This presentation follows some of the key ways you can use Twitter to gain followers and then engage with them.

1. Using Twitter to help you
promote your business
Danny Bermant
@brainstormdsgn

2. Social media is…..
“All forms of electronic communication (e.g. blogs, forums)
through which users create online communities to share
information, ideas, personal messages, and other content
(such as video)”
“Think of social media as a telephone conversation that you
can hack into without breaking any laws”

3. To update Twitter profile , click on “settings” and “profile”

4. Use your Twitter background to promote your other social
media channels

5. Change your Twitter profile as events change. Use your
profile to tell viewers a bit about yourself

6. Twitter is not a popularity contest. Avoid using tools that
artificially raise your followers

7. To find people to follow, click on “discover”. Twitter gives
you a few options to find people

8. Use the Klout score to find out how influential your followers
are

9. Click on your profile icon to access your lists

10. Save time and create saved searches for the keywords that
are relevant to you

11. Hashtags are a great way to create and track topical
discussions

12. How to inform, educate and engage on Twitter

13. Exploit Twitter as events change!

14. You can now post images and youtube videos on Twitter

15. Using Twitter (via FourSquare) to tell people what you’re up
to, your personal challenges, and sharing humorous
thoughts

16. Writing a manual retweet

17. There are numerous ways to complement people on Twitter

18. How to say the same thing twice on Twitter without
repeating yourself

19. Embed like / share buttons on your website

20. Click on settings button to add a new social network to
Hootsuite

21. Add streams to Hootsuite so you can monitor Twitter activity

22. Scheduling tweets from Hootsuite

23. If you employ staff, ensure that you provide social media
guidelines

24. If you enjoyed today’s seminar, you may be interested in..
Social Media to help you promote your business
http://www.brainstormdesignltd.com/training/social-media-training.php
Social media for Business to Business sales
http://www.brainstormdesignltd.com/training/business-to-business.php
How to use Twitter win new clients
http://www.brainstormdesignltd.com/training/twitter-training.php