how to use twitter for business 101 course
TRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: How to use twitter for business 101 Course](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022062821/589a5e1b1a28abc3438b56ef/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
How To Use Twitter for BusinessSession 02: Twitter 101
![Page 2: How to use twitter for business 101 Course](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022062821/589a5e1b1a28abc3438b56ef/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Agenda Understand how twitter can influence
business. Conventions used on Twitter – The Building
Blocks of Tweets.
![Page 3: How to use twitter for business 101 Course](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022062821/589a5e1b1a28abc3438b56ef/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
How Twitter Helps
With Twitter you can connect with people and businesses around the globe.
Having over 300 million monthly active users and 500 million Tweets sent every day, Twitter offers your business an opportunity to reach potential customers interested in what you have to offer.
What’s more, 80% of users on Twitter are accessing it via a mobile device. ◦ There is an opportunity for businesses to reach potential
customers no matter where they are or what they’re doing.
![Page 4: How to use twitter for business 101 Course](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022062821/589a5e1b1a28abc3438b56ef/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Advantages of Twitter Listen and learn. Find out what’s going
on in your industry and what your customers are interested in.
Drive awareness. Raise the profile of your business and increase the impact of your marketing by using Twitter to regularly communicate with your followers. Extend your reach even further with Twitter Ads.
![Page 5: How to use twitter for business 101 Course](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022062821/589a5e1b1a28abc3438b56ef/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Provide customer service. Almost three quarters of users said Twitter provides them with a quick way to reply to customer service issues. Use it to quickly and easily respond to support queries and to develop a good reputation for your business and strong relationships with customers.
Connect with influencers. Twitter breaks down the barriers and enables you to connect with anyone. It’s a great way of joining or even starting discussions with influencers and industry experts to raise the profile of your business and build valuable connections.
Advantages of Twitter
![Page 6: How to use twitter for business 101 Course](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022062821/589a5e1b1a28abc3438b56ef/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
A Typical Tweet
This is a tweet. It consists of 140 characters or less – which includes spaces. It can contain text, photos, links and videos.
However, if you have a URL and that is what makes you go over the limit, Twitter will automatically shorten it for you.
![Page 7: How to use twitter for business 101 Course](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022062821/589a5e1b1a28abc3438b56ef/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
A Typical Tweet – Reply
You can click ‘reply’ to respond to a Tweet. Replying to a Tweet is a nice way to build relationships with your followers and join in conversations.
![Page 8: How to use twitter for business 101 Course](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022062821/589a5e1b1a28abc3438b56ef/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
A Typical Tweet – Retweet
Retweeting is where you choose to take a Tweet from someone else and Tweet it to your own followers.
You can either do this directly with the “Retweet” button or you can use the Quote Tweet button to add your own message to the original Tweet
![Page 9: How to use twitter for business 101 Course](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022062821/589a5e1b1a28abc3438b56ef/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
A Typical Tweet – Favorites
By making something a “favourite” you have a great way of acknowledging or showing your appreciation for content that someone else has tweeted.
It can also be useful to use as a bookmarking tool if you want to easily find a Tweet again.
![Page 10: How to use twitter for business 101 Course](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022062821/589a5e1b1a28abc3438b56ef/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
A Typical Tweet – Hashtag
A hashtag is any word, or phrase without spaces, beginning with the # symbol. People use hashtags to organize conversations and make it easier to find all content related to a given topic. Click on a hashtag to go directly to the search results for that term.
![Page 11: How to use twitter for business 101 Course](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022062821/589a5e1b1a28abc3438b56ef/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
A Typical Tweet – Mention
Bring a Tweet to another person’s attention by including their @username in your message.
You could use it to ask someone a question, to thank them or simply to highlight a piece of content.
![Page 12: How to use twitter for business 101 Course](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022062821/589a5e1b1a28abc3438b56ef/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Summary Twitter helps you find out what is happening
within your business area. It helps you keep up to date with both rivals
and suppliers. Helps you connect with customers views –
be it good or bad!! Tweets are composed of many parts – use
them all!!!
![Page 13: How to use twitter for business 101 Course](https://reader036.vdocuments.site/reader036/viewer/2022062821/589a5e1b1a28abc3438b56ef/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Next session, we will;◦ Learn how to access Twitter◦ Create an online profile
Next steps