Why would you want to do this?
Isn’t that your prospective client? Wouldn’t the exact person you want to get in front of at any given time be someone who is struggling in an area where you can help? So how do you get in front of the people who need you the most, right at this very moment? Sure you could sign up for a networking event. The problem is most of those people are looking to offer their services just like you. Very few are actually there to “spend” money. Most of them want to earn it. Does this sound like an effective or productive use of your time?
How can you maximize your small business productivity when prospecting for new clients?
One answer is using the advanced search on Twitter. This allows you to very specifically identify people on Twitter who need your help. Better yet – people who WANT your help. Many people might need your help but if they don’t see that such that they actually want your help then this is one more example of a poor use of your time – chasing people who don’t want what you have to offer (even if they really need it). You can use the advanced search on twitter to narrow down your search results all the way down to people in an specific area so that if your preference is to work with people in your own back yard you can use twitter for that.
Here’s how it works. Just go to http://search.twitter.com or https://twitter.com/search and click ‘advanced search’ or just go directly to https://twitter.com/search-advanced.
Once you are on the advanced search page you will see this form:
