These are the slides for my Kirkwood Community College continuing education course, Getting Started with Twitter. I asked my tweeps for advice and I share that advice on these slides. The handout for the course is here: http://bit.ly/2mbeT1
15. Everything is much faster on Twitter. Timeliness was never more important – even posting something half an hour late is sometimes too late.
16. One thing we have started using Twitter for lately is posting our fliers via Twitpic. This is great and people seem to retweet them a lot
17. I have found some good information on Twitter. The tweets that contain links to blogs or articles relevant to the topic are very helpful.
18. “A tweet I posted about the new mural on the Iowa City store was viewed by KCRG news, so they came down and did a story about it. Success!” – Stephanie Catlett
19. We are currently using Twitter to advertise new job opportunities, updates on my video blog, current events, etc.
20. “We’ve promoted events/activities in which people can get involved. We’ve also recognized people for their efforts (e.g., volunteers).” – Becky Soglin
21. As a business, I use Chirpcity, to find people that live in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City to follow … and hope they follow me back.
22. Twitter is not a sales tool, nor is it best utilized for overt marketing. It is a conversation. It is giving value.
23. Twitter for business purposes is like an after-hours mixer or business cocktail party.