Twitter can be your best friend: it can bring amazing results, help you connect with your audience and drive awareness for your cause. However, without a proper strategy in place, it can be challenging to post valuable content that engages your audience, increases your following and works towards meeting your goals and objectives.
It can seem daunting, but all is not lost. There are some easy steps and strategies that will help make engagement on Twitter more efficient while actually delivering better results.
6. 1. Set
Up
a
Following
Program
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7. Set
Up
a
Following
Program
• Set
up
ongoing
searches
• Include
acMve
Twi*er
searching
for:
• Your
brand
name
• Campaign
names
• CompeCtor
names
• 3-‐5
key
words
that
are
relevant
to
your
cause
and
audience
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8. Set
Up
a
Following
Program
Use
free
tools
like
Tweetdeck
and
search.twi$er.com
to
help!
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10. AcMvely
Seek
Out
New
People
Look
for
people
with
relevant
key
words
in
their
bio
using
tools
like
FollowerWonk.
This
will
help
you
find
and
add
new
people
who
are
relevant
to
your
cause.
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12. Promote
• Promote
your
Twi$er
feed
on
your
other
social
channels:
• Email/Newsle$er
subscripCons
• Embed
in
your
signature
• Website
• LinkedIn
• Blog
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13. Promote
• Use
Hashtags
(#)
where
possible
to
help
interested
parCes
find
and
follow
your
tweets
and
events.
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14. FOCUS
ON
CONTENT
(THIS
IS
A
BIG
ONE!!)
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15. 1. Use
a
Mix
of
Content
Types
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16. Content
Types
Provide
valuable
informaCon
to
your
followers!!
Rule
of
thirds
can
help:
Value-‐
Promo
Added
• 1/3
Value-‐Add
–
educaConal,
informaCve,
etc.
• 1/3
InteracCve
–
polls,
open
InteracCve
quesCons,
etc.
• 1/3
PromoConal
–
donaCon
or
events
informaCon,
etc.
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17. 2. Use
a
Mix
of
Content
Sources
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18. Content
Sources
1. Original
content
• Links
to
newsle$ers
• ArCcles
or
blog
posts
• Website
updates
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19. Content
Sources
2. Curated
Content
• Latest
news
around
your
area
of
experCse
• Other
blogs,
news
sources,
magazines,
etc.
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20. Content
Sources
3. Retweets
and
@menCons
of
people
you
are
following
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21. 3. Plan
Your
Tweets
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22. Tweet!
• Plan
to
tweet
at
least
2-‐3
Cmes
per
day
(3-‐5
is
opCmal,
especially
when
you’re
just
starCng
out).
• Plan
as
far
ahead
as
possible
• Original
content
can
be
planned
in
advance,
as
soon
as
you
know
about
an
event,
blog
post
or
arCcle.
• Curated
content
should
be
planned
daily
based
on
the
latest
news
and
arCcles.
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24. Content
Management
and
DistribuMon
It
can
be
hard
to
manage
content
in
a
Cme
strapped
world…
But
there
are
ways
to
make
it
easier!
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25. Editorial
Calendars
Create
an
editorial
calendar
Include
your
planned
tweets
for
each
day
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26. Editorial
Calendar
Align
this
calendar
to
your
editorial
calendar
for
other
marcomm
acCviCes
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27. METRICS:
SO
IS
IT
WORKING??
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28. • Measurement
is
essenCal
to
all
social
media
programs
• It
lets
you
know
what’s
working
and
what
may
need
to
be
changed
• Feeds
informaCon
back
into
your
strategy
and
planning
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30. What
to
Measure
• Depends
on
the
your
goals/objecCves.
• Measurement
frameworks
will
be
different
for
everyone.
• Most
companies
start
with:
• Engagement
• Awareness
• Brand
Relevance
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31. Engagement
• Engagement
measurements
look
at
direct
engagement
your
brand
• menCons
• @
replies
• retweets
• direct
messages
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32. Awareness
• Reach
looks
at
data
relaCng
to
potenCal
reach
on
each
channel
• #
of
Twi$er
followers
• Hash
tag
popularity
and
reach
• #
of
links
to
your
brand’s
website
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33. Brand
Relevance
• Brand
relevancy
and
percepCon
looks
at
how
the
audience
views
your
brand
including:
• SenCment
–
posiCve,
negaCve,
neutral.
• Key
Words
–
which
words
are
most
commonly
associated
with
your
brand?
Topic
–
Is
there
a
specific
topic
that
seems
to
be
hikng
home
with
your
audience?
• CompeCCve
analysis
–
share
of
voice,
percepCon,
etc.
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35. Tools
for
Measurement
• Manually
• MenCons
• RTs
• Tools
like
Tweetdeck
and
Hootsuite
help
capture
metrics
for
you
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36. Tools
for
Twi*er
Measurement
• Bit.ly
(or
other
URL
shorteners)
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40. Use
a
Measurement
Dashboard
• Develop
a
Measurement
Dashboard
to
help
keep
track
of
your
success
• Fill
in
on
a
monthly
basis
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41. RECAP
• Twi$er
Strategy:
• Start
a
follower
program
• Plan
your
content
• Manage
your
content
• Measure!
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Something you always want to keep your eye on Theres a number of ways you can do this
Is everyone familiar with tweet deck?
To keep your twitter feed going and your audience interested in your tweets, you need to create strong content.. 3 Things: 1. Add followers 2. Provide value 3. Position as thought leaders
If you consider why people follow you- to get information that is important to them… providing value is the most important thing to focus on. We see a lot of companies who use Twitter to promote their products, services or events – which is great.. But they don’ t give anything else – this gets tired really quickly and people don ’ t RT or engage.. You lose your brand evangalists.. Law of thirds helps ensure youre giving the audience content to help them or that they find valuable, as well as interactive content for them to engage with you. At that point you can start to layer in promotional content. Speak to the fact that many of them are local – look for information that speak to local causes to connect with the audience.
Original content is any content that your organization is already producing.. By tweeting it you are amplifying your message and showing your leadership in a particular area
Curated content is content that you source outside of your organization – setting up google alerts and running daily/weekly google searches helps find the most current content on a particular subject – curated content also works to position you as thought leaders, circulating the most relevant and up to date content to your followers
Retweets are an easy way to make sure you are continuing to fill up your twitter stream with good content, it also helps you engage with the people you are following – often they will return the favour
A lot of the metrics youll be looking at can be measured manually – things like Mentions, RTs, etc. By making it a part of your daily or weekly routine you can cut down on the work Tools like tweet deck/hoot suite help keep track by listing out your RTs and mentions
Entering links into a url shortener will let you track # of clicks (engagement) on your content Helps you identify which content is resonating most with your audience for future planning
Gives info on how many people Twitter or Twitter clients are driving to your website You should see a steady rise each month as you start launching your Twitter feed and planning content strategically
Helps make measuring easier – can give it to anyone on your team to fill out Lets you see how things are going in a quick glance Set targets as you go – benchmark originally based on previous months until you can put some targets in