Online Marketing Club Twitter- How to make money using Twitter By Simon Dye- Chartered Marketer, MBA, DipM, FCIM,MAMA Principal Consultant at the Search ClinicSearch Clinic 9 th June 2011
Twitter- why bother? 3 BASIC FUNDAMENTALS for SUCCESS FREE QUICK EASY
Chris Brogan- Twitter Founder “Twitter is a useful communication tool that allows you to interact with people around the world in three different ways” 1) Send a short message to a bunch of people publicly 2) Send a short message to a specific person publicly 3) Send a short message to a specific person privately
Twitter for Business 1) Develop and promote your brand 2) Interact with your customer base 3) Track what people are saying about your company and brand 4) Create buzz around upcoming events 5) Help individual employees act as liaisons to the public 6) Promote other content you’ve created, including webinars, blog posts or podcasts 7) Develop direct relationships with bloggers and journalists for potential PR placement
Who is using Twitter (USA)
Twitter Users (USA)
Twitter Users UK Demographics
Twitter Users UK Growth
Getting Started
When to Tweet
Top 10 things to do: 1. Create a user-friendly Twitter ID 2. Search for people to follow 3. Learn the lingo. You’ll want to join the crowd. Trust me. 4. Know who replies to you 5. Add your Twitter ID to all of your signatures 6. Reach out and say something 7. Read the bio of those who follow you 8. Promote others and share your best information 9. Learn the etiquette. 10. Find out who some of the big players are
10 reasons you have no followers 1. You have no user avatar 2. You list no location, no website, or no bio 3. Your “website” listed is a LinkedIn profile 4. You follow 1,000 users, 20 followers, no updates 5. Your profile features “Internet expert” 6. Your updates show that your Twitter activity is always about pushing your own service/product 7. Your auto-DM reading to new followers: “Thx for the follow! Help me get 4-Hour Work Week?” 8. Your updates ask for “more Twitter followers” 9. Your Twitter stream shows you arguing 10. You do not engage your Twitter followers
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