10. Be Realistic About Your Budget
• Profile Creation is Free
• Presence Management is Not Free
– Time
– Ads
– Internal Resources
– External Resources
• Low Cost: Twitter
• High Cost: YouTube
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11. What is Twitter?
• Like FB newsfeed without the distraction of
photos
• Users are typically Tech Savy, connected
• Tweets (Status Updates) are limited to 140
Characters
• Pictures, links, videos, etc. are shortened into
links and must be clicked on to be displayed
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14. Speak In Code
• RT = Retweet. The tweet you're looking at was
forwarded to you by another user
• DM = Direct message. A direct-message is a message
only you and the person who sent it can read
• @ = Used to reference a Twitter Handle
• SM = Social Media
• FB = Facebook
• IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
• B4 = Before
• PPL = People
• # = Hashtag. Used to group conversations about
subjects
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15. Twitter Sounds Great But…
How do I actually make money from it?
• Social Media is NOT Marketing
• Twitter is not a Standalone Approach
• Start and Join Conversations with customers
• Answer Questions
• Provide Valuable Information
• Talk about yourself no more than 20% of the
time
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16. Twitter Sounds Great But…
How do I actually make money from it?
• Run Contests
• Talk about your other Social Media properties
• Link back to your website
• Be Social not Salesy
• Develop Relationships with Potential
Customers
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17. Next Steps…
• Review Your Social Media Strategy to See
If/How Twitter Fits
• Create a Twitter Account
• Follow 10 People/Day for 1 Month
– People or companies that your customers would
be interested in (relevant to your industry)
– Potential customers
• Don’t Tweet for the First Month (unless
someone tweets directly to you)
• Read/Listen/Learn
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18. Where Do You Get Content?
• Repurpose What You Already Have
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Interesting Info/Links
• Latest Products
• Topics That Interest Your Customers
• Community/Charity Events
• RTs
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22. Contact Us
225-788-2617 www.BaconSocialMedia.com
Twitter: @RyanSides225
Ryan Sides is the Lead Strategist at Bacon Social
Media, a Baton Rouge Social Media Marketing
firm that builds communities around company
brands online, through Facebook, Twitter, blogs,
and other Social Media sites.
He is recommended by 4 out of 5 people who
recommend things. The last guy fell asleep during
the survey.
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