{"id":2413,"date":"2019-02-28T07:42:43","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T07:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/?p=2413"},"modified":"2022-09-14T09:59:24","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T07:59:24","slug":"how-to-use-twitter-to-engage-new-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/social-media-marketing-blog\/how-to-use-twitter-to-engage-new-customers\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use Twitter to Engage New Customers"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"DSM<\/div><\/div>

If you were to liken the digital world to a \u2018real-world\u2019 social interaction, Twitter would be like the cocktail party. Just as such a party is used to meet new people and to network, Twitter is used to discover new products and services that you want to learn more about.<\/p>\n

Twitter is a great way to get more people interested in your brand and to start engaging with you. It\u2019s a fantastic way to engage new customers. However, there is a certain way to do this which will get more engagement and will increase your brand\u2019s traction.<\/p>\n

Using Twitter for Marketing<\/h2>\n

Be authentic<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The purpose of Twitter is to stimulate conversations and engagement<\/a>. You won\u2019t see the true benefit of the platform if you constantly broadcast your brand\u2019s message. This will turn people off and cause you to lose followers.<\/p>\n

As a rule of thumb, you should only be posting about 20% of your branded content and the other 80% of content that you put out on Twitter should be a mixture of retweeting other people\u2019s content (which you feel is in keeping with your brand) and engaging with people. This will help you to engage new customers.<\/p>\n

However, when you engage make sure that these are meaningful conversations that add value to the person\/people you are speaking with and yourself. Don\u2019t be inflammatory and make comments simply to get a reaction. Just as people at a cocktail party would abreact to people \u2013 who they\u2019ve just met \u2013 making sensationalist comments people in the Twittersphere will do exactly the same thing. You\u2019ll get a bad reputation and may even be banned from Twitter should enough people report you.<\/p>\n

Be relevant<\/strong><\/h2>\n

As we mentioned in the previous paragraph, your engagements on Twitter must be relevant. Don\u2019t barge into a conversation with a totally unrelated comment. Make comments that are relevant to what is being discussed.<\/p>\n

Many brands use hashtags<\/a> to promote their products, events or companies. They encourage people who are speaking about their brand to use the specific hashtag so that the conversation can be easily tracked and found because other people, who want to join in the conversation, simply search for that hashtag to find what people are saying. This is how they engage new customers.<\/p>\n

If you decide to use a hashtag, don\u2019t hijack it for your own conversation simply because it\u2019s trending. Chances are very good that people will ignore you and read the commentary that matters to them.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>