http://www.pcgdigitalmarketing.com/ Social media is increasingly influencing how people buy cars and interact with dealerships. Dealers receive more follows and higher engagement on Twitter than Facebook, yet most are spending more money on Facebook.
During "Twitter 101 For Car Dealers," Christine will:
Explain why Twitter is so important for car dealers
Present key strategies to mine leads and increase engagement
Discuss Twitter lingo and phrases
Guide attendees on how to perform Twitter searches and use hashtags
6. Twitter: Know the Facts
• 56% of customer tweets to companies
are being ignored
• 32% of all Internet users are using Twitter
• 50% of Twitter users are using via
mobile
• 11 accounts are created every second on
Twitter
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Optimize Your Profile
• Avatar photo
• Full bio
• Website link
• Keywords in form of hashtags
• Cover photo
• Background image
• SEO
• Inbound links
• Website icons
• Blog
12. Tips for Tweeting
Monitor your mentions
Utilize the search function and basic search
Share links and content (80% of tweets)
Re-tweet and reply (20% of tweets)
Remember: The simplest way to engage with followers is to ASK
13. Using Hashtags
• Narrows conversation on Twitter and organizes tweets
• Contains letters and/or numbers; no spaces/punctuation
• Ask yourself who you wish to target
• Test your hashtags before using them
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• Lead generation
• Referral traffic to website
• Growth of followers
• Engagement levels
Measure ROI
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Do try: Stop before:
• To schedule time every
day to engage on Twitter,
especially from 1-6pm
• Utilize Twitter search to
mine for leads
• Engage with users daily
to build long-lasting
relationships
• Reporting monthly on
ROI metrics
• Setting up auto-posts
from Facebook to Twitter
• Creating an account just
to promote inventory and
specials
• Spamming customers by
abusing Twitter search
• Ending social strategy
too soon without
measuring long-term ROI
See what people are saying, negative or positive feedback. Mention someone in a tweet- bring tweet to their attention Search your name and advanced option - twitter.com/search Referral traffic If relevant, re-tweet and reply Re-tweeting is like passing along someones tweet -sending original message to all of your followers Replying – responding to a tweet – creating a conversation Create a personality for brand and ask questions you would answer
Categorize tweets and make them show more easily in Twitter search Click on hashtagged word in any tweet shows you search results for that term Test them in twitter search- Hashtags can be funny and be used for multiple intentions - NADA – common example When I tweet about social media Example – brand hashtags, local geo-targeted hashtags, state-wide