Twitter stats that matter.
As of March 2012, Twitter celebrated its sixth year. This microblogging service tout more than 500 million active users who send more than 340 million tweets per day, with more than 1.6 billion search queries.
Alexa’s web traffic analysis lists Twitter as one of the ten-most-visited Web sites in the world. Twitter has 98% up time and has scaled its architecture to handle growth and mobile apps.
Consequently, Twitter has mobile apps for iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry and Nokia S40. Twitter has also adapted its website for mobile devices.
Congratulations if you are using Twitter in your staffing firm marketing plan and if you have a Twitter icon above the fold on your staffing firm Web site. (If not, contact us about how to get and make the most of a Twitter account.)
Staffing firms using Twitter already know how their business benefits from this social media giant. But to gain the most from Twitter, think ahead to retweets (RTs).
6 Tips to encourage more RTs
1.Keep tweets short. Leave about 25 characters of space to allow room for the username and RT.
2.Speak Twitter. Learn the language and abbreviations of Twitter. This helps keep your tweets clean and eye-catching.
3.Simply ask for a RT. Have a hot job that needs to be filled quickly. Just ask for people to RT to their networks.
4.Use hashtags effectively. More than two hashtags look like clutter and seem like spam.
5.Niche-communicate. Converse with others who are in your niche. Follow and RT for them.
6.Say thank-you. Each follower who RTs for you deserves a special note of gratitude.
So, if your staffing firm marketing plan doesn’t have a Twitter account, it’s time to start. Call Steve Isenberg at ASJ Partners to assist you with boosting your staffing firm’s branding and Twitter traffic. Call now: 610-348-5805.
