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Advantages of Twitter Marketing Using Twitter is like sending a text message to the world! It offers the facility to ‘tweet’ a generic message to everyone following, @mention – send a direct tweet to someone, and to send a direct message. Twitter can be great for sharing links and asking people’s opinion on topics and products. You can make your tweet more searchable by using the #hashtag as a social bookmark. For example, using #socialmedia would mean that anyone searching for #socialmedia would be likely to stumble upon this tweet. Twitter marketing is also great for research and finding new connections. If you use the search bar, you can find people interested in similar things to you by searching for tweets on a particular topic. You can get a pretty good reach if you have a lot of followers who retweet you. Don't be afraid to ask for the RT (retweet), but don't ask too often - this might be seen as cheeky!  By sharing useful, unique and relevant content, you will find ...

Getting started with twitter!! Tweeting - As well as tweeting comments you can also tweet a picture, you can use photo sites like Instagram to upload or can upload straight form your mobile phone. You can also put links to a website you like or an article, allowing you to share things with your followers.   You can also retweet somebody elses tweet or they can retweet something you have said. This allows a tweet to reach further networks and therefore more people see it. Hashtag – When you tweet something you can hashtag a keyword to categorise your tweet and make it accessible to those who are interested in your tweet topic. Tagging – You can also tag someone in your tweet by using the @ symbol and then writing their tweeter name. Allowing the person you have tweeted to directly receive your tweet. Trending – When you here some one refer to something trending, this means a popular topic of twitter, often because of an event, for example #christmas wi...

How to get a Twitter account To get a Twitter all you need to do it go to Twitter.com you will be asked to enter your name, an email address a password and user name and then simply click create an account. You will receive an email from Twitter and then you are away. Profile - Like other social media accounts you can edit your profile, there is a cog icon it that top right hand corner of the page, which is your settings. If you click that and then click Profile you can add a picture, your location, links to websites you have and write a bio about yourself. Design – You can also change the design of your profile by again clicking the cog icon in the top right hand corner of the page but them clicking design. This will allow you to pick a theme which it the background of your twitter page, you can upload your own picture or customize an existing theme template. Then you are ready to get tweeting !! If you need help using twitter check out our blog on how...

What is Twitter? Twitter is a social networking site that allows you to connect with friends, colleges and businesses by micro blogging.  Unlike a blog twitter allows you to write comments known as a tweet. This can be a general tweet that anyone who is following you can see or you can tweet another twitter user personally. A tweet can be about anything, you can comment about what you are doing today or maybe voice a political opinion or connect with friends to make plans for a social event. What is Twitter used for in business? Twitter can be the perfect tool for business as it allows you to connect to your clients on a regular basis. It allows all parties to stay up to date with one another and promotes a closer working relationship. It can be used to contact your clients to get answers quickly for a query rather than using phone or email.   Twitter can also be used as a promotional or marketing tool as it allows you to g...

What are social networks? A network is a group of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts. Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviours.     Regarding the world of computing, online social networking is when online communities of people with common interests use a Web site or other technologies to communicate with each other and share information. For example, a business-oriented social network would encourage people to share business related material.  What is an online social network? A social network itself is a website or online service that facilitates this communication.    Examples of online social networking platforms include Facebook and Twitter . One of the most popular business to business social networks is Linked In. What is social media? Broadly speaking, social media can be described as "interactive platforms via which individuals and communities create and share user-generated content."  That means that socia...