Use Twitter Search to discover and connect with customers
Aside from direct @mentions of your brand (those which you’ll receive a
notification about), use Twitter Search to find people who have indirectly
mentioned your business name, website address, area of interest or expertise
etc.
and interact with them to begin building a meaningful connection – in many
cases, they’ll be even more surprised and delighted that you have made the extra
effort to reach out to them. Don’t jump in all sales-y (even if it looks like the
opportunity is there). Start a conversation, get to know your customer a little,
and then, maybe a few tweets down the line, start to move the conversation
towards your end goal. Target your search by location and date in the Advanced
Twitter search (
https://twitter.com/search-advanced
) for more localized and time-specific
results, and use keywords within quotation marks and the minus symbol (-) to
omit results with unwanted keywords,
e.g.
'"Paula's Prom Dresses -tiara"' - any
other Boolean search technique will also work. One cool strategy is to use
keywords associated with your business to find the problems which people are
tweeting about, and target the issues that your business can solve. Pair your
company's name or related ideas with words like "bad" or "sucks" to find people
spouting negative feedback, and do the same using common misspellings of your
brand name, @mentions, and a search for your domain name,
e.g.
"andrewmacarthy.com" to catch instances of people tweeting about your content.
In addition, search using the question mark symbol ("?") to look for questions
related to your brand or industry. On a similar note, make sure to filter search
results to "Show All", not just the "Top Tweets." You never know, one single
helpful tweet could lead to customer loyalty that lasts for years. Warble Alerts
(
http://warble.co
) is a nifty tool that checks Twitter for the keywords and phrases
you select.
Twitter search won't display every tweet mentioning your keywords or hashtag
that has ever existed, but it will look at a variety of types of engagement, such as
favorites, retweets and clicks, to determine which Tweets to show. Although
some mentions might be weeks or months old, it is still worth retweeting or
engaging with them, as you never know where a dormant mention may lead.
Note:
Upon searching and finding a Twitter user that you think your service can
help, do not be overly aggressive in your attempts to connect or constantly tout
your product or service as a solution - you risk doing more harm than good with
this approach. Instead, your first few interactions should be sincere and helpful.
Play the slow game; add value and your expertise to the conversation by passing
along a helpful blog post, or simply asking questions and showing sympathy for
the person's predicament - make it the
beginning
of your sales funnel, not the last
step. This strategy has been shown to be much more successful in building trust
with potential customers, especially as your approach is essentially "cold
calling."
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