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Beirut
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October 13, 2011
October 13, 2011
 Twitter Tips for Journalists It is very important to realize that Twitter can work for anyone when used in the right way. Whether you are a writer, a designer, a marketer or an ambitious journalist, there is always a specific path for you to follow on Twitter in order to promote your work and meet potential customers.
For today’s post, I will be sharing with you 5 great Twitter tips for journalists.
I will begin by stating the variety of purposes journalists can use Twitter for:
- Monitor activities and discussions of people in your community.
- Connect with people who will provide you with helpful tips and information.
- Connect with colleagues and share ideas with them or get ideas from them.
- Crowd source stories by asking the community for story ideas or information.
- Quickly find people who witnessed or experienced news worthy events.
- Break stories quickly.
- Provide live coverage of news events.
- Drive traffic to your website or blog.
- Report a story by text message using Twitter in disaster situations when you can’t transmit data.
- Improve your writing as you learn to make points directly in just 140 characters.
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By
Beirut
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Published
October 10, 2011
October 10, 2011
Successful viral marketing on Twitter is not as simple as many assume, however, with the right guidelines and steps, it can be done and bring about a rewarding outcome!
Therefore, for today’s post, I will be sharing you 5 simple steps to going viral on Twitter:
1. Call on Action:
Don’t take retweeting, or lack of it, lightly. An RT is a way to show your Twitter friends and followers that you care about them and about the content they share with you. If retweeting is the action you wish your readers to take, the best way to persuade people to do it is to motivate them to by asking or offering incentives. When tweeps retweets your content, they’re very likely to also repost your call to action, lending it their credibility and influence.
2. Timing is King:
There is a window of time during which sharing on Twitter occurs more often so you should keep an eye on the following:
- The first few days of the business week.
- Monday through Wednesday (weekends are usually slower).
3. Links Rule:
Almost 70% of all retweets contain a link. Therefore, if you want to spread your off-Twitter content, you should make sure that you do utilize links in your tweets. However, make sure you do mix it up with other types of tweets now and then and do not spam your followers with ads! Continue reading »
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Tagged business, contests, credinility, followers, freebies, friends, howto, influence, marketing, peer, posting, promotion, reposting, retweet, RT, social, socialmedia, spam, tips, Tricks, Tweeps, Twitter, value, viral, web2.0
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By
Beirut
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Published
September 29, 2011
September 29, 2011
 Twitter can definitely be a silly time waster, however, it could equally be the perfect business tool for a wide range of companies.
Therefore, for today’s post, we will be sharing with you 5 ways that your business could benefit from your Twitter account by utilizing it to its maximum potential:
1. Unique & Artful Customer Service:
Building and maintaining customer relations could be tricky, to say the least. However, and based on past experiences, we can see how Twitter is able to facilitate this process for you and allows you to do it with style! Check out what Comcast’s customercare account on Twitter.
2. Vendor Selection:
Twitter can snag customers, and that applies to suppliers as well. Crowdspring, an online marketplace that marries businesses with graphic designers, used Twitter to build up its stable of contributors–now 12,000 strong globally. Continue reading »
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Tagged account, benefit, building, business, care, Comcast, companies, customer, employment, experiences, followers, howto, jobs, maintaining, relations, reputation, retention, service, tips, tool, Tricks, Twitter, vendor
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By
Beirut
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Published
September 26, 2011
September 26, 2011
Designers play a very important role in almost everything we see around us and especially on the internet. They rely on creativity and hard work to provide us with design solutions for websites, brochures, business cards and the likes which, in the end, act as the “face” of anything we are trying to promote.
As we all know, designers always have a lot on their hands so this post will be short and simple and will outline how designers could use Twitter to their benefit in terms of promoting what they do to their target audience.
1. Look for and follow other designers and design studios.
2.Use Twitter search to find jobs and projects.
3. Help the community by engaging, critiquing and responding to fellow designers’ questions.
4. Post your newest projects and published websites and keep your followers up to date with your achievements.
5. Tweet and discover new web resources. Continue reading »
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Tagged creative, design, designer, engage, follow, hashtags, howto, internet, jobs, projects, search, tips, Tricks, tweet, Twitter, update, web, web2.0
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