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Twitter + Fares = Twares

February 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Like many other business sectors, the travel industry has adopted Twitter as a medium for B2C communication. But how are they using it and how can you benefit?

JetBlue, one of the most followed Twitter members, offers Twitter-based customer service (note: they even present the name of the customer support agent currently on duty).

By means of their Twitter profile, Southwest Airlines manages non-official and sometimes amusing discussions with their customers.

United Airlines is now jumping on the bandwagon, offering “Twares,” which, as you might have already guessed, are exclusive, time-sensitive fare offers from United to its Twitter followers. You’ve already missed the first few specials, but don’t fret, a “Mileage Plus Special Offer” is still available – a customer rewards program where consumers can register for and collect a “small bonus” when United’s Twitter account hits 10,000 followers – a token of United’s appreciation.

The UA marketing tactic is quite elegant in its approach, offering up a set number of special fares exclusively to Twitter users, because you need to follow them closely if you want to have any chance of getting the deal.

Travel is a multi-billion dollar industry and the companies in this space are using social media tools more often as they look for cost-efficient marketing techniques in this cool economy.

Listed below are a few other Twitter players who hold a big stake in the travel industry:

Luxury Las Vegas
Twitter Name: LuxorLV

Marriott International Hotels and Resorts
Twitter Name: MarriottIntl

Carnival Cruise Lines
Twitter Name: CarnivalCruise

Hertz
Twitter Name: ConnectByHertz

Vince Bucciachio is Social Media Marketing Specialist with over 6 years of intensive experience creating successful campaigns in multiple industries. Head over to his blog, Musings of a Social Media Guru, for the latest Web 2.0 news.

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Top 3 Twitter Tips

February 19, 2012 By 25 Comments

1. Don’t Follow Every John & Jane Doe!

Those who use Twitter to market their business, will often be interested in increasing the number of followers they have. One of the most recommended ways of getting a good following is to follow every “John or Jane Doe” in the hopes they’ll follow you back. To be totally honest… this is pointless. You are better served having 100 followers who share your interests as opposed to 1000 followers who are not interactive and not concerned.

Don’t Make The Mistake…… It Can Cost You!

2. Copy Successful Tweeters!

Starting out you need to look at the successful tweeters and see how they’re doing things. You don’t have to copy everything they do. Take note and pay attention to how they do things. Doing this will help you to figure out where you’re probably going wrong and what you need to improve on.

3. How To Get Ignored On Twitter
Talk About Yourself – There is nothing that will keep you from getting ReTweeted like talking about yourself constantly. It will probably also prevent you from getting many followers.
Don’t Ask for the ReTweet – Like any form of marketing, calls-to-action matter in social media. So if you don’t want ReTweets, don’t ask for them, and especially don’t ask for them politely.
Dumb it Down – Twitter is a fairly literate, intelligent audience. When you’re avoiding ReTweets, you need to avoid saying anything too smart, so use only small, simple words.
Don’t Include a Link – People love using Twitter to spread links to content they liked. So don’t give them the opportunity. If you don’t want ReTweets, be sure you’re not Tweeting interesting links.
Say the Same Things Everyone Else is – If you say only the same things everyone else is saying, you’ll avoid any risk of being worth ReTweeting. It’s easy, just agree with everyone around you and work hard to never bring anything original to the table.
Don’t Talk About Twitter – Twitter users like Twitter, and they like talking about it. Tweeting about Twitter will make people want to ReTweet you, so don’t!
Use TinyURL – TinyURL was invented before Twitter and isn’t really built for 140-character messages. It will use up precious characters that will make it harder for your followers to ReTweet you. Perfect.
Use Only Semi-colons – You’re smart enough to know how to use a semi-colon, right? Stick to them and avoid other kinds of punctuation like the plauge (they’re all highly-ReTweetable).

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Why Purchase Twitter Followers?

February 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Imagine your website and those of your competitors as being like conventional shops in a mall or on a normal street. You may all sell the same things or offer the same services at the same prices but who gets most customers? Usually it is the one which is easiest for people to find quickly and conveniently. The majority of online purchasers dont like to spend much time looking for sites, and if your site is not well ranked by the main search engines you will probably be receiving few visitors from those people who are carrying out internet searches looking for businesses like yours.
The basic premise of Search Engine Optimization is to make your site more visible to your potential customers, and one of the key factors in doing is making sure you get Twitter followers on your side in big numbers.
While no one knows the full list of factors taken into account by Google and other search engines there is no doubt that choosing to buy Twitter followers is one good way to increase your profile among the general public.
Of course, you need to order Twitter followers from a good, reliable site which wont let you down or give you false accounts. You should look for one which gives you a fast delivery, genuine accounts, guaranteed results and the choice of different amounts of followers, as well as being priced according to your needs.
It can be a good idea to buy maybe 5,000 followers at first, to see the impact it makes on your business. These should be delivered to you within a month and you then need to give it a couple of weeks to see the impact that it has. Of course, if you are in a highly competitive business then your rivals are very possibly choosing to get Twitter followers in large number too, and this means that you will need to increase the amount of followers you purchase if you want to make an impact on the ratings. Try ordering again if the first lot you purchase doesnt have as big an impact as you had hoped for.
If your new Twitter followers help you to shoot up the rankings then you shouldnt rest on your laurels and leave things there. It is possible that rival sites will begin to take action to improve their own rankings through ideas such as getting Twitter followers added to their accounts. A good idea is to make the purchase of new followers an on-going habit that keeps you ahead of the game and doesnt give your rivals the chance to catch up with you.
This is just one aspect of improving the visibility of your online and there are many other ways of doing this, but choosing to purchase twitter followers is an excellent to begin to get more potential customers to visit your site and give you their business.

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Twitter?s Most Mentioned Male Celebrities 2011

February 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The deaths of Pete Postlethwaite and Ryan Dunn, the break-ups of Ashton Kutcher from his wife Demi Moore, Jake Gyllenhaal from girlfriend Taylor Swift and Macaulay Culkin from his girl friend of eight year Mila Kunis have caused a lot of stirs on Twitter this year. Pete Postlethwaite, Ryan Dunn, Ashton Kutcher, Jake Gyllenhaal, Macaulay Culkin, Ricky Gervais and Tracy Morgan and so on are named Twitter’s Most Mentioned Male Celebrities in 2011.

The former “Two and a Half Men” star Charlie Sheen was the most mentioned male celebrity of Twitter in 2011. Sheen made headlines all the year because of his questionable behavior and dismissal from his hit TV series.

Charlie Sheen

The TV personality Ryan Dunn suddenly passed away at the age of 34 from car accident and created one of the biggest stories of Tweeter in 2011.

Ryan Dunn

The Oscar nominated actor Pete Postlethwaite was another male celebrity who was much mentioned in Tweeter this year because the actor passed away at the age of 64 due to pancreatic cancer.

Pete Postlethwaite

Jake Gyllenhaal made headlines after he and his rumored girlfriend Taylor Swift were reported to end their relationship

Macaulay Culkin is the second most mentioned male celebrity in 2011. Although Macaulay participated in several films and music videos, he was mostly quiet. However, he became trend due to his split with girl friend of eight year Mila Kunis.

Macaulay Culkin and Mila Kunis ended their relationship after eight years together

The British comedian Ricky Gervais has also been mentioned a lot after appearing at the 2011 Golden Globe Awards as a host, who made a lot of jokes about many stars in attendance.

Ricky Gervais

The “30 Rock” actress Tracy Morgan had to suffer from a Twitter backlash after his rant during one of his stand-up shows

Actor Ashton Kutcher was the subject of Twitter backlash after replacing Charlie Sheen on the hit TV series “Two and a Half Men” and calling it quits with his 6-year-old wife Demi Moore.

Ashton Kutcher

Related links:

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Most Badly-behaved Male Celebrities of 2010

Ten Google’s Most Searched Celebrities2011 In Pictures

Mary Rose is currently a lecturer on society. In her free time, Mary is fond of joining social activities. Her goal is to provide up-to-date news and articles on society and culture.

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Twitter – How Twitter Can Grow Your Business

February 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment

There are many ways to grow a business, so how does a business owner choose? With the many ways to market your business on the internet your time may be spread to thinly over many marketing methods and thus have no effect at all.

Here are a couple of questions to ask yourself when growing your business online:

1. How can I reach my customers quickly and efficiently?
2. How can my customers reach ME quickly and efficiently?

A great solution to these questions is Twitter.

Here is why:

Twitter gives you the ability to reach out to individuals or groups of customers, on the fly from your office or in your car on your way to the beach.

Here is an example:

Say you sell ebooks on gardening. Sales are a little flat this month. So you, being the business owner you are decide to give your Twitter list a special one time offer of 50% off your latest eBook on organic gardening if they click on your link in the message.

(Sounds a little like email marketing right).

Here is why Twitter is great:

Your twitter efforts are paying off and your selling eBooks like hot cakes! (yipppeeee!)

Now with every order you make you publicly thank the person that bought your latest eBook and use twitter to do it.

Its great because the people that bought now feel great because they are appreciated by you in public. (Think of graduating from high school).

And the people that didn’t buy feel great because they now know you care about your customers, which makes them want to buy and they will tell you they want to buy.

And if you would like grow a fanatic customer base that buys everything you offer (well almost) go to http://www.twitter-secrets-exposed.info/ . Bill Crosby and I will show you how.

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