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Nov 12

Twitter Bootcamp for PR: A Recap

Yesterday afternoon John Bell and I delivered “Twitter Bootcamp for PR”, a one-hour training Webinar for public relations professionals hosted by the Bulldog Reporter’s PR University. During the workshop, we shared key strategies and best practices on how organizations can participate in social media through microblogging platforms such as Twitter.

A recording of the Webinar will be made available to people who registered and attended the event. However, we wanted to share a copy of our presentation deck with our readers, which includes more than 60 sides featuring the basics of Twitter, key strategies, PR best practices, and real life case studies.

You can download the full Twitter PR Strategies PPT deck, or view it on Slideshare:

Ogilvy PR 360 DI Twitter Webinar
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Here a few things you will learn:

  • New Opportunities: How you can use Twitter and the business opportunities available
  • Best Practices & Case Studies: How leading companies are using Twitter right now for internal communications, community outreach, client contact and PR campaigns
  • Strategic Planning: How to integrate Twitter into your PR program as soon as possible
  • Mastering the Twitpitch: How journalists prefer (or don’t prefer) to be contacted and pitched on Twitter
  • How to use Twitter, step by step: A breakdown of how the service works and how to get started
  • Pitfalls to Avoid: common mistakes made when communicators use Twitter, and how to sidestep them

In addition, the 360 Digital Influence team has created a series of blog posts about Twitter and PR strategies here on the 360 Digital Influence blog. Here’s a list of the existing posts:

Twitter Best Practices

The Twitter Strategy Blog Series (see the infographic below)
#1 Customer Relations

#2: Crisis Communications

#3: Corporate Reputation Management

#4: Event Coverage and Promotion

#5: Sales and Promotions

#6: Non-Profit and Issues Advocacy

Twitter and PR

Check back this week, we’ll be posting some of the questions and answers that were posed during yesterday’s workshop. And, in the meantime, check out some additional Twitter resources on our del.icio.us page.

14 Responses to “Twitter Bootcamp for PR: A Recap”

  1. Jason Baer Says:

    Great presentation. Thanks very much for sharing it. I just conducted some 1.5 day social media bootcamps for PR firms last week. A heavy dose of Twitter instruction, of course.

    The big thing people need to realize is that it’s a community, not a broadcast platform. I’ve been advocating the 8×1 rule. For every Tweet about you, send 8 about others. A bit counter-intuitive for marketers, but that’s what the Twitter community wants.

    Looking forward to following your work here (and of course on Twitter)

    Best regards,

    Jason Baer
    Convince & Convert
    Where social media and email collide

  2. Kristin Foster Says:

    Thanks, Jason. Love the 8×1 rule! Great advice, keep it coming.

  3. Tom Ulrich Says:

    Many thanks, Kristin, to you and John for an excellent presentation. I will say, though, that given the comments on Twitter’s utility for rapid response to customer feedback, I was a little surprised you weren’t taking audience questions via Twitter!

  4. Arthur Brown Says:

    Great break down of how to use Twitter effectively. More companies will begin to use Twitter in the future and most be well served to read this before they start using Twitter.

  5. Claudia Sommer Says:

    Twitter in der Kommunikation…

    Mit Twitter kann man ziemlich viel anstellen. Es privat zum plaudern nutzen, Krisenkommunikation darüber abwickeln, Spam unter die Leute bringen etc.
    Alleine im Kontext einer Integration in die Unternehmenskommunikation bieten sich 6 unterschiedliche …

  6. Brian Solis Says:

    Hi Kristen, excellent, excellent, excellent presentation.

    You’ll see some very interesting iterations of @Twitpitch soon tied to the @micropr effort that Stowe and I are working on together. More here: http://www.m1cr0pr.com

    Not sure if this post helped you define the top 10 Twitter tools, but here’s a deeper look at 60+ top communications and community management services here:
    http://www.briansolis.com/2008/10/twitter-tools-for-community-and.html

    Keep up the great work!

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