect with each on twitter to interact and no one wants to interact with an internet marketer trying to pitch every Tom, Dick and Harry product that comes down the pipe. Share your dreams, frustrations and in general be a real person and twitters will love you for it.

2. Be Controversial. There's a reason why so many celebrities and music stars get attention, it's because they understand the value of getting attention. Being controversial attracts attention, so be opinionated in your "tweets" and people will both love you and hate you for it, but in the end you'll gain more followers.

3. Tweet about Nothing. Remember that TV show about nothing? Well it became quite popular didn't it? Not everyone goes to visits twitter to do business, so have some fun sometimes and tweet about anything. Just make it interesting so that people will take notice.

4. Yoda for your thoughts. People are addicted to motivational quotes and positive thinking so use that to gain some attention. Who knows not only will you gain some followers, but you just might make someone day as well.

5. Be Cool Man. Here's something a lot of marketers do not realize when it comes down to twitter marketing. Nobody goes to twitter to be sold something. Instead people are after, news, quotes; funny Youtube videos and other time wasting events. So give them what they want. Surf around and when you find something interesting, funny or worth posting then "tweet" about it.

The whole idea behind this article on twitter marketing is to teach you that to be a successful marketer using twitter or any other social marketing site, you need to forget about what it is your selling, and be a real a person. Socialize, have fun and interact with others. In the end you gain all the traffic you want to your website not because of what you tried to "pitch" but because of who you are.