Overview
These past two weeks, I have been managing the HSC 230 Twitter account - @ozhealthtech. The twitter accounts purpose is to spread healthy information we find to those following us and to share what we have been accomplishing in class.
When I first took over the account, there were 187 followers and 735 tweets. By the end of my turn the account had grown to have 199 followers, and over 780 tweets.
I found that our followers interacted more when I would ask for opinions or thoughts on a certain topic either through a direct question or a Twitter poll. With every interaction comes another opportunity to gain loyal followers. So in order to get the followers interacting more, I would frequently ask questions and send out goodwill messages.
Hashtags were another good tool for enhancing the Twitter account. Hashtags work by labeling a certain tweet so that when a user searches for that word or phrase, all of the tweets with that hashtag will appear.
When I first took over the account, there were 187 followers and 735 tweets. By the end of my turn the account had grown to have 199 followers, and over 780 tweets.
I found that our followers interacted more when I would ask for opinions or thoughts on a certain topic either through a direct question or a Twitter poll. With every interaction comes another opportunity to gain loyal followers. So in order to get the followers interacting more, I would frequently ask questions and send out goodwill messages.
Hashtags were another good tool for enhancing the Twitter account. Hashtags work by labeling a certain tweet so that when a user searches for that word or phrase, all of the tweets with that hashtag will appear.
Sample Tweets
Skills Learned
I think the thing I took away the most from this project was how much effort it takes to keep up a "business" Twitter account. I have my own personal account but the ways in which you need to interact with your followers are so much different. Engaging with them and tweeting content that they would actually be interested in is essential for growing your Twitter. @tailopez is one Twitter user that I will be looking up to in the future. Each one of his tweets enhances his image and gains him popularity. One technique Lopez uses is the use of poll tweets. He asks his followers what they want to see from him; which helps him give his audience what they want.
Video Review
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