'Twitter' Tag

  • 10 Reasons to use Twitter for Business

    August 15, 2011

    Twitter is not going away anytime soon but the general public still in the main does not “get” Twitter despite it becoming part of popular culture.

  • How to Improve Your Social Media Presence

    May 9, 2011

    Whatever your level of aptitude with Twitter and Facebook, there are many tweaks you can make to improve your presence in the social media sphere. Here are six to get you started:

  • Common Mistakes with Business Blogs and Social Media

    March 23, 2011

    Corporate websites are often little more than interactive brochures — they display basic information and describe what the business offers. If you’re looking to do more — establish your company’s executives as thought leaders in the industry, develop relationships with customers or gather feedback from prospects and clients — then a company blog is a [...]

  • How to Tweet Locally

    March 10, 2011

    So you’re tweeting away on Twitter about your latest blog…posting links to industry related articles…engaging with people, and so forth. You’ve followed some of your favorite folks, tweeted about your favorite place to eat sushi, and others are now following you. Like the dentist in Calgary and the life coach in Scotland.

  • Using Twitter for Customer Service

    March 2, 2011

    Customer service can evoke some serious misgivings or negative emotions. Although customer support is designed to help the consumer, the pain of waiting for a phone representative and the impersonal emails can cause more damage than good for a brand. People are turned off by the term and companies have begun to use different terminology [...]

  • Building Trust in Your Brand on Social Media

    February 10, 2011

    In the new economy there is one major truth that stands above the rest. Trust equals revenue. If you are a small to mid-sized business or organization it is the amount of trust you can build between people that strengthens your brand. Whether we are talking about donors or customers,  it is about building trust [...]

  • 12 Tips for Developing a Successful Twitter Campaign

    February 3, 2011

    Twitter is one of the most popular social media, that if it is used correctly, it can help you drive quality traffic to your website or blog and build a loyal group of supporters. In this article we will focus on how to build a successful twitter campaign, how to maintain and increase your followers [...]

  • Tips for Using Blogs, Twitter and Facebook to Find New Clients

    January 10, 2011

    Most of us have jumped on the social media bandwagon and use different aspects of it in our daily lives. One of the great things about social media is that it has a different use for everyone. You may use it as a break from your work, to connect with old friends, and to meet [...]

  • How to Use Twitter to Promote Your Business

    November 25, 2010

    We really can’t deny the fact that businesses are testing out Twitter as part of their steps into the social media landscape. You can say it’s a stupid application, that no business gets done there, but there are too many of us (including Refresh IT) that can disagree and point out business value. I’m not [...]

  • Social Media Bookmarking Widgets for your Website

    November 17, 2010

    Social bookmarking widgets have really helped reduce clutter on web pages.  Not long ago, it was not uncommon to find bloggers putting a dozen different icons under their blog posts hoping that people would click these buttons to spread their content on the web. But as the number of social sites grew on the Internet, [...]