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Learn the unique language of Twitter, definitions, the do's for success and how Twitter benefits businesses. Presented by Melonie Gallegos on August 23, 2012 to San Diego's Rotary Club 33.

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Twitter TalkUnlock the unique language on Twitter and how it helps businesses.

August 23, 2012Copyright 2012 Fandom Marketing | Please share and distribute and be sure to credit @melonie or @fandommarketing!

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Me on Twitter

@melonieSince 2007

@fandommarketingSince 2010 co-managed with @downtownrob

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Twitter Stats

On March 21, 2012, Twitter celebrated its sixth birthday while also announcing that it has 140 million users and sees 340 million tweets per day.

Source: Wikipedia

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What’s Twitter anyway?

Microblog with entries in 140 characters.

The world’s biggest chat room.

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Myth: Twitter is for TEENS

Twitter’s early adopters were affluent adults. Teens and young adults have started using Twitter more over last two years.

Current stats:

Source: quantcast.com Aug 23, 2012

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Why Businesses Use Twitter

Word of mouth marketing

Customer

support

Loyalty

Thought leadership

Lead gen

Distributing blogs and content

B2B

networking

Building brand perception

Monitoring for insights

Events

Building buzz &

awareness

Recruiting

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Where a Brand Fits in the Conversation

Customers Partners

Industry PR

Your Brand

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A Tweet: A post on Twitter.

Tweet or Tweeting: The action of posting on Twitter.

“I’m going to Tweet this.”

“Go away, I’m Tweeting.”

“Tweet me.”

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ReTweet (RT): Posting someone else’s Tweet on your Twitter.

“I’ll RT you.”

“I retweeted that.”

Format credits original author:

“RT: <post>” or “<post> via @person”

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A Reply: A Tweet from another person talking with you. Often, replying to something you posted.

Typically begins with “@yourhandle bla bla bla.”

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Mention: A Tweet from someone else talking about you. Or, referencing you.

Contains “@yourhandle” somewhere in the post.”

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Direct Message (DM): A private message between two people on Twitter using the direct message feature. They do not show up in the stream.

“DM me.”

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A Hashtag: A linked search term used in Twitter copy. This allows anyone to click through to join topic based conversations.

#yourword

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Do’s for success

• Give more than you expect to get back

• Be a human being

• Talk more about and with others than yourself

• Build relationships

• Have a communications strategy

• Measure it (you will need pro tools)

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