Twitter

Suitable for: Anyone interested in learning about the multitude of uses of social media platforms.

Objectives: Understand how Twitter can raise awareness of your personal or business profile. Connect and engage with other individuals, businesses, organisations, and potential customers. Keep an eye on other parties with similar interests. Obtain information relevant to your personal and professional development.

Course Content:

Ø Introduction to Twitter

Ø Create a Twitter account with appropriate username and secure password

Ø Find out what's happening, right now, with people and organisations you care about.

Ø Twitter Profile, 'Bio' and Design.

Ø How to tweet, what to tweet, when to tweet and who to tweet it to.

Ø Grasping Twitter terminology @mentions and #hashtags

Ø How to Follow, watch and learn (keep an eye on the competition)

Ø How to gain followers, (use regional Twitter Hours) and twitter etiquette

Ø Direct messages and email notifications

Ø Your Twitter Strategy

Ø Using Lists on Twitter

Ø Driving traffic from Twitter to your website and blog

Ø How to Market Your Business on Twitter

Ø Twitter on mobile devices -selective tweets to your mobile phone

Ø Scheduling tweets - how to post tweets for future dates and times

Have Fun!

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Twitter Hours

Twitter is a very useful marketing and social networking tool. It can be time consuming (but enjoyable and even 'addictive' to some). One strategy to stay disciplined and focused is to use 'Twitter Hours' on the designated days and times, as listed below.

To participate add the hashtag symbol(#) followed by the relevant hour to your tweet. For example, on a Monday between 8 and 9pm, you might type:

Hi #NorthEastHour Sharing is caring so help yourself to 2 minute video bit.ly/wDOAC5 & smarten up your LinkedIn URL. Free to share

During the hour engage with other participating companies, organisations and individuals. Consider whether to Retweet, Follow and interact with others. If you engage regularly you will soon become part of an online networking community. If you are not available at the specified times you might want to consider using Hootsuite or TweetDeck which allow you to schedual your tweets in advance.

Twitter Hours North East:

Monday:

Twitter Hours North Yorkshire:

#DerwentsideHour 1 - 2pm

#DarloBizHour 7- 8pm

#NorthEastHour 8- 9pm

Tuesday:

#NorthEastHour 2-3pm

Wednesday:

#CoDurhamHour 2-3pm

#TeesTime 2-3pm

#BoroHour 2-3pm

#NewcastleHour 2-3pm

Thursday:

#NEFollowers 2-3pm

#RedcarHour 3-4pm

#AycliffeHour 3-4pm

#GatesheadHour 8-9 pm

#SunderlandHour 8-9pm

#WashingtonHour 8-9pm

#TeessideHour 8-9pm

Friday:

#ClevelandHour 10-11am

#BoroHour 11-12noon

#TeessideHour 11-12noon

Sunday:

#CoDurhamHour 8 to 9pm

#TeessideHour 9 - 10pm

#EnglandHour 9 to 10pm

Monday:

#NorthallertonHour 7-8pm

#IlkleyHour 7-8pm

#YorkHour 8-9pm

#HarrogateHour 8-9pm

#DalesHour 8-9pm

#BrighouseHour 8-9pm

Tuesday:

#WetherbyHour 8-9pm

#DoncasterHour 8-9pm

#EYorkshour 8-9pm

#BeverleyHour 8-9pm

#NidderdaleHour 8-9pm

#SheffieldHour 8-9pm

#SkiptonHour 9-10pm

Wednesday:

#HambletonHour 7-8pm

#RyedaleHour 7-8pm

#WhitbyHour 7-8pm

#YorkshireHour 8-9pm

#ColnevalleyHour 8-9pm

Thursday

#EasingwoldHour 2-3pm

#OtleyHour 7-8pm

#BradfordHour 8-9pm

#SheffieldBizHour 8-9pm

#LeedsHour 8-9pm

#SheffieldHour 8-9pm

#HullHour 8-9pm

#WakefieldHour 8-9pm

#HuddersfieldHour 8-9pm

#SouthYorkshireHour 8-9pm

#BarnsleyHour 8-9pm

#RotherhamHour 8-9pm

#HalifaxHour 8-9pm

#Thirskhour 9-10pm

Friday -

Saturday -

Sunday

#KeighleyHour 8-9pm

#HolmfirthHour 8-9pm

'Sharing is Caring'.....so if you think others will find the online networking opportunities listed on this page useful feel free to share