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1Celek Media Consulting
Twitter to grow your business network
Distinguish yourself by becoming an online networking leader to connect with customers and drive new business
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HelloMy Name is
Chris CelekPronounced Sell-ick in English.Pronounced Sell-ick in Polish
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What we mean by Social Media
• Conversation• Contributions• Network, not broadcast• Trust, not expert
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Why should we spend any time on this?
• 80 million people — 41% of U.S. Internet users, visited social networking site at least once a month in 2008, up 11
percent from 2007.
• By 2013, use will grow to 52% of U.S. Internet users.
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Why should we spend any time on this?
More than half of all C-Level executives under 40 use Twitter daily or several times a week.
New Forbes/Google reportJune 22, 2009
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Why should we spend any time on this?
Rapidly changing Internet use: • 11% of U.S. adults used Twitter or similar service in Dec.,
up from 6 percent in May.• 40 million users in September.
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So many choices, so little time
Pick 2-3 social media sites that: • Your target audience uses.• You can update consistently.
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The world’s gone Twitter
• Think cell phone texting meets instant messaging.• Limited to 140 characters.
• It’s all about following or joining the conversation.
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Tweeple, Tweets, Twitterverse
• Big news• Obama campaign• Fortune 500, Congress users
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What to say on Twitter
• Monitor, respond to what they’re saying about your business.
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What to say on Twitter
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• Talk up your business with new details, offers.
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Twitter for Realtors
• Personal communication• Active networking• Note user’s age
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Twitter for promotion
• Promote your business directly
to followers.• Get them to your web site or blog.
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Twitter for sharing
• Provides news, insights.• Business focused, not personal interests.
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Twitter for cross-promotion
• Chamber links to business.• Business links to coupon.
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Twitter to drive sales
• Coffee shop tweets about coupon offer.• Links to coupon on TwitPic. personal interests.
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Twitter for coupons
• Promote your products.• Pick your audience.• Measure success.
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Twitter for groups
• Search by topics, events, names.
• Put hashtag in front of name, word:
#FergusonConstruction
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Work with all the social tools
• Weave social media presence.• Connect users from one site to another where they hadn’t found you.
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