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Twittering Your WayThrough the
Economic Storm
Houston Interactive Marketing Association13 January 2009
Tim Walker
5,000,000(ish)
(& growing)
Itinerary
What Twitter IS
Twitter for BUSINESS
Twitter TOOLS
Takeaways“bit by bit”
“transparently & authentically”
“monitor & engage in conversations”
@HIMAtalk
What Twitter IS
•“like IM’ing a group”
•“free-form chat room”
•“microblog”
• questions & answers• funny stories• pictures• links• quotations• discussion• . . .
Two questions
Whom should I follow?
Two questions
Whom should I follow?
Should I use automatic welcoming DMs?
More•Network effects
•Strong & loose ties
•Play + discovery
Twitter for BUSINESS
Create a customer!
Purpose Plan
DO
WHAT to do: mindset
• To be of USE.
• To hear the TRUTH.
• To find and serve CUSTOMERS.
WHAT to do: function• Marketing
–Not “campaigns”!–Not advertising!
• Branding• Word-of-mouth
WHAT to do: function
• P.R.
• Media outreach
WHAT to do: function
• Sales
• Support
WHAT to do: function
• Industry analysis
• Competitive intel
HOW to do it• Openness
–Personal & humble–Admit mistakes
• Transparency–Financial interests–What I’m getting into
What not to do
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The commonality:
LISTENING
Remember . . .
We’re having a
CONVERSATION,not a MESSAGING
session.
Caveats•Compliance
•Corporate standards
•Follow-up!
More•Networking
•Careers
•Crisis mgmt.
Twitter TOOLS
Tool categories
• Shorten / track links
• Search
• Desktop & mobile clients
• Social tools
Shorten links
Shorten & track links
search.twitter.com
search.twitter.com
Desktop client
Client + search
Mobile clients
• iPhone: Twitterific, Tweetie, TwitterFon
• Blackberry: TwitterBerry
• And plain ol’ SMS!
Social tools
Social tools
Social tools
Social tools
@HIMAtalk
Takeaways“bit by bit”
“transparently & authentically”
“monitor & engage in conversations”