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The TWEET Life The TWEET Life A I t An Introduction to Twitter for - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The TWEET Life The TWEET Life A I t An Introduction to Twitter for - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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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
ll k
- 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
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- 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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