Twitter...Are You ''Tweeting'' Yet Should You Be (7:30am)
Gold Level
Date and Time
Thursday Aug 6, 2009
7:30 AM - 9:30 AM CDT
Starts: 0730am
Ends: 0930am
Description
Twitter has been on the cover of Time Magazine and its addresses are making their way to business cards. It is a technology to be reckoned with. If you are not using Twitter, you owe it to yourself to find out if you need to! Felicia Slattery is a leading expert on Twitter with over 13,000 followers. She is a communication consultant, speaker, and coach specializing in training busy professionals to succeed by communicating effectively with clients and prospects. She teaches teleseminars, leads workshops, and offers private coaching to individual clients on improving their communication skills in order to present their best image. Bring your laptop...log in...and learn Twitter as we go!
- How to get started on Twitter – if you're totally new I've got some pointers on the basics to get you rolling
- How to choose a Twitter username that represents you
- How to begin building your credibility tweet by tweet
- What to do to get followers (and why you want them!)
- How to decide who to follow
- How to tweet effectively
- Where to fit it all in and find the time to tweet
- What information you need to put into your bio
- How to reply, "retweet," direct message and use more features that will make you look like a Twitter pro in no time
- A few Twitter "applications" that make tweeting even easier and more fun and profitable
- How to fit what you have to say into just 140 characters
- What to tweet about so you look like you know what you're doing
- The lingo you need to know so you sound like you know what you're doing
- What types of things to avoid doing so you don't lose followers
- Some Twitter guidelines about how many people you can follow vs. how many follow you back (it took me weeks to figure this one out!)
- What to say and do to make money using Twitter
- How to create and track topics and trends on Twitter quickly and easily
- How to know when people are talking about you and your key words so you can respond
