Twitter For Business

Rebecca Bollwitt

for Business

What is it?

"Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?"

Saying as much as you can... ...in 140 characters at a time

How Twitter works

How To Get Started

Sign up with a good name

How To Get Started

Setup your profile

How To Get Started

Setup your profile

Start making updates

How To Get Started

Setup your profile

Find people you want to follow

How To Get Started

Setup your profile

Find people you want to follow

Decide the best way to use Twitter for you

Using Twitter beyond twitter.com

SMS / Text Messaging

Smartphone Applications

Third Party Applications

Twitteriffic

Twirl

TweetDeck

Firefox Extensions

Twitterfox

Twitbin

TwitterBar

Replies: @

The Retweet: RT

#hashtags http://search.twitter.com http://twitterfall.com

How Do You Use Twitter for Business?

Common Uses for Twitter

Source: toprankblog.com

Twitter Effect: Miss604.com twitter updates per month website traffic over same period of time

Word of Mouth Effect @LuxorLV

Word of Mouth Effect @RagingBean

Real World: Japadog @japadog (Photo by Roland Tanglao on Flickr.com)

Real World: Japadog

Real World: Japadog Photos by @tinybites (Karen Hamilton) on Flickr.com

Real World: Twestival @twestival @yvrtwestival

Real World: Twestival Globally: $250,000+ Vancouver: $4,000+

Twitter and World Events

For Your Business

twitter.com/YourBusiness

Avoid link overload

Avoid link overload

Add value to your followers' stream

Avoid link overload

Add value to your followers' stream

Be conversational

Taking Care of Business @WholeFoods - From Austin, TX corporate offices @FordDriveOne @FordTrucks @FordDriveGreen @umassdilo - NHL Director of Corporate Communications

for Business

@miss604 http://miss604.com @sixty4media http://sixty4media.com