I’m putting together a local presentation on Twitter and I’m trying to be as prepared as possible.

I’ve added a “what’s your biggest Twitter question” to the confirmation email, but I was wondering if anyone here in the groups had a Twitter question/problem/challenge they wished to share.

Feel free to share the question even if you know the answer! I.e., you think it’s a common question that an audience might have.

I’m expecting mostly small business owners and some non-profits as well, who may not be using Twitter, or using it just a bit. 

Thanks!

Should I opt for quantity or quality of followers?I have 2 businesses and target my followers for quality, however I know to some businesses, it’s all about quantity (and vanity).

@rich-brooks I’m still fuzzy on how to use Twitter during an event, i.e. including a tweet stream on screen. What tools are available?

Also, even though I use Zoomerang/Survey Monkey, I’d like to know how to incorporate polling and surveys more on Twitter.

Love to hear about the results of your presentation too!

Thanks, everyone!

@kimberlyhouston, Twitter search is definitely something I cover. Although I don’t use it a lot in my day-to-day personal activities, we use it when we’re helping clients build up a following, by finding people who are on Twitter w/similar interests.

I.e., we were working with a motor sports news radio show and did searches on #NASCAR to find people who might be interested in subscribing to the podcast version.

@rich-brooks That is an excellent idea!  Something else I need to do more often:  strategic use of hashtags.  : )

The biggest question I get from my clients is about how to incorporate Twitter into their business operations. In other words, what should trigger them to share something on Twitter.

After people start to figure that out, Twitter becomes natural for them.

@trudy

If I understand @amyhallbiz correctly, it’s just about clicking on the “See More of This Conversation” link at twitter.com.

@rich-brooks, Is it ever rude to answer or re-tweet someone else’s conversation? Also,  when someone re-tweets a comment I make to 40,000 + people, shouldn’t I get some kind of feedback from it? ( I didn’t seem to).

Twitter, joined got a good amount of followers, started another, got more.. finding most of them are not even real people, have a program that eliminates spamming followers to eliminate that.

Do tweets really convert? I know I have discovered and met people in my back yard through a contact on twitter so I know it works to bring people in the twitter universe into your blog, ( Need to work on that one) and website. But do all the tweets you send out actually turn into customers/clients?

How many people do you in return follow back, I know I have no time reading what is going on when I stop bye, I don’t scroll twitter feeds like I will G+ or Facebook. I usually will only follow people that I think are interesting or can give my followers a different perspective, but since I don;t have time to read all the feeds, do others? 

I have used search but not to the extent I should and also used hashtags but if you don’t have the right hashtag, how would you be found. For instance – a234w# means nothing or does it?

Hope that is enough to digest and that it is not more confusing to all.

Not sure if your course is for beginners ie people who have never used Twitter but I would like to find the some simple way in which to explain the very basics of Twitter.  I have spent some time looking at Twitter Tutorials but have never found any that explain the basic steps.  In fact I usually walk away more confused, thinking I’ll do it another day.