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7 Tips to Create More Effective Tweets

September 16th, 2013

Hi All!

According to Brafton, a Content Marketing Agency, almost 80% of the B2B companies using Twitter are not driving business from it…but WHY? Many of them are not paying attention to the following tweet tips. Are you?

Whether you own a small business or oversee the Marketing and Social Media department at a large company, and regardless of whether your business is B2B or B2C, these tips can help!

Here are seven, basic yet effective, ways to compose tweets in order to build website traffic, business, and your brand:

  1. Use Proper English & Grammar: By using proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling, your tweet will be easy to read and comprehend. And it will create a positive impression for your brand. Basically, make your tweets clear versus clever!
  2. Create Appealing Content: Put yourself in the shoes of your audience and think like them to accurately craft a tweet that will connect, communicate, and appeal to them.
  3. Use a Call-to-Action: Tell your audience what you want them to do. The focus of many of your tweets should include a call-to-action for your audience. This gets them to “engage” with you versus keeping it a one-way communication process.
  4. Link to Something: You can link your tweet to your blog, website, an online article, or social media page. Using link shortening services, such as bit.ly, will not only save space, but also create better looking tweets. And research reveals bit.ly links generate maximum retweets.
  5. Include #Hashtags: Including 1-2 hashtags relevant to the message is a good way to improve tweets and increase reach among prospects (who are not yet followers of you). Those hashtagged words that become popular are trending topics and you can use them to piggy back for views. Warning: Using hashtags too often is a bad twitequette and will not serve you well. The search engines will see you as a spammer and the whole process will become counterproductive, thus potentially harming your social media marketing efforts.
  6. Avoid Abbreviations or Slang: Avoid using text-speak and slang in your tweets. You’re not sending a private message or text to a friend; you’re primarily creating professional messages for an audience that can impact your business.
  7. Focus on Size: An ideal tweet should include (approximately): 100 characters for the message, 20 characters for the link, and 20 characters for retweets or the info source.

Take the time to focus on these tweet tips, as well as be consistent & persistent in your Twitter efforts, and you’ll be one of the business’s that DOES benefit from Twitter by increasing your sales and leads!

Cheers & Happy Marketing!

Lisa

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How Do I Find My Target Audience on Twitter & Get Them to Follow Me?

April 18th, 2010

Hi All!

Many of my clients, and audience members in my seminars and workshops, ask this question: How do I find and get the target audience that I WANT to attract to follow ME on Twitter?

As business owners, professional speakers, authors, consultants, coaches, etc. (whatever your business is), it doesn’t do you much good to have thousands of followers if most of them are people who would never have interest in your services, products, etc. I’m a firm believer that it’s all about quality and NOT quantity.

But that’s a very hard concept for many people to grasp…everyone gets so hung up on “how many” Fan Page fans they have, how many Twitter followers they have, etc. But I can tell you that Twitter benefited me in many ways even when I only had around 100 followers…why? Because I had the “right” followers. I started building relationships with other experts (who followed me) who I am now doing strategic partnering with, online events with, etc. So even though some of my followers are not potential clients of mine, they will refer clients to me and we’ll generate revenue together by doing paid events together.

And this may shock you, but a recent marketing report answered this question: How many Twitter Followers does it take to affect lead generation? Answer: At least 100. NOT 1,000! NOT 10,000! NOT 1 million! 100. Read the article with details by clicking here.

However, as I was saying before that tangent, is that it IS possible to find the people you want to target for business on Twitter…the people who CAN become your clients or buy your products!

Here are (3) ways that will enable you to find them:

1.) http://search.twitter.com : Type in keywords that describe the people you’d like to reach (example: Event Planners) and search results will come up.

2.) http://www.twellow.com: Twellow describes its service as a “directory of public Twitter accounts, with hundreds of categories and search features to help you find people who matter to you”. And it’s FREE!

3.) http://listorious.com: Listorious describes its service as “…makes it easy to find who matters on any topic with the best Twitter people search on the web. We empower thousands of people to curate Twitter by allowing them to tag their list in our Twitter list directory.” And here’s the basic benefit: You can find lists that other Tweeps have created that are of your target audience.

So you may be asking yourself, “Great. I’ll find a ton of people to follow who I really want to follow me. But how do I get them to follow ME?”

Short answer: Begin to follow them, and over time (if you retweet them a lot and send good content vs random junk), you have a good chance of them following you. And if they post questions or comments, reply to them. It’s all about being “social”!

And I’d like to say “Thanks!” to Mirna Bard, Social Media Expert, for sharing the Listorious.com tip with me 🙂

OKAY! You have 3 ways to get you started on finding YOUR target audience on Twitter. Get movin’!

Cheers & Happy Marketing!

Lisa

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Does Twitter Baffle You? Check out this free guide for tons of answers to common questions!

March 04th, 2010

Hi All!

In all of my seminars and workshops for small business owners about social media marketing, questions about Twitter always seem to get asked the most.

Audience members, and my one-on-one clients, always ask things like:

1. What is Twitter?

2. What is a retweet?

3. How do I retweet and why should I?

4. How can I customize my Twitter page?

5. How can I build more traffic on Twitter?

6. How do I find people on Twitter?

7. What’s a tweetup?

8. How do I share vids and pics on Twitter?

9. How come people aren’t following me on Twitter?

10. What is a #hashtag?

If you can relate to any of these questions, and want the answers to them (and many others), I strongly suggest you check-out Mashable’s FREE online Twitter Guide Book. They cover just about every aspect of Twitter you can imagine, and explain everything in a very easy to understand way.

I think you’ll find this to be very useful as you embark on getting the most out of your Twitter presence!

Cheers & Happy Marketing!

Lisa

P.S. Follow me on Twitter @PromoteUGuru for on-going branding, marketing, PR and social media tips &  resources!

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