The document provides an overview of how to use Twitter effectively for business purposes. It discusses how to set up a Twitter account, what Twitter is commonly used for, how to produce and consume tweets, analytics and monitoring tools, advanced Twitter features, and social media policies. The document also includes examples of tweets and a discussion of tools like HootSuite and TweetDeck for managing Twitter accounts.
2. Agenda
• Getting Started with Twitter
• What’s it used for?
• Producing Tweets
• Consuming Tweets
• Analytics and Tracking
• Some advanced stuff
• Twitter (Social Media) Policies
3. Getting Started with Twitter
Get an account
160 characters to describe yourself
Follow some friends or businesses
Twitter will suggest
“Popular Accounts” has categories
Follow some accounts they follow
UN-follow and follow with abandon until you like your set
Top three tweet to your phone – the rest follow on the
web or phone app
Text “follow mileycyrus” from the phone
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15. What’s it used for?
“on the scene” reporting
Complaining
Items of interest
Improving SEO
Job postings
Announcements
Direct messaging
Promotions, discounts and special offers
Project Updates
Customer Service and Support
16. Producing Tweets
Who does this?
Company official tweets
CEO, Marketing officers, Innovation managers
Employees and customers
Your company is part of many conversations
What constitutes a “good” tweet?
It’s not a waste of time
HootSuite for Tweeting
17. Type of Twitter Accounts
Personal
Company Employee
Company Face or “Name”
Company
• Make your Twitter ID recognizable
• Think of your “role” when in Twitter
• If you manage multiple TwID’s, BE that ID
• Create a “personal brand” for you
• Help define your organization when you’re them
18. Consuming Tweets
Finding Feeds to Follow
Twellow and twtrland
Searching Twitter
Google “Google Twitter Search”
Using Lists to organize
Social Media Monitoring software
29. Consuming Tweets
Finding Feeds to Follow
Twellow
Searching Twitter
Google “Google Twitter Search”
Using Lists to organize
Social Media Monitoring software
30. • Type in any word or phrase
• Type in Twitter ID’s
• Type in hashtag words
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32. Consuming Tweets
Finding Feeds to Follow
Twellow
Searching Twitter
Google “Google Twitter Search”
Using Lists to organize
Social Media Monitoring software
37. Twitter as a part of your
Social Media Strategy
The Facebook page is becoming more popular than
the web page in some industries
Blogging allows for detailed information to be shared
LinkedIn is where customer, potential employees and
partners go to see who is behind the organization
Your Pinterest account offers a visual window on your
products, services, customers and events
Tumblr is a blogging site that’s great for picture and
stories combined
40. Hashtag
You use to links tweets around a theme #SouthPole2013
You use to refer to something (an event or place or person or…) #ECJC
You want to stress something in your tweet #problemswithteenagers
Twitter ID
Use to refer to a Twitter account holder
Put at the beginning of a tweet to send a direct message
46. Why modify a Tweet?
• Correct typos (or facts)
• Challenge the tweet [put in brackets]
• Add or change a Hashtag for others
• Change or add URLs
• Had to shorten it to add your @handle
86. Packaging we designed for our client BAR AU
CHOCOLAT #packaging#chocolate #design #foilstamped #japanesewrap
vine.co/v/bnurH3YYqLL
Check out what you get with the Wii U ZombiU Deluxe Set, coming to
US/Can on 2/17! (MSRP $389.99) #Nintendo … vine.co/v/brMzY35nuha
New community / food / play area in @hubspot office (aka “Benioff”
room).vine.co/v/brqehHIu3EQ
www.socialmediaexaminer.com/twitter-vine-creative-uses-for-business
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95. HOOTSUITE VS. TWEETDECK
HOOTSUITE
• FREE AND $10PM PRO
• BROWER-BASED
• HARDER TO LEARN
• PRO: UPLOAD BULK TWEETS
IN ADVANCE
• FAST BROWSER PERFORM
• REGULARS + FB BRAND
PAGES AND OTHERS
• MULTIPLE ACCOUNT
TWEETDECK
• FREE ONLY
• BROWSER AND APPS
• EASIER TO LEARN
• SCHEDULE TWEETS IN
ADVANCE
• ADOBE AIR ON DESKTOP
• FOR TWITTER
MANAGEMENT
• SINGLE ACCOUNT SUPPORT
96. HOSTING A TWITTER CHAT
• Choose a time, day and hashtag
• Create a website with instructions for newbies
• Advertise and promote
• At the appointed time, start Tweeting using the hastag!
107. Huffington Post’s Twinformation
Twitter engagement for brands is 17 percent higher on weekends
Tweets with image links get 2 times the engagement rate of those without
Tweets with less than 100 characters get 17 percent more engagement
Twitter's fastest growing demographic is 55-64 year-olds
Tweets with hashtags get two times more engagement
Your tweets have a 12 times higher chance of being retweeted if you ask for
it, and 23 times higher if you actually spell out the word "retweet.“
Tweets that include links are 86 percent more likely to be retweeted
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/belle-beth-cooper/10-surprising-new-twitter_b_4387476.html#!
108. Doug’s Tweeting Advice
Be authentic – Twitter is SOCIAL, not promotional
Don’t Tweet unless you’re certain it will make your follower’s day
How often? See above
30-50% of your Tweets should have pics (and pics can be graphics)
Study competitors – don’t steal, but mimic the best behaviors
Use analytics to create an improvement feedback loop
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/belle-beth-cooper/10-surprising-new-twitter_b_4387476.html#!
109. Twitter Policies
(or better yet – Social Media Posting Policies)
Employees have personal lives, personal opinions and personal
social media accounts
Employees have bad memories – it may be hard for them to
remember detailed policies
Employees have free will – someone will almost certainly do
something you and they will regret
110. Honestly share positive messages about the organization and it’s
product, services and customers
Communicate their enthusiasm about stuff going on at work
Be genuine when they represent the company
Twitter Policies
(or better yet – Social Media Posting Policies)
111. Whine on social media about their job or co-workers or boss
Reveal company plans or secrets
Expose company flaws
Twitter Policies
(or better yet – Social Media Posting Policies)
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113. Get thoughtful employees involved with Execs and HR. Form a
committee to
Review the (outdated?) Code of Conduct
Create the draft Social Media Guidelines document
Ask employees to put a disclaimer in their profile
“During the day I’m an engineer at Garmin but my tweets don’t reflect the
opinions of Garmin”
Identify the
Confidential information
Privacy – don’t talk about specific people (or projects)
Twitter Policies
(or better yet – Social Media Posting Policies)
115. Social Media Policy
• Protect Information
• Be Transparent and Disclose
• Follow the Law, Follow the Code of Conduct
• Be Responsible
• Be Nice, Have Fun and Connect
• Social Media Account Ownership
• If Social Media is part of you job, the account is DELL’s
116. Other Policies to Review
http://www.ibm.com/blogs/zz/en/guidelines.html
Overview (12 bullet points) and details below
IBM also publishes their code of conduct
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/legal/intel-social-
media-guidelines.html
Easy to remember “3 Rules of Engagement”
Rule 3 – “Use Common Sense”
Protected tweets – people have to request to follow you and you have to approve them
Searchable ONLY by account holder and approved followers
http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/small-businesses-twitter-marketing/
IdeaPaint sells an amazing paint product that turns walls into dry-erase boards. It’s a product that appeals to a range of audiences—businesses, parents, artists, etc. IdeaPaint uses Twitter for lead generation by reinforcing its commitment to generating ideas and supporting creativity. Their stream focuses on the collaborative and imaginative spirit a blank whiteboard presents. Anything is possible: business plans, reminders and all kinds of art. The company’s tweets often make mention of the creative process.
http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/small-businesses-twitter-marketing/
MendezFuel was in the same boat. The owner of the company has four gas stations and needed to set them apart from the bigger chains. How do you make a business like a gas station in South Florida interesting enough for customers to follow on Twitter? Gas station convenience stores typically carry the same products and those products are generally the same brand. That goes for beer too. As a fan of microbreweries and craft beers, the owner of Mendez Fuel recognized his opportunity. The microbrewery scene in South Florida isn’t as vibrant as in other regions, so it’s harder to come by those beers in a convenience store. By offering them in his stores, he knew his followers were likely to come to his gas stations to get their hands on a frosty and unusual craft beer.
http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/small-businesses-twitter-marketing/
Twitter is filled with medical professionals who keep busy with shameless self-promotion. New York City’s Dr. Sinkin belongs in a different category. He’s a dentist who actually engages his followers.
Dr. Sinkin uses Twitter’s search function and third-party services to find conversations related to the dental field. When he runs across a tweet related to dentistry, he engages. For example, if he sees a tweet that indicates someone has a toothache, he introduces himself as a dentist and includes a list of remedies to try.
http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/small-businesses-twitter-marketing/
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