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The TWEET Life The TWEET Life A I t An Introduction to Twitter for d ti t T itt f Business Push vs. Pull Marketing Inbound or Pull marketing tools: I b C Consumers research brands before making a d P ll h b k ti d b f t l


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The TWEET Life The TWEET Life

A I t d ti t T itt f An Introduction to Twitter for Business

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Push vs. Pull Marketing

I b d “P ll” k ti t l C h b d b f ki Inbound or “Pull” marketing tools:

– Content creation/curation

Consumers research brands before making a buying decision

– SEO – Social media marketing

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Twitter 101

Useful communication tool Useful communication tool “Micro‐blogging” service used to send 3 types

  • f messages:
  • f messages:

– Public O bli ll ( @ ) – One person publically (uses @ tag) – Private

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Twitter Glossary of Terms

  • Handle

Handle

  • To Follow

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  • To Follow Back
  • Follower
  • Update
  • @Reply

@Reply

  • Direct Message (DM)
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Twitter Glossary of Terms Cont.

  • Twitter Stream

Twitter Stream

  • Tweet Up

h ( )

  • Hashtag (#)
  • Retweet (RT, r/t or via)
  • Twitter Lists
  • Trending Topics

Trending Topics

  • Promoted Tweets
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Anatomy of a Tweet

  • 1. Hashtag
  • 1. Hashtag
  • 2. Mention (twitter handle)
  • 3. Reply
  • 3. Reply
  • 4. Retweet
  • 5. Link
  • 5. Link
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Twitter Means Business

  • Tool to cultivate & maintain relationships

Tool to cultivate & maintain relationships

  • Develops & promotes brand

d i i &

  • Brand monitoring & awareness
  • Create event buzz
  • Generate leads
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Getting Started

Step 1: Sign up for a Twitter Company Account Step 1: Sign up for a Twitter Company Account Step 2: Add Personality to Your Profile

Pi t /A t L – Picture/Avatar = Logo – Add location – Company URLs & links – Bio = elevator speech

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Building Your Community

Step 3: Build Your Community Step 3: Build Your Community

– Start with organization & work out – Employees p y – Companies, industry partners, organizations & clubs, schools – ANYONE in your area – Follow people your followers follow – Twitter search – Collect people’s Twitter handles or host a “Tweet Up” F ll d t #h ht – Follow and create #hashtags

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Ready, Set, TWEET!

Step 4: Start Tweeting Step 4: Start Tweeting

– Observations Links (others or your own) – Links (others or your own) – Videos (others or your own) E t ( th ) – Events (others or your own) – Content (others or your own) Ch – Chats – Retweets

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Lead Generation

Step 5: Start Generating Leads! Step 5: Start Generating Leads!

– Widget or Twitter handle on website In store collateral – In store collateral – Widget & clear concise CTA on receipts Wid t & l i CTA il i t – Widget & clear concise CTA on email signature – Tweet helpful information so as to be followed and retweeted and retweeted

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Engage!

Step 6: Spark Conversation Step 6: Spark Conversation

– Ask open‐ended questions Ask fill in the blank questions – Ask fill in the blank questions – Ask trivia questions R t t th b t / – Retweet the best responses/answers – Inspirational quotes are some of the MOST retweet items on Twitter retweet items on Twitter

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Marketing with Twitter

Use it (sparingly) as an advertising platform Use it (sparingly) as an advertising platform

– Drive traffic to your website, Facebook, LinkedIn, Blog etc Blog, etc. – Check your brand awareness often (socialmention.com) (socialmention.com) – “Favorite” any great customer testimonials – Promote events and other specials (create Promote events and other specials (create hashtags)

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Generating Leads with Twitter

Gain more business by: Gain more business by:

– Create a custom landing page with Twitter URL Tweet links to your landing pages on your website – Tweet links to your landing pages on your website – Tweet links to any promos on your FB Page or website website – Research industry terms with Twitter Search (bowling birthday party etc ) (bowling, birthday party, etc.)

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Customer Service through Twitter

Research shows customer service inquires are Research shows customer service inquires are growing on social sites

– Respond to concerns (1 hour) – Respond to concerns (1 hour) – Update followers on issues and celebrations Follow (almost) everyone back – Follow (almost) everyone back

  • Auto Follow‐Back Tool: TweetLater

Don’t send automatic DM to new followers – Don t send automatic DM to new followers

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SEO & Twitter

Create an SEO strategy for Your Twitter Account Create an SEO strategy for Your Twitter Account

– Use SEO keywords/keyword strategy with tweets (i e : #bowling or #kidsbowlfree) (i.e.: #bowling or #kidsbowlfree) – Ask for retweets (these generate 4 times more retweets) retweets) – Awesome leads/titles help – Leads with topical words/themes help Leads with topical words/themes help

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Twitter Analytics

What Gets Measured Gets Done! What Gets Measured, Gets Done!

– Reach: # of followers Response Rate: Average # of replies to posts – Response Rate: Average # of replies to posts – Brand Awareness: # of mentions R T tG d – Resource: TweetGrader – Sales Funnel & Lead Generation: # of people who visit your website visit your website

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Conclusion

  • Twitter promotes “pull” or “inbound”

Twitter promotes pull or inbound marketing vs. “push” or “outbound” marketing

  • Once you’re ready to use it: Listen first
  • Once you re ready to use it: Listen first
  • Tweet daily
  • Make it memorable/shareable
  • Measure your impact

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Q & A

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Thank Y Thank You! u! Thank Y Thank You! u!