How to be a Twitter Ninja!

Presenter: Warren Sukernek
Broadcast live: Feb. 11, 2009
Length: 60 minutes
Slides: View/download
Webinar recording: Unavailable

Twitter is today's fastest-growing social network, outpacing Facebook's growth. Twitter is attracting companies and individuals to answer, in 140 characters or less, the question: What are you doing? The answer is becoming more important to companies, brands and individuals every day in understanding the spread of word of mouth. Although Twitter's micro-blogging premise is simple, it can be challenging to master. In this SWOM webinar, you'll learn the many nuances and uses of Twitter to help you become a Twitter Ninja.

What you'll learn:

• How to use Twitter more effectively
• Listening techniques
• How to find the right audience
• Engagement tool/ tactics
• Resources for best practices

Ideal for:

Twitter newbies and relative newbies who want to get more out of Twitter and understand its importance in building relationships and spreading word of mouth.

About our presenter:

Warren is a Twitter success story. He was laid off shortly before Christmas then announced a few weeks later he'd been hired by Radian6, thanks in part to his Twitter network. At Radian6, a social media monitoring firm, Warren is director of content marketing and develops content for webinars, websites, events and online publications. An avid tweeter, Warren closely follows Twitter developments at twittermaven.com. Warren's 15-year career of client and agency work has spanned e-commerce, community, content management solutions, webinars, demand generation, blogging, and rich-media campaigns. He often finds himself at the intersection of marketing and technology because that's where the fun is (and as he found out, where many of the job opportunities reside). He earned his bachelor's degree from McGill University and an MBA from Boston University. Follow him on Twitter @warrenss

What attendees said:

• I am new to Twitter and I thought it was awesome. I would tell them, if you want to have a crash course on Twitter check out this webinar.
• Very solid information on how to use twitter in business.
• Interesting Twitter analytics, excellent Q&A session, good overview and tips, good stats.
• Live and active.
• Warren provided some good resources and insights on using twitter.
• If you just come away with one fresh idea, your time would be well spent.
• I thought I understood twitter until about 2 hours ago. yikes- feel like l need to cram for twitter exam.
• Great intro to twitter.
• Content was excellent. Answered many questions about Twitter.
• Good overview of what Twitter is, how business can use it, and some of the tools to better use/monitor it.
• I learned some things about Twitter I did not know. And I am fairly heavy user.
• We need to work on our social networking presence. There were some really great take aways from this. For example, I don't think we're doing enough, compared to what was suggested or what other companies are doing.
• I would recommend this webinar to colleagues and friends that had never heard of Twitter before. I thought this webinmar was how to be a Twitter ninja, not intro to Twitter 101.
• Twitter is very new, fast, populated and useful. That means there is a big learning curve. To use it effectively sooner, why not learn from people who are already doing it?
• Already tweeted. Warren is a great presenter. Good intro material for new users.
• Because many ppl I know don't really understand Twitter or it's value and I think Warren's presentation showed how cool it can be!
• Good intro into Twitter and why/how to use it. Very engagning presenter, great delivery, great content, great ?s. We had 5 people attend. Two of us are already Twitteradicts and this was a quick way to get other staff energized about it. Twanks!!
• I do not Twitter yet, so some of the information was above me, but was probably outstanding for people who know more about it.
• It provides a good basic understanding of Twitter, its uses and tools.
• Most of them are completely unfamiliar with Twitter and this webinar was a good 101 course.
• Great twitter tips.
• It was an interesting overview on twitter and how the use of it can be useful for a person or organization.
• Great info, easy to understand if newbie to Twitter.