Slides from a talk I gave this morning to Synergy Centre Tallaght to a great group of start-ups. My 3 tips on how to use Twitter to generate leads, forums for sales, and confirming your content works. Enjoy!
2. A Bit About Me
• Writing for the web
since 1999
• Blogging since 2003
• Evolving Brightspark
since 2003
• Doing Social Media
since 2006
• Tourism Ireland 2009-
2012
3. 1. Don’t Forget Forums
Social Media List
– Blogs
– Microblogs (Twitter, Tumblr)
– Forums
– Video Sharing (YouTube, Vimeo, Vine, Instagram)
– Photo Sharing (Flickr, Snapchat, Instagram)
– Link Sharing (Delicio.us)
– Location Based (Foursquare)
– Social Networks (Facebook, LinkedIn, Orkut)
5. 1. Don’t Forget Forums
• Regular communication with
intending travelers across a
variety of travel forums
• Identified a target set of travel
forums and blogs to monitor
and engage with
• Came up with a process for the
contact centre to listen out and
respond to enquiries from
forums and boards.