How do you see all the tweets from the people who are important to you and your business? How do you keep track of those important tweets you want to respond back to? Twitter has a solution for both concerns. This is what I am teaching my Halifax social media business class. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ea-LBdOkNCc?rel=0 There is a lot [...]
Vine is a powerful video application that can market your business in 6 seconds. Vine can help you display a video directly onto Twitter that will play in the Twitter news feed of others. What can you do with 6 seconds? https://www.youtube.com/embed/Jltol2WKmKk?rel=0 We are discovering the power of Vine in my Halifax social media training [...]
When someone starts following you, that's the ideal time to start adding someone to a Twitter list. But what is the real benefit of adding someone to a list if you are a business? https://www.youtube.com/embed/9ksWoRLfCn4?rel=0 When you have a lot of followers on Twitter, you will find it hard to see the people you really [...]
One of these days, we will hear of another big Twitter hack. Do you know how to set up the Twitter 2 step verification system for safely securing your Twitter account? Here's a step by step video to help you learn how to get it done. Most Twitter account only have one user who need [...]
This week we will be talking about creating Twitter campaigns for business in my Halifax social media workshops. It's about putting together a series of tweets for a final moment on Twitter. Maybe it's a special. Maybe it's an event. Learn how Twitter can help you. https://www.youtube.com/embed/w03dzLjS0QQ?rel=0 Let's make an example company. Let's call it Halifax Tasty Chocolates. [...]
Do you want 4 tips on how to get more followers on Twitter? I created this video for my Halifax social media workshop participants. You can learn from it as well. https://www.youtube.com/embed/seTirTsC_7E?rel=0 Here are the 4 tips broken down: Add a good photo or avatar. No one wants to follow and egg. Make sure it's [...]
How long should your tweet be? We will talk about this in the Halifax social media programs this week. Length does matter when it comes to Twitter and using it for business. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ikNtxcrT_ME?rel=0 You should keep it under 120 characters so that one of your text gets cut off when your tweet is retweeted. One [...]
Your social media can be a great vehicle to let people know when accidents and emergencies happen. It can help people avoid blocked routes by enabling them to go around them. It can update people on current conditions during an emergency. It can actually save lives. Social media can do a lot of good in times of [...]
Every Friday on Twitter, you get to recommend people for your followers to follow on Twitter. You will see the Twitter hashtag #FF in tweets. #FF stands for Follow Friday. This is a great way to highlight someone and give them a boost on Twitter. This is a great opportunity because you can help the [...]
Every now and then you see a message from a Twitter account that says... "Follower -1, Unfollowers - 0. I didn't know I was this awesome. Get your daily stats via justunfollow". Justunfollow [now Crowdfire] is a necessary social media tool, but many are very ignorant about how to set it up right and how it [...]