1. TWITTER FOR
NOT SO DUMMIES
“The power to connect and engage in 140
characters”
2. Begging to Build a SSM Presence -
by Brian Solis
1. Listen, Search, Walk a “Daily in the Life” of…
2. Define Your Online Brand: What do you want people to see
and appreciate?
3. Develop a Social Media Strategy: Make your presence matter
and tie it back to key business objectives
4. Build and Invest in Your Community: Participate and earn
affinity to become a trusted resource
5. Learn: Repeat steps 1-5 over time to stay relevant as
http://www.briansolis.com/2012/04/the-rise-of-generation-c-and-what-to-do-about-it/
3. Watch for this
Key
Concepts!
Key Concepts to remember
Take
notes! TAKE NOTES
WAKE UP!
Stand up, do the CHICKEN DANCE
and CLAP 3 times! :)-
4. Joke in the industry
"Facebook is where people tell lies to
their friends and Twitter is where people
tell the truth to strangers".
5. What is Twitter
Twitter is a micro-blogging tool that has seen explosive growth since its
launch in 2006
with over over 140 million (wikipedia) users worldwide. The latest article about
Twitter @Forbes says 200 million.
Twitter Ranks number #8
Globally
source: alexa.org
14. Take
note!
Promotion IDEAS
Run a Contest on Twitter (examples
#twittercontest)
Tweetup = events organized on twitter to
meet in person (examples #tweetups)
Twitter Chats (http://tweetchat.com/) -
when we finish
15. Take
note!
Twitter for Market Research
Local Searches = Nearby Tweets ( http://
nearbytweets.com/)
Twitter Searches
Twitter Trends
Tweelow (http://www.twellow.com/) or Trendistic (http://
trendistic.indextank.com/ )
Finding Thought Leaders: Listorious (http://
listorious.com/)
16. Twitter for Networking
Build relationships;
Participate on events;
Discussions about topics of interest;
Chats or TweetChats;
Meet ups
31. Take
note!
Learn Twitter’s language
RT = RE-TWEET
Mention or @= When someone mentions your twitter
username
Hash Tag (#) = Tagging and grouping a TOPIC
DM = Direct Message
#FF = Follow Friday
32. Take
note!
Learn Twitter’s language
Twitter List = A way of organizing your Followers and the
people you follow into LISTS.
And SOO many others http://twittonary.com/
47. WHO TO FOLLOW?
Follow the right people and they will LEAD you there!
48. Take
note!
Who to Follow?
Start with your friends by connecting your email accounts;
Look for people you admire and follow them, then follow who
they follow;
Your industry leaders and whoever they interact the most with;
#FF = Follow Fridays
#yourtopicofinterest
49. Take
note!
Follow Power Twitteres
@scobleizer @techcrunch
@garyvee @wilw
@zen_habits @chrisbrogan
@kevinrose @The_Real_Shaq
@guykawasaki @mashable
@marismith @barefoot_exec
@darrenrose @jaybaer
51. The Scientist
Dan Zarrella is the award-winning
social media scientist at HubSpot
and author of three books:
“Zarrella’s Hierarchy of
Contagiousness,” “The Social Media
Marketing Book” and The Facebook
Marketing Book.
59. Take
note!
Twitter Management in 10
minutes a day (excluding weekends)
Check your Interaction and Mentions, interact with new
followers
Check RT and interact with followers
Check for new followers and say hello!
Check HOME for anything you might find useful/ interesting
Check your lists for fresh content from cool peps you follow
60. Take
note!
Twitter Management Apps
Hootsuite (http://hootsuite.com/) with Mobile App
TweetDeck (http://www.tweetdeck.com/)
Buffer App (http://bufferapp.com)
Timely: http://timely.is/#/
Twitter Counter (http://twittercounter.com/)
all with respective Browser Extensions
61. Take
note!
Ninja Tricks -
Optimizing your study or reading time
RSS into Buffer
Hootsuite
Feedly (http://www.feedly.com)
63. Takeaways Tips
You are interacting with Human Beings, so be HUMAN!
Be Humble;
Two ears, one mouth pays off ;
The goal is to connect and engage, and see what happens;
Give VALUE, Educate followers = BE GENEROUS;
Share what you think may benefit whoever is listening