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Check out our latest blog post by @JoselinMane "Not -So-Quiet Riot: Why Boston’s #RubyRiot Was a Success" http://ow.ly/4Zn3D
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Great #Boston @foursquare story http://bit.ly.4sqWBZ via @wbz @BostonTweet @SteveGarfield @TurnerFisheries @boloco #lbschat #4sqchat @dens
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• What are people saying about your brand?
• How are going to deal with customer service issues if they arise?
• How many people will be tweeting for your company and when?
• Strategize so you can execute effectively
Background• June 2008
• Lunch closed
• No social presence
• No blended solution
• Dinner 100 covers on busiest night
Goal
•To generate more traffic to House of Blues (HOB) Restaurant
•Increase Brand awareness and Increase following (currently 705)
•Begin training followers to be responsive and alert to HOB Tweets
Results•20 tweets in first 40 mins
•Final Following 745 Followers (40 new followers in less than 2hrs)
•In less than 24hr following grew from 705 to 760 (55 new followers) from 1 tweet that was sent during rush hour 4:50pm.
How Not to Run a Twitter Promotion
LiveNation is an example of a company not fully understanding how to best run a tweeter contest.
Rule 1: Make the contest easy to understand, participate & share.
Rule 2: Twitter is a fast paced medium, provide a fast paced contest. There is no compelling reason why winners need to wait to know they won.