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Twitter Marketing Strategy - Twitter Targeting
Techniques And Ways To Use It
Twitter Targeting Techniques:-
· Reach users who have actively chosen to follow you for updates and want to hear from your brand.
· Get your message in front of users with similar interests to your current followers to extend your reach with the audience most likely to engage
· Pin your Promoted Tweets to the top of Search results and connect with users proactively searching for specific keywords and hashtags.
· While interest targeting focuses on “who,” keyword targeting gets brands closer to “when” so brands can enter into relevant conversations at the right moment.
· Connect with Twitter users based on their passions.
· Connect with a global audience or target a specific region, DMA or postal code.
· Tailor a specific message to men or women to increase relevance.
· Reach users based on languages they understand.
Ways to Use:
Optimize
your Twitter bio:-
Make sure your company identity and voice are
branded well. That means having a bio that tells people who you are and
includes a link to your company website or a landing page -- and having "a
consistent tone so that people clearly understand who you are and what you
do."
Get
colleagues involved:-
The first people to help build your brand
should come internally. Make sure your coworkers are following you on Twitter
and tweeting, retweeting, engaging, etc.
Tweet
regularly:-
Regular tweeting is a sign of an active,
healthy profile. If you only tweet once a week, or once a month, you aren't
keeping up with the Joneses [or the Twitter equivalent]. Worse, folks will
forget about you.
Find out
who the influencers are :-
Use Twitter search or a tool like Topsy [or
Followerwonk] to find like-minded prospects, customers and influencers/media by
searching keywords that relate to your industry.
Track
mentions and respond if appropriate:-
Track brand mentions and keywords to make sure
[you know what's being said about you. And be sure to respond in a polite, professional
manner if appropriate.
Favorite
tweets:-
Many people don't know about favoriting tweets,
but it can get someone's attention more than a retweet or a mention.
Retweet:-
Don't be afraid to retweet as this will help
link you with and cement your own thought leadership within your industry.
Follow
trends/hashtags:-
Look at the trending topics and hashtags and
find a way to make a relevant connection to your brand.
Use
images and videos:-
Images, videos and other rich media have proven
to receive more views, clicks and shares than plain text tweets.
Use
Twitter analytics and Analysis:-
Use Twitter's native analytics daily to get a
grasp on what's resonating and what's not with your audience once you've built
it. Have your own keyword search analysis
on your product with your product keyword search and have a track of the
audience coverage about your product/brand.
Use
Promoted Tweets:-
Be sure to directly target your audience with
Promoted Tweets option.
Overall develop your twitter handle first and make sure that audience are been attracted and with the help of it you can market your product.


