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A Twitter Interview with Karen Plane of Your Admin

Date: 13th May 2010
Comments: 1 Related Categories: Guest Blogs

How long have you been on Twitter?

I have been on Twitter now for around 15 months and loving it!

How many people follow you?

At the moment – around 1500 plus

How many people do you follow?

Erm, around 1400 plus.

What made you sign up to Twitter?

I had heard lots of people talking about it on the radio and tv so my initial reason was curiosity, then I realised it could be good for the business too.

How often do you ‘Tweet’?

A few times a day.

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How To Get Banned By Twitter

Date: 5th March 2010
Comments: 9 Related Categories: Guest Blogs

ChrisSherrod_bigger A Guest Blog By Christopher Sherrod.

In the early days of Twitter you could do anything and get away with it. Well, not anymore. Twitter has gotten pretty aggressive about certain techniques to get large number of followers.

I talked to consulting client of mine that bought a course on twitter (not mine). And his twitter account was suspended permanently.

So I asked him some questions on how he used twitter.

What I learned clearly shows why his account was suspended permanently.

Some Automation Is Not Good

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Twitter – enough to drive you to drink?

Date: 4th March 2010
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Pic_with_wife_biggerA Guest Blog by Mark Aselstine of  Uncorked Ventures Wine Clubs

“Over the past few months I’ve been experimenting using Twitter as a way to help my business during these very early days, I believe I’ve found a couple of very basic insights which may help others use Twitter more effectively for their business.

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Twitter: Why does it work (so well) for small businesses

Date: 17th February 2010
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box_pic2A guest blog from Barry James of Receipt Angel

Twitter has been a bit of a revelation to me over the last couple of months or so. Of course I’ve been aware of it for a year or two – but it didn’t grab me straight away. In fact I was more than a little dubious about the whole ‘Social Network’ thing. Especially why it would work for small businesses – and how.

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Twitter for small businesses: Make it count

Date: 16th February 2010
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donutA guest post by James Ainsworth of Marketing Donut

Given that social media is a field of marketing still in its infancy, reports are published daily on social media habits. Indeed, the viral growth of social media usage studies, and studies of studies, was recently highlighted in terms more expected of Private Eye than a serious publication like The Economist, which said: “An astonishing amount of time is being wasted on investigating the amount of time being wasted on social networks.”

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Middle Aged Traditionally Built Women and Social Media Marketing :)

Date: 15th February 2010
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knitted_pink_monkeyA guest blog from Gaynor Humphrey.

When you think of social media you may not instantly think of 2 middle aged, traditionally built women. However for Best Years, run by Gaynor (thats me!) and Liz, it has rapidly become an integral part of the marketing mix.

Best Years wholesale knitted and fair trade toys. As a small business in a sector dominated by large multi nationals we have had to carve a niche out for ourselves in order to survive and prosper. Our success is based on staying close to our customers’ needs. To do this we exhibit at 5 large trade shows a year and send out regular digital newsletters. We also use our website, www.bestyears.co.uk both to attract more customers and hold data on all our products.

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Our top 3 Twitter Activities

Date: 21st January 2010
Comments: 3 Related Categories: Guest Blogs, Twitter for Business

A guest blog from Bryony Thomas

I run Clear Thought Consulting, a management consultancy specialising in marketing transformation programmes for small businesses. In the last six months, through Twitter, we have:

  • Hooked up three people we hadn’t previously known with new paying clients.
  • Met up with somewhere in the region of 20 local experts who are now on our referral list.
  • Received two good quality leads, with a combined value in five figures.

It is a fantastic tool for doing business. And should definitely be on the list of marketing techniques to try in 2010 for every small business. Our top three activities on Twitter are:

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Using Twitter for HR Case Studies – What Twitter Does For Me

Date: 15th January 2010
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A guest blog from Graham Salisbury:

OK. So what does Twitter do for me?

At the basic level it’s an integral part of my masterplan to launch my HR Case Studies blog onto an unsuspecting work!

I first developed HR Case Studies in July 2010, intending it to be (as it says on the tin) “a resource pool of HR related updates and HR case studies from the national press for teachers of Business Studies.” Twitter is invaluable not only in driving traffic to the emerging site, but it also serves as a live stream of news items for potential inclusion on my blog.

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The trouble with people who tweet is…

Date: 5th January 2010
Comments: 4 Related Categories: Guest Blogs, Twitter Musings
The trouble with twitter.
The trouble with twitter is now that it is so mainstream that everyone has an opinion on it and are not afraid to share it.
Fortunately they all conflict on how to get the best from twitter, so it’s still fun :)
Tweet what you eat?
I was reading on Facebook the other day where someone had updated their Facebook status with ‘Stop sharing what you eat on twitter”.
There were 5 or 6 ‘likes’ and 3 or 4 comments agreeing with them. I didn’t agree because it’s the little things that make a person a whole and
enables me to decide to continue following them, or not. Building a relationship and starting a conversation is easier when talking about the
smaller things like whether to have cheese or ham in your sandwich…
All work makes Jack such a dull boy…
Have you ever seen a tweetstream with no personal references in it?
Do you follow any?
Does that person engage with you?
My experience is no, someone who solely tweets about business doesn’t engage,
They are there to broadcast their business message and it’s dull to read! But what they do get is relevancy when you do a search in the twitter
stream for particular information. I have found 2 business tweets a day work well for our same day courier business. If you do a search, we
are near the top everytime, something we have been unable achieve with our website until recently. So do the solely business tweeters have the edge
over the non business tweets? What do you think?
Who are you and what do you do?
When I gain a follower I always ask what they do, and sometimes I get a response back that I find rather rude… “Read my bio”. Yes, rather than participate in a
conversation the person tells you to read their twitter bio. Their 160 characters defines them as a person and tells you everything you need to know, of course it does.
Imagine walking down the street, meeting an old friend and asking them what they are up to now and they respond with “Google me” or worse still “look at my website” or
they thrust a business card into your hand and you have to look, rather than listen and get to know then. Imagine chatting to another parent at the school
gates and you ask what they do and “read my bio” is the response. Even worse you get chatting in your local pub and ask the person you are talking and
drinking with what they do… and getting “read my bio” as a response.
“Read my bio” is a conversation killer. There is no worse conversation killer than “read my bio”, it’s almost like saying I am too important to bother with you.
BUT…
But people still tweet what they eat, send each other links to describe themselves, start a conversation and gain business from twitter. Being a person works.
I know, I get phonecalls everyday from people who say “how are the kids? how are the dogs? and can you move XYZ for us”. Over the last year we have won
huge amount of business through twitter, and long may it continue. It starts with being a person first and a business second, and that may involve
mentioning food, drink, fun, sharing jokes and participating in the community, sharing the wins and commiserating the losses. But most of all, it involves
being a person.
Sarah Arrow
Sarah is the most followed courier on twitter in the UK, possibly the world. Not a bad achievement for a regional courier with national coverage.

The trouble with twitter, a guest post by @Essex_Courier.

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Twitter Interview With Ces Loftus

Date: 8th July 2009
Comments: 1 Related Categories: Guest Blogs

A quick interview with Ces Loftus – the owner of Creatively Minded a business here to help you maximise your brand advantage!

How long have you been on Twitter?
I have been using Twitter for a couple of months now.
How many people follow you?
Between 500 and 600 at the moment.
If you are reading this and are not yet following me I invite you to check out my profile @Ces_Creatively.
If you decide to follow then I look forward to tweeting with you soon!

How many people do you follow?
I am officially following approx 400 at the moment but there are 30-50 tweeps I have in a network group and follow daily.

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