by Keith Keller | Aug 31, 2017 | GUEST BLOG POSTS: Social Media & SEO, Twitter Podcasts
ENHANCING YOUR SXSW EXPERIENCE Guest Blog Post By Alex Villalba Over the past few years, social media has evolved from a mindless escape from reality to an extremely effective marketing, networking and connecting tool for businesses, individuals and explorers alike. In fact, a large part of the success of my lifestyle blog, seemefeedmereadme, can be attributed to social media in general and Twitter in particular. Twitters various marketing, publicizing and exploring tools have provided my blog with a powerful platform from which I can share my ideas with a global, targeted audience. I got prime opportunity to see the awesome power of Twitter in action at SXSW. During this fast paced, music, film and interactive expo, there’s one thing you need to keep in mind: “Twitter Is Everything At SXSW” From getting updates to communicating with the masses, there’s a plethora of ways Twitter can help you get through SXSW. So if you’re looking for ways to get the most out of SXSW here are some great tips on how to use twitter to enhance your experience. Gain Followers & Connect With People When it comes to gaining exposure and getting ahead, it’s all about who you know - and this is especially true in “The Twitterverse”. Since SXSW is a global showcase that interests millions of people from all around, you can take advantage of the fact that you’re one of the lucky people that gets to go and broadcast it to the world through Twitter!! During this one week in spring SXSW is trending like crazy. Every day hundreds of...
by Keith Keller | Jul 24, 2015 | MP3s, Twitter Podcasts
HASHTAGS (#) The Magical Ingredient On Twitter When celebrities such as Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon start talking about something, you know it’s big. The duo made a very cool video about Twitter hashtags that was so successful they decided to make a sequel. So when it comes to Twitter marketing tactics, hashtags really are that magic ingredient that makes Twitter what it is. It’s that element that has the power to change everything for you. In a nutshell, hashtags make words live and breathe in “THE TWITTERVERSE” There are 3 main ways you can use hashtags and I explain them in great detail in the podcast above: (1) POWER WORDS (2) CREATE YOUR OWN HASHTAG (3) TRENDING TOPICS In a world where there are “9,000 Tweets Every Second” on Twitter now and hashtags are a fantastic marketing tool to help you “STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD” Use it as a tool to get people to find you and from there, to follow you. They allow you to share your information with the people who really want to hear it. While Twitter has an in-built tool that’ll tell you what’s trending at any point in time, have a look at this nifty website if you’re after more detailed information: www.HASHTAGS.org You’ll be able to see what’s trending, what’s popular and look at graphs that can help you to decide what words/terms to hashtag. In my tweets, hashtags are the secret sauce, the joiner, the glue that makes Twitter stand out from its competitors. They’re a great way to spruik your next workshop, event, a new book release book and...
