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In an interview with Joe Rogan, Twitter’s CEO, Jack Dorsey answers the question on whether or not he will create his own cryptocurrency. He said that he has no plans for that at the moment, however, he expressed his personal view towards cryptocurrency and the internet. Dorsey believes that the internet will have its native currency one day, although he doesn’t know what that would be………
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A collection of uses for Twitter to enhance learning and teaching
Source: 10 Ways to use Twitter in Teaching | Mastering Facebook, Google+, Twitter
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Transparency in the Wake of Election Troubles
Twitter is doing its part to combat fake news and foreign election meddling by rolling out phase two of its plan for transparency surrounding political ad campaigns.
There’s a lot hanging on this year’s midterm election and social media companies like Twitter and Facebook are doing everything they can to ensure political advertising is honest, transparent, and fair.
A few months back, Twitter introduced its transparency initiative partly as a way to give users insights into the origins of political ads and mostly as a way to make all ads more traceable.
This initiative was announced almost simultaneously with Facebook’s new ad transparency features, proving that both companies are serious about avoiding trouble this Fall. (more on that here)
Phase Two Features
As of now, anyone, even those without Twitter accounts, can use the platform’s Ad Transparency Center (a searchable database released October 2017) to search for ads displayed on Twitter within the last seven days.
The Ad Transparency Center features ads promoted by US and global advertisers. Currently, the only political ads that are searchable are those related to US elections.
This may change in the coming months but Twitter has stated that they will need to do more research on the matter before they can extend the feature to non-U.S. elections. The Twitter advertising blog states:
“We are examining how to adapt and internationalize both political campaigning and issue ads policies. We are doing our due diligence to get this right and will have more updates to come.”
For advertisers promoting Twitter approved US political ads, the Ad Transparency Center will break down billing information, ad spend, impression data per tweet and demographic targeting data for them.
These new capabilities expand on several others announced on May 30. As part of the first initiative rollouts, Twitter started adding badges and disclaimers to all political campaign ads and accounts running political ads were required to to certify that they lived in the United States.
Accounts also had to have a profile picture and a link in the bio section that provided accurate contact information. Twitter also banned foreign nationals from targeting political campaign ads to people in the U.S.
Final Thoughts
Online security has been at the top of everyone’s minds this year. Cambridge Analytica and election interference has social media users freaked and they, as well as the government, have been putting intense pressure on social media networks to get real about transparency and how they handle user data.
Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks, have answered the call eagerly and have started rolling out several new ad policies and transparency tools for marketers and users.
Some of these updated policies have caught marketers in a bit of a whirlwind. It can be difficult to maintain the same content strategies when social media advertising as we know it continues to evolve and adapt. However, these new policies could be a blessing in disguise.
Marketers will have to work harder to make their content more authentic or Facebook and Twitter will literally put an end to their ad plans.
Content should always be engaging, credible, and honest so maybe these new ad policies are the push some brands need to finally get serious about reinventing their content marketing strategies for hyper-aware audiences.
Twitter is a powerful tool for increasing business engagement, but as the competition grows, companies need to step up their game – raising the question, what works in the short form? Even though Twitter now lets you write 280 characters at a time, rather than just 140, the platform still forces users to think about message economy in a way others don’t require.
If your company is trying to boost its Twitter visibility, these three strategies can help put you on the map. Twitter has a surprising number of features to enhance your posts, as well as supplementary tools designed for social media professionals.
Master Your Hashtags
Hashtags serve several different purposes in Twitter marketing, but one of the most popular uses is as a crowdsourced advertising strategy; perhaps the most well-known example of this strategy is Coca-Cola’s #ShareaCoke campaign. This hashtag encouraged customers to share their own stories and images, but also made it much easier for Coke’s marketing team to repost these tweets. Other similar hashtag campaigns include the #ShareYourEars fundraiser from Disney and the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Purina’s #PetsAtWork, and Domino’s #LetsDoLunch.
Of course, these hashtag campaigns work best for large companies, so what’s your average SMB to do? For small companies, aggregation is typically a more effective hashtag strategy. At SteelMaster Building, for example, social media masters embedded the hashtags #Quonset and #diy in their profile, and in turn, they follow those tags on the site. Customers can also skim that description and quickly see what tags they should use to engage with the company. Many individuals and groups use this strategy to draw together their community or engage around topics of interest.
Twitter Meets AI
The most revolutionary force transforming Twitter marketing in recent years is the introduction of AI, and the technology plays several different roles. For example, AI-driven tools like Tweet Full use hashtags and keywords to find and engage potential customers. While the social media team at an SMB can only spend so much time retweeting prospective clients and attracting influencers, this kind of AI can do the work of dozens of individuals.
AI tech is also especially useful for SMBs on the analytics end of the marketing process. AI tools can identify which hashtags are most effective, assess the impact of paid marketing efforts, and transform raw data into valuable insights. Many SMBs don’t have the in-house tech needed to track these social metrics, but affordable Twitter-affiliated services can bridge that gap.
Fine-Tuning Your Content
Finally, creating a great tweet isn’t just about what you write – it’s also about how you highlight that content. In particular, the last few years have been marked by a sharp increase in photo and video tweets; GIFs also play a role in this video economy. If you’re trying to draw attention to your tweets, adding these visuals is a must. Tweets with photos average a 35% greater retweet rate, while those with videos draw a 28% boost. Visuals also help boost replies, compared to text-only content.
Another way to boost your Twitter content is by using the new poll feature. Like asking open-ended questions, a traditional engagement strategy, a poll helps companies get the lay of the land regarding customers’ interests and preferences. At the same time, it also reduces the pressure on customers to come up with something innovative to contribute or be the first to reply. Polls can also help your company restrict feedback to answers that will actually be helpful to you, rather than the random thoughts that pepper every survey known to business.
Twitter may not have the visual cachet of Instagram or big picture content like your blog, but it’s a powerful way to connect with your customers. All you have to do is put Twitter’s expanding catalog of features to work, and don’t be afraid to keep the text short and sweet. Your customers are here to get a taste of your business’s personality – you don’t have to give them a professional manifesto.
Big corporates already focus strongly on Twitter with dedicated marketing teams because they know that the key to having real profits through social media is having a strong Twitter presense.
Companies like Starbucks, Zappos, Southwest Airlines actively encourage their employees to tweet. In fact Starbucks generated $180,000 in sales using their tweet-a-coffee campaign (Fastcompany).
Every social media network has its special positioning. For Facebook it’s their personal engagement and network, for Instagram it’s beautiful photographs, and for twitter it’s keeping people informed.
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Even if you’re doing well with Facebook ads, and your blogs are getting ranked consistently, and you‘re also getting a ton of views on your YouTube videos; you still can’t afford to ignore Twitter.
Why?
As Facebook recently demonstrated – things can change overnight. Unless your business has multiple sources of traffic, you can find yourself in the lurch suddenly one day because someone changed policy somewhere.
Twitter will unlock a demographic of customers that you hitherto didn’t have access to. I am talking about the busy, money-earning, on the move middle class men and women who work well-paying jobs, and have too little time to hang out on Facebook all the time (your ads don’t reach them), or waste hours on YouTube videos.
As a school marketer, you already are aware of the opportunity Twitter presents to you as a tool for reaching out to parents and prospective parents. With more than 330 million users on Twitter, it’s easy to see why it is one of the platforms most school marketers say benefits their school.
But here’s the challenge – how do you get the right Twitter users (also known as Tweeps) to engage with your posts and click on your content?
Almost every school marketer has been in the position where they are churning out a mountain of content, and no one ever seems to want to interact with it. It’s easy to get frustrated when the last three tweets linking to your latest genius blog post don’t get noticed.
In this post, I’m going to take a deeper dive into Twitter engagement. We will look at what Twitter engagement is, how to measure it and why it matters. I will also give you 25 strategies you can use to increase your engagement and click-through-rate (CTR) on Twitter.
Types of Twitter Engagement
Twitter engagement is when someone engages with the content that you post in your tweets. To be considered engagement, Twitter users can:
Engagement is one of the main purposes of having a Twitter account – to send interested, engaged traffic to your website and/or blog. Just remember that if someone isn’t following you, they can’t see your postings.
What You Should Know About Twitter Engagement
Before we get into the specific Twitter engagement strategies, it’s a good idea to understand the Twitter environment in which you are trying to engage. (Source: 61 Social Media Statistics to Bookmark for 2018)
15% of Twitter users will unfollow a brand within three weeks if they are not making an effort to engage them, such as posting relevant content and engaging with them
Out of all active Twitter users, 81% are active at least once a day, 15% access Twitter more than 10x a day, and 60% tweet at least once a day
49% of Twitter users are following brands
19% of active Twitter users seek customer support on Twitter
Visual content (i.e., images, graphics, infographics, and videos) get 150% more engagement on average than text-only tweets
82% of active Twitter users accessed it through a mobile device
81% of millennials in the U.S. view their Twitter account on a daily basis
Why Twitter Engagement Matters
Interaction on Twitter offers a great deal of benefits to your school.
Engagement on Twitter (except when it goes really wrong) will enable you to build and foster relationships with parents and potential parents. If they are interacting with your content, they are interested in your school, and may even be sharing it. This is especially true if you’re responding to them and having conversations, even if they are brief.
Once you start getting click-throughs to your website and/or blog, you will be gaining more visitors, inquiries, and enrollments.
Also, when you garner retweets or mentions, you’re expanding your reach – for free.
Twitter engagement can drive results, so it’s worth measuring the results and adjusting your campaigns to improve the performance of your Twitter campaigns.
How to Increase Twitter Engagement and Link Clicks
Here are 25 strategies you can use to increase Twitter engagement for your school. You will want to test these strategies to determine what will work best for your school.
You want to consistently grow your followers by following others. Find the best followers by using Twitter Advanced Search to laser-focus your search criteria. Just remember to thin out your Followers (I use ManageFlitter to do this) because you want to maintain a balance between the number of people following you and the number of people or brands you follow. One strategy I like to use to build my Twitter audience is to find local influencers and search through their followers to find potential followers.
Yes, the Golden Rule works on Twitter. If you want others to engage with your content, you need to engage with theirs first. Like, reply to and retweet others content. When you engage with other Twitter users’ content, they will be more likely to pay attention to your content. This can help to build social proof over time, which is valuable on all social channels.
Not only will this increase engagement, but it will also help you build relationships with your followers, expanding your reach both on – and off – Twitter.
Another golden rule and retweets are golden in the Twitterverse (yes, it’s a thing!) Retweeting is a form of engagement that Twitter users value a great deal – not only are you saying you Like their content, but you value it enough to share it. Reciprocity is an important part of why people choose to follow and engage with your school. By retweeting, you will have a better chance of connecting with them.
Twitter only allows 140 characters in each tweet, to begin with, but the best practice is to keep your tweets really short – like 80 – 110 characters. This is for several reasons. Leaving space for more characters allows users the opportunity to add their own tags and @Mentions, making it easier for others to retweet. Several research studies have found that shorter tweets have a higher level of engagement.
While it is important, of course, to include links to your most valuable content, you also want to share curated content as well. With social media, you never want to make it all about your brand. No one wants to feel they are being “sold” to all the time.
This can be especially challenging for large schools that have a lot of engagement. However, it’s best to respond to users that engage with your school as soon as possible. Sending an actual response tweet is usually the most powerful and effective. If you receive criticism or they seem upset, respond to them quickly and make the conversation private (i.e., Direct Message) as soon as possible.
Responding when someone tweets you increases the chances they will engage with your future posts.
There are certain times of the day or days of the week when your active Twitter followers are more likely to be online. You will get more views and engagement if you post during your peak hours.
Most studies have shown that posting between noon and 3 pm Mondays – Fridays is a peak time, while other studies have found that 5 pm Monday – Friday or noon and 6 pm offers the best CTR.
Most social media scheduling tools (I use Buffer and SproutSocial) make it easy to distribute content during the best days and times for your school. It’s always a good idea to test your posting schedule to ensure you are posting during the best times for your social media platforms and audience.
People don’t want to waste time, especially on a microblogging site like Twitter. Schools should seek to provide value through information, inspiration or entertainment. Providing value, in whatever form you choose, is among the most important factors for success with content marketing. Value will keep potential parents coming back and staying interested, and, best of all, engaging with and clicking on the tweet you’re posting.
Hashtags play an important role on Twitter. Just like with Instagram, hashtags are part of the Twitter culture. But they are functional too. Hashtags help people find what they are looking for when they are searching. Hashtags also are used to emphasize core points you want to make.
Tweets with hashtags are retweeted 33% more often than tweets without hashtags. However, less can be more. Tweets with only one hashtag receive 69% more retweets than tweets with two or more hashtags.
For this reason, it is best practice to use only one hashtag per tweet. Also, remember that using a trending hashtag will help increase engagement and impressions.
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Visuals are important on all social media channels; Twitter is no exception. Images are important on Twitter because you are limited to the number of characters you can use. Case studies have shown that tweets with images receive 313% more engagement.
While you can use up to 4 images per tweet, including at least one image will drive extra engagement.
While images can get more attention than plain text tweets, videos will outperform images. Twitter Video allows you to upload an existing video directly from your smartphone. The time is limited to 30 seconds, but you will lose most of your audience after 30 seconds anyway.
Most Twitter users – 82 % – watch videos right from the Twitter platform. Native videos will drive more engagement than videos from third party players.
Video is a great way to share stories about your school, offer a day-in-the-life look, evoke emotion and highlight your Twitter presence. Videos are a dynamic way to boost your engagement.
Asking for retweets has been shown to be an effective strategy – as long as you don’t overuse it. When you have something really important you want people to share, say “Please RT” or “Please share” at the end of your tweet. If you use “Please RT” all the time, people will just ignore your request, so use this tactic sparingly.
If you tweet too much – especially if you tweet the same content over and over – you will see your engagement decrease. Most studies show that tweeting 1 to 3 times per day is ideal. Posting more than four times per day will negatively impact your audience.
When you’re sending out your 1 – 4 tweets during the day, don’t send them all at once. Be sure to space your tweets out over the day. This will increase the number of people who see it and help to increase your engagement.
You are limited in the number of characters you can use, so don’t try to be clever or speak in riddles. Get right to the point and make it easy for people to grasp what you’re trying to communicate. You do want to pique your audience’s interest, so use language that will make others want to pay attention and take the action you are inviting them to take.
This is a very common tactic for drawing people in. People want to share their opinions and experiences, so ask them! Asking questions will increase engagement and give you valuable insight into the type of content they are interested in and want more of in the future.
Using power words and superlatives in your blog will increase engagement. You want to provoke curiosity and evoke an emotional response from your audience. If you’re not sure what power words to use, or you just want some ideas, CoSchedule offers a free download of 500 power word for writing emotional headlines. They also offer a free headline analyzer you can use to evaluate your headline – or tweet.
When you interact with an influencer in your area (i.e., school board member, mayor, etc.), it can help to get new eyes on you. On Twitter, talking about or tagging an important person can be enough to get more engagement and new followers. Use the @Mention feature whenever it’s appropriate; you might build a stronger relationship with the person you’re mentioning as well as getting more engagement.
Twitter Cards are a great way to add more content to your tweet. You can use a summary card, photo card or product card. Twitter Cards are larger, which attracts more attention to it, as well as enriching your post. To learn more about how to set up and use Twitter Cards, link here.
Twitter has such a limited number of characters; you don’t want to waste them on long, ugly links. Most social media schedulers will have a built-in link shortener. Some WordPress themes come with a link shortener, or you can install a plugin like Pretty Links. Many social media managers use Bitly, Tiny URL, Goo.gl or Bit.do.
If you posted content and it performed well, you can extend it by using it again. Many schools recycle their best content, making sure to get more eyes on their high-quality tweets, videos, and links. Most content is missed the first time it is posted; and even if people see it more than once, most won’t even notice the replication.
Many social media schedulers allow you to repost content and offer an easy way for you to change up the tweet. Make sure to stagger your postings when you are reusing content. Repost on different days, at different times and put a few weeks in between your posts as well.
Of course, you don’t want to recycle content that relies on timelines like breaking news, holidays, events or certain trending topics.)
People want to know what they should do next after reading your post. Use action words to inspire Twitter users to, well, take action. Some examples include:
Use the word “free” whenever it’s appropriate is a good idea. Twitter users love giveaways and freebies!
Switch up your tweet copy between using headlines and regular copy. If you have an attention-grabbing title, you will attract interest, but don’t forget about interesting statistics and data within your content. Often, that type of copy will increase engagement.
Twitter Ads are a good way to increase your engagement, especially if you want to grow your follower-base. Twitter Ads do cost money, and can be more expensive than Facebook Ads. However, most Twitter users that invest in Twitter advertising have found that Twitter’s click-through rate (CTR) is higher than Facebook advertising. Promoted tweets are the best type of advertising for increasing engagement.
Create a Twitter Ad by locating the tab on the same dropdown menu where you find Twitter Analytics, which you can find by clicking on your logo next to the Tweet button in the upper right corner.
Conversational Ads are designed to increase engagement and brand influence. They are similar to promoted tweets, but come with the addition of a CTA that encourages users to tweet with hashtags you can customize and choose.
When a Twitter user clicks on the CTA, the tweet will open with a pre-populated message that users can then customize and share, after which they will be automatically thanked.
Twitter Conversational Ads are a great tool to use to grow engagement for your school.
Besides paid advertising, most of these Twitter engagement strategies are free and only require a small amount of extra time in addition to the content you may already be creating for Twitter. There are millions of Twitter users out there – you just have to find the right strategies to get your target audience to engage with your school.
As you continue to drive engagement and increase your CTR on Twitter, you’ll most certainly increase the number of inquiries over time by sending traffic to your website and blog. Twitter engagement will help you build rapport, trust and positive relationships with your potential parents, and ultimately, your school’s enrollment.
What strategies have worked best for your school to increase engagement on Twitter? Please share with other school marketers in the comments below.
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