Why Twitter:
Twitter is a real-time information network where people can discover what’s happening in the world right now, share information instantly and connect with people and businesses around the globe.
With over 300 million monthly active users and 500 million Tweets sent every day, Twitter offers an opportunity to your business to reach potential customers interested in what you have to offer.
What’s more, 80% of users on Twitter are accessing it via a mobile device. There is a real opportunity for businesses to reach potential customers, no matter where they are or what they’re doing.
How your business can use Twitter
Businesses across the globe are finding value in Twitter. How organizations use the platform varies, but here’s a few suggestions for different ways your business could get value from Twitter:
Listen and learn.
Find out what’s going on in your industry and what your customers are interested in. Use Twitter search to listen to the relevant conversations that are happening and jump in where you can add value.
- Drive awareness.
Raise the profile of your business and increase the impact of your marketing by using Twitter to regularly communicate with your followers. Extend your reach even further with Twitter Ads. - Provide customer service.
73% of SMB Twitter users said Twitter provides them with a quick way to reply to customer service issues.* Use it to quickly and easily respond to support queries and to develop a good reputation for your business and strong relationships with customers. - Connect with influencers.
Twitter breaks down the barriers and enables you to connect with anyone. It’s a great way of joining or even starting discussions with influencers and industry experts to raise the profile of your business and build valuable connections. - Tweet
A Tweet is a message posted on Twitter, consisting of 140 characters or less. It can contain text, photos, links and videos. It’s important to note that whenever you include any of these things they will be counted as a link and automatically take up to 22 characters. - Reply
Click ‘reply’ to respond to a Tweet. Replying to a Tweet is a nice way to build relationships with your followers and join in conversations. - Retweet
A Retweet is where you choose to take a Tweet from someone else and Tweet it to your own followers. You can either do this directly with the Retweet button or you can use the Quote Tweet button to add your own message to the original Tweet. - Like
Liking something is a great way of acknowledging or showing your appreciation for a Tweet. It can also be useful to use as a bookmarking tool if you want to easily find a Tweet again. - Hashtag
A hashtag is any word, or phrase without spaces, beginning with the # symbol. People use hashtags to organize conversations and make it easier to find all content related to a given topic. Click on a hashtag to go directly to the search results for that term. - Mention
Bring a Tweet to another person’s attention by including their @username in your message. You could use it to ask someone a question, to thank them or simply to highlight a piece of content.
Follow the competition and stay update in twitter.
- Create account in tweeter and regularly tweet about your course update.
- When you post the content daily, make sure you're including images.
- Tweet about your weekly progress, and tweet reminders about being added to the early-access list.
How to create account in Twitter:
Creating an Account
Go to the Twitter homepage and locate the sign up box, which will lead you directly to the signup page.
Enter your name, email address and preferred password, the click 'Sign Up'. Take note that you can tie only one email address to one Twitter account.
A new page will come appear asking you to select a username. Your username is what you will use every time you post a message or engage with someone on Twitter. (Tip: choose a username that best describes you or your interests)
When you have verified all the information you supplied, click 'Create My Account'.
You might be asked to key in a security code to get through. Once you have your username in place, it's now time to go find and follow accounts that you find interesting, or let your friends with existing Twitter accounts know that you've joined the community.
About Your Username
Your username is your identifier on the entire Twitter platform, so make it either descriptive or interesting. You may use either your real name or a code name, as with @talk to manish or @manish23.
–Your username will be the URL of your Twitter profile page. If your chosen username is taken, Twitter will suggest variations to the name, or ask you to choose another one.
–You may change your username anytime via the Account Settings, as long as nobody else is using your new choice.
- Usernames should be less than 15 characters.
- The words 'admin' or 'twitter' are prohibited from usernames to avoid brand confusion. You're now on your way to getting the Twitter experience. Read about the basic terms you need to know before getting started with posting.