You haven’t seen his face on the silver screen (yet) and you won’t find any highly produced pop songs coming from this social media mogul, but Kris Sanchez – creator of the brand UberFacts (@UberFacts on Twitter) – is a celebrity. Since joining Twitter in 2009, his account has grown to more than 4.4 million followers, and his updates spark thousands of retweets, favorites, and replies. But how did he do it?
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We’ve compiled our top ten Twitter stories of the week, which includes a study which reveals what customers dislike the most from brands they follow on social media, the latest Twitter user demographic statistics, a social media image size guide, a look at how social media is changing customer service and a brief history of social advertising.
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We’ve compiled our top ten Twitter stories of the week, which includes a look at how social media contributes to the massive amounts of online information we all process each day, news that Twitter drives more breaking news traffic to the Guardian newspaper than any other social media platform, a visual that unveils some eye-opening social media photo facts, thoughts from a new study on the future of Twitter and key statistics, facts and figures for Vine.
The Twitter Profile page has gone through a number of redesigns over the years which, aesthetically, have almost always been pleasing.
However, for the end user, particularly if you’re managing a brand profile on Twitter, having to then re-learn and re-implement all of the necessary images for the profile page in their respective heights, widths and file sizes can be both time-consuming and problematic.
And if you’re completely new to Twitter, utterly confusing. Where do you even begin?
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We’ve compiled our top ten Twitter stories of the week, which includes a look at how to create the perfect tweet, incredible data showing what happens online in 60 seconds, a visual that reveals how social media is driving revenue, amazing social media statistics, facts and figures and an infographic which addresses how social media is changing the world.
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We’ve compiled our top ten Twitter stories of the week, which includes a complete guide to hashtag etiquette, a look at the top 20 most popular brands on Twitter, how to use social media to generate leads, the small business guide to social media mastery and SMS marketing facts and figures.
Why should your small business be on Twitter?
How about this for a reason: one third of people on Twitter follow at least one brand. Still not convinced? What if I told you that studies have shown that the vast majority (67 percent) of Twitter users are more likely to buy from the brands that they follow on Twitter, that almost four in five (79 percent) recommend those same brands and 69 percent go to follow other brands based of the recommendations of others.
What is a hashtag? Well, on Twitter – and increasingly everywhere else – a hashtag is a word or phrase (with no spaces or punctuation) prefixed with the # symbol which gives users an easy way to communicate around a single theme.
Example: #Twitter.
The use of hashtags in social media originated back in August 2007, when designer Chris Messina asked his Twitter followers how they felt about using the pound sign (#) to group conversations on the micro-blogging platform, and thus became the first person to use the hashtag in its modern capacity.
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We’ve compiled our top ten Twitter stories of the week, which includes 10 tips for finding a job using social media, how (and why) brands are using social media for business, stats that just might convince your boss to invest in social media and content marketing, a good example of how not to do Twitter customer service by Bank Of America and some incredible stats, facts and figures from the rise of social commerce.
The Newcomers Guide To Twitter is a ten-part series of introductory lessons, tips and suggestions for people using Twitter for the first time. Please share these articles with your friends, family, colleagues and anyone you know who is struggling to “get Twitter”.
So, you’ve studied the basics, chosen the perfect username, setup your profile at Twitter.com, started following some cool people, picked up some followers yourself, wrote some really great tweets, figured out Twitter etiquette and started making Twitter work for you, and your business.
Now it’s time to take it to the next level.
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