Cut through the common confusion about Twitter & discover how this social media platform can help grow your small business. Charlie Conard  answers common questions about Twitter for business owners, including: - Getting Your Business started on Twitter - How do Hashtags work, & Why they are Important? - Learning to Write an effective Tweet –in under 140 Characters! - Case Studies: See how Twitter has helped other Small Business Owners Transform
 You’ll leave this lecture with a clear understanding of how Twitter works  & the ways it can help your small business build sales. About the Speaker Charlie Conard, co-founder and principal of Social Go To, specializes in creating social media strategies that grow audiences, increase engagement, and transform prospects into customers. Charlie has worked with brands including L’Oreal, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Continental Airlines, United Way, Publishers Weekly, and KitchenAid. Select slides with annotation from a seminar presented at the New York Science, Industry, and Business Library Small Business Resource Center (New York Public Library) on 02/09/16.

1. De-Mystifying Twitter for Small Business
Tweeting Towards Sales
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2. Social Media Strategy
1 - Our Approach
2 - Why Social Media Matters
3 - The Customer & Prospect Journey / Strategy!
4 - De-Mystifying Twitter
5 - Twitter Tweeting Exercise
6 - Q&A
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Charlie Conard
Co-Founder and Principal
Social Go To
245 W 29th Street, Suite #1202
New York, NY 10001
917-573-7275
charlie@socialgoto.com
socialgoto.com
We help businesses get more and better customers from
where their prospects are spending their time... on social media.

4. 1 - Our Approach
We aim to teach strategy, not detail without understanding.
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5. The Case of the Frustrated Business Owner
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Entrepreneurs and business owners today have to be more than experts
at what they do; they must be content marketers!

6. Learning how social media works
“under the hood”will help you take away more
from the seminar and understand more later.
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7. For the mechanics
about any social
platform, subscribe to

8. SocialMediaExaminer.com is a great
resource for business owners to many
social media topics over time.
It’s easy to understand.
Mashable.com will keep you up-to-date on
technology, important industry news, and
social media trends.

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Social media is always changing. You must always be learning.

10. 1 - Congratulations, you’re a CONTENT COMPANY!
2 - Lynda.com can teach “how to’s”
3 - Avoid YouTube
4 - Learn from SocialMediaExaminer.com
5 - Keep current with Mashable.com
1 - Our Approach
Your Takeaways
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11. 2 - Why Social Media Matters

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It’s where the people are.
It’s where people spend their time.

13. 6 degrees
of separation 4.74
Social media connects people through networks.
The world is a lot closer now.

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Social media accelerates and facilitates word-of-mouth,
which is the best way to get new business.

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Whether or not you’re on social media, people are talking.
Perhaps they’re talking about your business!

16. Social
Recommendation
68%
More
Likely

17. 1 - It’s where the eyeballs are
2 - Direct dialogue with customers & prospects
3 - Social connections influence others!
4 - WOM on steroids
5 - The conversation is happening with or without you
2 - Why Social Media Matters
Your Takeaways

18. 3 - The Prospect & Customer Journey
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You must think like your customers, not through the lens of how you think.

19. Prospects
Customers
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Your customers are on a journey. You need to plan steps to nurture them along.

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Most businesses have 3-5 customer types.
Each one has different problems to solve.
Think about what their problems are!

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We use these questions to
better understand the big picture!

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Business owners tend to be too close to their business
and see mostly details.

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Don’t miss the forest for the trees!
Think about the big picture: your goals and the steps
to get there, along with your prospects!

24. 1 - Your prospects are on a journey towards purchase.
2 - Today, more of the sales cycle happens without you.
3 - You must think like the customer.
4 - Different customers have different needs/pain points.
5 - Focus on overall business goals; then plan your marketing.
3 - The Prospect & Customer Journey
Your Takeaways

25. 4 - De-Mystifying Twitter
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Often confusing at first, Twitter has special qualities that
can help many SMB owners promote their business.

26. Social media is not a magic solution, nor is it distracting fluff.
Social media is a powerful marketing
breakthrough, like the telephone was.

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28. What is Twitter?
• Micro-blog social media platform
• Very small shares
• Special language
• Harder to use
• Practice makes perfect
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29. What is Twitter good for?
• Discovery & research (current)
• Real-time events & reporting
• Reach new people, often young & techy
• Spreading the word
• Offers & Immediate
• Customer service
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30. What is a Tweet?
140 character message (MAX)
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Micro blog that usually often has a link or call-to-action
to send readers to a place where they can learn more.

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32. What is a Retweet (RT)?
Re-sharing or giving credit
to someone else’s tweet
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33. What is a Feed?
• Stream of tweets you
see on your homepage
• Consists of update from users
you follow
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34. What is a handle? @yourname
@janesmith
@theharryshearer @StarJonesEsq
@I_love_New_York
• Short
• Memorable
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35. What is a mention?
@their name
@nypl
@charlieconard
@nytimes
@NYmag
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37. What is a HASH TAG?
• Topic (that people might search on)
• Prefixed with a #
• No spaces or punctuation
#hashtag
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A good use for the immediacy of twitter is learning about
the daily parking rules in NYC!

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42. search.twitter.com
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Test to see what hashtags are most popular.

43. What is a direct message (DM)?
• Private message between TWO people
• 140 character message (MAX)
• Accept or not from any user
• Write a DM to a user who follows you
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44. What is a URL Shortener?
• Most website addresses are too long
• URL shortener gives a shortcut
• Random characters
• Can customize
• Analytics
Bit.ly or Bitly.com
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47. Best Businesses
• Younger audience
• More techy
• Events
• Offers - followers
• Restaurants
• Immediate / Trending
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48. 1 - Tweet is a small message (140 characters MAX)
2 - You have a handle @yourname
3 - Refer to others’ handles @theirname as mentions
4 - #HashTags are searchable topics
5 - Retweeting is sharing or acknowledging a message
6 - DM (Direct Message) is between two people.
7 - Twitter is good for discovery, real time, customer service
4 - De-Mystifying Twitter
Your Takeaways
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49. 5 - Twitter Tweeting Exercise
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50. #1: Write a tweet about next week’s LinkedIn for
Business seminar to share the slides afterwards.
Thanks @nypl for the #linkedin for #business seminar
in #NYC with @johncrant and @charlieconard. Useful
slides here: bit.ly/linkedinbizslides
(124 characters)
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51. #1: Write a tweet about next week’s LinkedIn for
Business seminar to share the slides afterwards.
Thanks @nypl for the #linkedin for #business seminar
in #NYC with @johncrant and @charlieconard. Useful
slides here: bit.ly/linkedinbizslides
(124 characters)
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All the color-coded pieces (mentions, hashtags
and shortened link) help spread the message!

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53. #2: Write a tweet to promote the Shift-a-Shade event.
Join @colormejames with #christinahendricks at the
@clairol #haircolor #shiftashade #twitterparty 2-3pm
EST on Mon 9/14.
(108 characters)
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54. #2: Write a tweet to promote the Shift-a-Shade event.
Join @colormejames with #christinahendricks at the
@clairol #haircolor #shiftashade #twitterparty 2-3pm
EST on Mon 9/14.
(108 characters)
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All the color-coded pieces (mentions, hashtags
and shortened link) help spread the message!
Participants will go on Twitter at the noted time
and use the hashtags to join a group conversation.

55. 1 - Practice makes perfect
2 - Make it readable
3 - Use useful hashtags
4 - Use mentions of others
5 - Be a good neighbor: RT, comment, like
6 - Follow others
5 - Twitter Tweeting Exercise
Your Takeaways
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Charlie Conard
Co-Founder and Principal
Social Go To
245 W 29th Street, Suite #1202
New York, NY 10001
917-573-7275
charlie@socialgoto.com
socialgoto.com
We help businesses get more and better customers from
where their prospects are spending their time... on social media.