Twitter: Follow and Be Followed Towards a New Career

Wanda Hartmann Oehrli

twitter.com/wkhartmanntwitter.com/welldash

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Mg is for Marketing

About me• chemist• started MBA in 2008• entrepreneurship• web & marketing• volunteer• my project

Welldash.com

Outline

Strategy

• Your Tribe• What to Say, –Where to Say, –When to Say it, –Who to Say it to

TechnicalTechnical

• How• Job websites• Applications

Who Do You Tell What To?

What, When, and Where to Say itFacebookFriends & family

LinkedIn work

MySpace“the bar”

Twitter coffee break?

EmailSnail mailphone

You are invited to a BBQ

Just Finished My MBA

MSG Thank you

for the interview

Check out our latestsong

Anyone know of a good place to eat?

How To Tweet

Types• Status• Link to site• Link to your content• Conversations• Broadcasts• News• Live-Tweeting

Etiquette• Don’t spam• Don’t over tweet about

your content• Give credit• Don’t include private

info• Don’t overshare• Treat with respect

Twitter: Tips, Tricks and Tweets by Paul Mc Fedries

Size of a Tribe

• How big is your outer and inner circle?

How to Get Started in Twitter1. www.twitter.com2. Create an account

Create a Profile & Find People Navigation

Tweets

Create a ProfilePicture from

LinkedIn(limited to 700k)

Bio is limited to 160 chars

• people & companies you want to work for• decision makers in your industry• news & events

Find & Follow People

UnFollow

Unfollow

Navigate to Home Following

Retweet & Reply

Retweet – so easy!

Reply

Shortening a website nameWhat do you do with long names?• bit.ly• ow.ly• nyti.ms

#Hashtags

Search by hashtagTweets that have #wellness

Mentions and DM

2. DM must be following each otherd welldash How are things today?

1. Mention@welldash How are things today?

ListsSegment your followers in to groups

To search multiple fieldshttps://search.twitter.com/advanced

Search

Advanced Search

Searches all Tweets

Searches & Lists

Twitter Apps

Hootsuite.com•Schedule msg onTwitter, LinkedIn and Facebook

Tweetdeck.com•Tells you what is going on in Twitterverse

tweetmyjobs.comI like this one the best.

tweetajob.comvideo – woman followed people

at Sodexo“build the conversation”

twitjobsearch.com

Tweet My Jobs Chicago Sales Page

Tweets

Tweet My Jobs Via Email

Examples of Jobs Found though Twitter

• Public relations• Consulting• Freelance

twitter.com/wkhartmanntwitter.com/welldash

Books1. Twitter Tips, Tricks, and Tweets

Paul McFedries2. How to Find a Job on LinkedIn,

Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and Other Social Networks by Brad Schepp and Debra Schepp

3. The Twitter Job Search Guide: Find a Job and Advance Your Career in Just 15 Minutes a Day by Susan Britton Whitcomb, Chandlee Bryan, and and Deb Dib