Twitter chats are great for networking and professional development; they're also becoming a service that brands are willing to pay for. This presentation for the TBEX 2013 travel blogging conference includes chat examples, tips on starting a chat, tools to help with chats and a discussion of ethical boundaries. Related post on the TBEX blog: http://tbexcon.com/us/2013/05/15/tbex-speaker-post-twitter-chats-a-great-way-to-network-learn-and-sometimes-make-money/ Related post on my personal blog Sheila's Guide: http://www.sheilasguide.com/2013/06/04/twitter-chats-for-professional-development-branding-and-marketing/ My Tourism Currents team and I do online and in-person training in social media for tourism and hospitality - http://www.tourismcurrents.com

1. Twitter Chats for Fun &
(Sometimes) Profit
Sheila Scarborough / @SheilaS

2. What We'll Talk About
Chats: the answer to “I don't get Twitter”
Chats for brands & businesses
Making money from chats – Yay! Yuck!
Starting your own chat

3. Twitter is
NOT about
what you had
for lunch

5. #

6. Interest-based hashtags
#eventprofs
#TBEX
#FriFotos

7. Finding Chats
"Gardening Twitter chat OR hashtag"
TweetReports chat list
http://tweetreports.com/twitter-chat-schedule/

9. Chats for
Brands,
Industries &
Associations

10. #TNI
Travelers' Night In
#TTOT
Travel Talk on Twitter

11. #tourismchat

12. #RTWchat

13. #Expediachat

14. #snowchat
In summer: #MTNchat

15. #blogchat

16. #builtheritage

17. #NSAchat

22. Starting Your Own Chat
Thought leadership
It's crowded out there!
Participation = ongoing battle

23. Starting Your Own Chat
Give it an online home
Pick a time/day that work for YOU
Pick topics for at least 8-10 chats

25. Twitter Chat Tools
• Search.Twitter.com
• Dashboards: TweetDeck,
HootSuite
• TweetChat for web chat streaming

26. Twitter Chat Tools
• Smartphone apps
• Transcripts: Chirpstory, Storify,
TweetArchivist
• Metrics: TweetReach

27. Photo Credits
• What's for lunch (JohnSeb Flickr)
• Tools (InvernoDreaming Flickr)
• All other photos/screenshots are my own

28. Thank You!
@SheilaS
Sheila Scarborough
Tourism Currents