Dell twitter guide and case studies

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TWITTER FOR BUSINESS

(In 13 tweet tips)

@StephenjatDell © 2010 Dell

IN 13 TWEETS WE’LL

COVER...

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What is Twitter?

Courtesy of CommonCraft.com 4

TWITTER 101

GET STARTED

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TWITTER 101

GET STARTED

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TWITTER 101

Things to remember prior to signing up

• Have a Username convention decided

• For personal company account (e.g. nameatdell)

• For company account (e.g. DellHomeUK)

• Centrally administrate the password and use company

email address

• Decide on the logo or image that will be used

• 48x48 pixels – jpg, gif or png (max 700k size)

• Put thought into your One Line Bio

• Design your background to best represent and market

your brand.

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TWITTER 101

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TWITTER SPEAK

TWITTER 101

Tweet

• 140 character post including all punctuation, links and

spaces

• It is viewable by all

Direct Message (DM)

• It is viewable only by the person who you are sending

it to (DM stephenjatdell)

Auto DM

• Generic DM some people send to a new followers

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TWITTER SPEAK

TWITTER 101

Reply or Mention

• Directing a post to another member openly (@)

Retweets (RT)

• Reposting of somebody else’s tweet and giving them

credit.

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TWITTER SPEAK

TWITTER 101

Hashtags (#)

• Used to categorise events or subjects

• Easily retrieved by twitter search (e.g. #BR140)

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TWITTER SPEAK

TWITTER 101

Followers

• People who have signed up to follow your tweets

Following

• People who you have signed up to follow their tweets

Lists

• Allows you to organise people in smaller groups to

make following easier

Trending Topics

• Most discussed items on Twitter at any given time

(e.g. John Terry)

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Opportunity?

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

OPPORTUNITY IN THE UK?

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• Estimated 13 million users world-wide

• UK has the 3rd largest user base at 7.2% or

nearly 1 million users and 2nd in the total

number of tweets created

• London has the largest percentage of the global

users of any city in the world at 2.08%

Sources: Sysomos – January 2010

OPPORTUNITY IN THE UK?

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

OPPORTUNITY IN THE UK?

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Sources: Robin Goad - Hitwise June & September 2009

June 2009: 22 x increase

in traffic year on year

Sept 2009: Twitter

overtakes MySpace

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

WHAT DO PEOPLE SHARE ON

TWITTER?

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Source: Robin Goad Hitwise June09

Twitter has become a

key source of traffic to

other websites.

During May 2009

Twitter was the 30th

biggest source of traffic,

accounting for 1 in

every 350 visits.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

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How do you get started?

Know your target audience by listening to them first.

Your objectives need to be relevant to your target audience.

Ensure your goals/tactics add value to your audience.

BEFORE YOU START ENGAGING

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Target audience

Primary objective

Goals/Tactics Goals/Tactics

Secondary objective

(optional)

Goals/Tactics

TOP TIPS & TOOLS

BUILD PERSONAL

BRANDS

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

NEWS FEED

UNIQUE

OFFERINGS CAMPAIGNS

EVENTS (#BR140)

PEER TO PEER

NETWORKING

CRISIS

MANAGEMENT

CUSTOMER FEEDBACK

TWITTER OBJECTIVES?

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TOP TIPS & TOOLS

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TOP TWEET TIP 1

TOP TIPS & TOOLS

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TOP TOOL – TWITTER SEARCH

TOP TIPS & TOOLS

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TOP TWEET TIP 2

TOP TIPS & TOOLS

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TOP TOOL – WEFOLLOW SEARCH FOR TWITTER USERS

TOP TIPS & TOOLS

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TOP TWEET TIP 3

TOP TIPS & TOOLS

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UTILISE YOUR SPACE

Bio

Backgro

und

TOP TIPS & TOOLS

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TOP TWEET TIP 4

TOP TIPS & TOOLS

USE YOUR PAGE

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Icon/Image

Ba

ckg

rou

nd

Account Name / Handle

Bio

Other Twitter

accounts this

account is

following

TOP TIPS & TOOLS

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TOP TWEET TIP 5

TOP TIPS & TOOLS

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TOP TOOL – BIT.LY SHORTEN URLS

TOP TIPS & TOOLS

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TOP TWEET TIP 6

TOP TIPS & TOOLS

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TOP TWEET TIP 7

TOP TIPS & TOOLS

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TOP TOOL – TWITTER COUNTER

TOP TIPS & TOOLS

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TOP TWEET TIP 8

TOP TIPS & TOOLS

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TOP TOOL – TWITTER DESKTOP APPS

TOP TIPS & TOOLS

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TOP TWEET TIP 9

TOP TIPS & TOOLS

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TOP TOOL – TWITTER MOBILE APPS

OpenBeak

TOP TIPS & TOOLS

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TOP TWEET TIP 10

TOP TIPS & TOOLS

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TOP TOOL – TWITTER FEED

TOP TIPS & TOOLS

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TOP TWEET TIP 11

TOP TIPS & TOOLS

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TOP TWEET TIP 12

TOP TIPS & TOOLS

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TWISTORI SHOWS THE QUOTABILITY OF TWITTER

TOP TIPS & TOOLS

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TWUMPED

TOP TIPS & TOOLS

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Case studies

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Dell Outlet

CASE STUDIES

Results • @DellOutlet is in the top 100 Twitter accounts (over 1.5M

followers, increasing by average 6K per day)

• Passive selling, people sign-up to receive discounts

• Expanded into other counties including UK

• Across all our Twitter properties Dell has made $6,500,000 (US)

Objective

• Share Exclusive

Offers to Followers

www.dell.co.uk/twitter www.twitter.com/delloutletuk

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Comcast Customer Care

CASE STUDIES

Results • Regarded widely as a successful customer service channel. -

Handles a small proportion of companies support requests

• Frank Eliason and team listen to customers, and respond within an hour.

• Over 20,000 issues solved a year

• Over 38,000 followers

Objective

• Engage customers

and improve

customer relations

@comcastcares

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Whole Foods

CASE STUDIES

Results • Local accounts at every store to promote local event and specials

• Tweets with links to recipes

• Allow customers to give feedback both positive and negative in tweets

• Over 1.7 million followers

Objective

• To interact with

their customers

@WholeFoods

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Media Impact With Twitter

CASE STUDIES

Results • Media uses twitter as a source of news in real time

• Consumers and companies are sharing news

Objective

• Share real-time

news

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TOP TIPS & TOOLS

TOP TWEET TIP 12

IN SUMMARY...

FURTHER READING

www.chrisbrogan.com/50-ideas-on-using-twitter-for-business

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/shane_richmond/blog/2009/01/06/twitter_a_stepbystep_guide_to_getting_started

www.readwriteweb.com/archives/5_ways_to_find_more_friends_on_twitter.php

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HAPPY TWEETING!

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@StephenjatDell

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