If you've determined that Twitter is the right market for your business but aren't sure where to start, we'll be covering in this webinar: * How to best build your Twitter followers list to foster quality conversations * What third party services and softwares will help make your life easier * How to promote and market your products and services * How to handle customer service via Twitter

1. TWITTER FOR BUSINESS
Twitter for Business

2. What Is Twitter?
• Microblogging site
• Both personal and professional
• Not restricted to people you know
• Basic in functionality, immense in
reach
Twitter for Business

3. What is a Tweet?
• A tweet is a message comprised of
140 characters
• Can include URL links
• There are no styles in tweet text
• The subject can be about whatever
you want
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4. Twitter Followers
•You do not have to follow people back,
although common etiquette encourages it
•More followers isn’t always better
•Quality, not quantity
•Focus on forming quality relationships
and listening attentively
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5. Why Use Twitter?
• Fast way to spread the word
• Communicating and engaging with
people
• Keep up with friends and family
• Meet new people
• Discuss your passions, hobbies, etc.
• Learning and teaching
• Sharing and discovering
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6. What Twitter Can Do For Business
• Engage customers and monitor your
reputation
– A discussion, not a broadcast
• Build and maintain relationships
• Share information with your
customers
• Network
• Market and advertise your business
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7. Before Y Start Tweeting…
ou
1. Relax
2. Develop social media policy
3. Define goals
a. Short-term and Long-term
b. Stay active with your initiatives
4. Complete, committed effort
5. Integration
6. Personalize your Twitter account
7. Listen, think, and then respond to
conversations
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8. Twitter Don’ts
• Use Twitter as only a sales channel
– Heavily push products and services
• Broadcast your message
• Retweet without giving credit
• Ignore @replies and direct messages
• Spam your followers with messages
• Broken record tweets
• TMIT: Too Much Information Tweets
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9. Twitter Do’s
• Begin slowly and gradually
• Update regularly
– Do not let your Twitter brand fade away
• Captivate people with short tweets
– Raise interest
• Attention on the market and its
characteristics
• Relax and have fun with it
– Be the human that you are
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10. Twitter For Business:
I. Build Your Network
II. Engage Y our Community
III. Tracking & Analysis
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11. Build Your Network
• Branded Profile vs. Personal Profile
– How are you going to use Twitter?
• XYZCompany_Corporate
• XYZCompany_HelpDesk
• XYZCompany_Mary, XYZCompany_Dave
• Personalize your Twitter account
– Use a calm, friendly tone
• Build a foundation of Twitter followers
– People choose to view your tweets
– Post messages your audience will find
compelling
• Twitter company page
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12. Zappos on Twitter

13. Build Your Network
• Branded Profile vs. Personal Profile
– How are you going to use Twitter?
• XYZCompany_Corporate
• XYZCompany_HelpDesk
• XYZCompany_Mary, XYZCompany_Dave
• Personalize your Twitter account
– Use a calm, friendly tone
• Build a foundation of Twitter followers
– People choose to view your tweets
– Post messages your audience will find
compelling
• Twitter company page
Twitter for Business

14. Engage Your Community
• Make the conversation two-way
– Engage your community
– Build your credibility
• Publish helpful content that adds value
– Give people a reason to follow
• Search Twitter for conversations
– Learn from feedback
• Follow people who follow you
• Use Twitter to promote events
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15. Tracking Twitter Accounts & Activity
• Track conversations
– http://search.twitter.com/
– For your company, products, news, etc.
• Find and analyze trends
– http://trendistic.com/
– For your company, competitor, products,
industry, etc.
• Analyze your Twitter accounts
– http://tweetstats.com/
– How, when, and where you are tweeting
– Figure out the trends of your accounts
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16. http://search.twitter.com/

17. Tracking Twitter Accounts &
Activity
• Track conversations
– http://search.twitter.com/
• Find and analyze trends
– http://trendistic.com/
– For your company, competitor, products,
industry, etc.
• Analyze your Twitter accounts
– http://tweetstats.com/
– How, when, and where you are tweeting
– Figure out the trends of your accounts
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18. http://trendistic.com/

19. Tracking Twitter Accounts &
Activity
• Track conversations
– http://search.twitter.com/
• Find and analyze trends
– http://trendistic.com/
– For your company, competitor, products,
industry, etc.
• Analyze your Twitter accounts
– http://tweetstats.com/
– How, when, and where you are tweeting
– Figure out the trends of your accounts
Twitter for Business

20. http://tweetstats.com/
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21. Other Tracking & Analysis Tools
• Twitturly
– http://twitturly.com/
– Track top shared URLs
• TweetMeme
– http://tweetmeme.com/
– The “hottest” links on Twitter
• Monitter
– http://monitter.com/
– Track trends in realtime
• TwitterCounter
– http://twittercounter.com
– Stats of your tweets, who you are following, and followers
• TwitterGrader
– http://twitter.grader.com/
– Check the power of your account and level of your engagement
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22. Third Party Tools
• HootSuite – http://hootsuite.com/
– Business oriented desktop client
– Organize personalized Twitter streams into columns
– Tweet scheduling
– Manage multiple social media profiles (Facebook,
Twitter, LinkedIn) in one account
– Manage multiple users over different Twitter
accounts – great for managing employees
• CoTweet – http://cotweet.com/
– Supervise multiple accounts
– Track keyword and trends
– Tweet scheduling
– Manage conversations between your team
– Click statistics on your posted links
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