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If you're thinking of getting started with Twitter or getting more serious about your current participation, this slide shows takes you through the benefits of using Twitter. It also includes plenty of solid tips to make sure you get started out on the right foot.
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Twitter for Business Tips
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Why Twitter
Tip #1
Set up your Twitter profile. Include your location, a description and choose a professionally appropriate avatar.
Tip #2
Get Twitter on Your Website. Add a “Tweet This” button and tell your visitors how to follow you.
Tip #3
Post regularly and learn to craft short and succinct updates. As always, humor, controversy and thought-provoking stuff gets attention.
Tip #4
Be approachable. While you may not be able respond to every reply or retweet, take the time to answer questions and say thank you now and then.
Tip #5
Twitter isn’t really made for an ongoing conversation. If you want to speak to someone directly and it takes more than 140 characters, take the conversation off your stream.
Tip #6
Want to send a public message to someone on Twitter? Use @username and they’ll see you in their stream.
Tip #7
Hashtags are a great way to contribute and start group discussions certain topics. They are a keyword phrase with a # in front of it.
You can put them in your posts and click them to see what other people are talking about.
Tip #8
Saved Searches allow you to keep tabs on conversations on specific topics.
Tip #9
Use the search function to answer relevant questions in your subject area…but don’t just plug a product.
Be helpful!
Tip #10
Creating Twitter lists helps you follow certain topics and allows you to showcase people you think are worth following.
Tip #11
Create a public list of people in your organization, so your followers can get to know all of you better.
Tip #12
If you like a tweet, you can share it with your followers by doing a “retweet.”
Tip #13
Encourage others to retweet your content, by making short updates (about 120 characters).
And, of course, tweet great stuff!
Tip #14
Follow like-minded people and businesses on Twitter. It keeps it interesting, gives you content to share and encourages others to follow you.
Tip #15
Share your “Follow Friday” recommendations. Tell your followers who they should follow, why and include the #ff hashtag.
What comes around, goes around.
Tip #16
Track your links and keep stats of your participation in Twitter.
Learn More & Get Started
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