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3. Who is this guide for?
• Why Twitter
•Business people who want to use Twitter
• Setup
• Listen
•Companies who would like to use Twitter
• Follow
• Tweet
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4. What is Twitter?
• Why Twitter
•“an online
Setup social networking service and
micro blogging service that enables its
•users to send and read text-based
Listen
messages of up to 140 characters”
• Follow
• Tweet
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9. Twitter Profile Picture!
• Why Twitter
• Setup
• Listen
• Follow
Clear and More suited to a
• Tweet
Professional personal account
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10. Twitter Profile Setup
Name: Real Name Please
Bio: What makes you appealing to other
BUSINESS twitter accounts?
Location: Makes you real and relevant.
URL: Company Website, Blog, LinkedIn Profile
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11. Move on after you
have...
• Why Twitter
• Setup
•Created your Twitter Profile
• Listen
•Added an appropriate Twitter picture
•Created a professional Twitter bio
• Follow
•Added your Location
• Tweet
•Added a relevant URL
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16. How to Listen:
Twitter Search
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17. What we suggest you
listen to...
Your interests
Customers
Competitors
Prospects
Industry
#Tag
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18. Move on after you have...
• Why Twitter
• Setup
•Understood what a Twitter “Handle” is
•Added your Twitter “Handle” to Sig and Business cards
• Listen
•Understood your public Twitter URL
•Tried to listen to a few topics of interest on Twitter Search
• Follow
• Tweet
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20. #Definition:
• Why Twitter
“ASetup
• hashtag (#tag) is a clickable link that
categorises tweets for search purposes.
• Listen
For example, if I click on #Concentrix I will
see a search result for all tweets containing
• Follow
that hashtag.”
• Tweet
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21. I’m being followed!
• Why Twitter
If someone follows you... Reply
with a “Thanks for the follow!”
• Setup
• Listen
TOP TIP...
• Follow
At the end of the week you might want to Tweet:
“Thanks to all my new followers (ENTER NAMES
• Tweet
OF NEW FOLLOWERS HERE including @)
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22. You might want to
follow us
• Why Twitter
• Setup
• Listen
@Concentrix
• Follow
• Tweet
&
@ConcentrixEU
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24. We suggest you...
• Why Twitter
•Tweet about things you are interested in
• Setup
•Reply to people
•ReTweet People
• Listen
•Favourite Tweets
• Follow
•Have a positive, professional tone
• Tweet
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25. We recommend you do not...
• Why Twitter
•Rant
• Setup
•Spam
• Listen
• Follow
•Inflame
• Tweet
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26. Someone Tweeted Me!
What do I do?
• Why Twitter
• Setup
@Reply to them!
• Listen
• Follow
Thank them for the
• information or continue the
Tweet
conversation
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27. Suggested Tweet Ratios:
• Why Twitter
1/3 Content – Links, articles, comments
• Setup
• Listen
1/3 ReTweet-Using the RT button
• Follow
1/3 Replies- @replies to content you like
• Tweet
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28. Move on after you have...
• Why Twitter
• Setup
•Understood what a #hashtag is
•Followed someone
• Listen
•Tweeted to someone or @replied to someone
•Understood content ratios
• Follow
• Tweet
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29. What did you learn today?
• Why Twitter
-Why Twitter
-Twitter Setup
• Setup
-Listening
• Listen
-Following
• Follow
-Tweeting
• Tweet
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30. Coming soon...
• Why Twitter
• Setup
Advanced Twitter for Business
• Listen
Connect with us for more Content!
• Follow
@Concentrix & @ConcentrixEU
• Tweet
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