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Twitter explained part 1 of 4 : The lingo
What is this twitter all about?
• Twitter lets you communicate with family, friends, co-workers and your business network.
Imagine sending a group message to all your friends so that they can read it, share it and respond to it.
• Messages or “tweets” are written from your profile and need to be 140 characters or less.
• Twitter can be used to :
1. Let people know what is happening right here right now with instant messages.
2. Entertain your network by linking them to videos and images.
3. Educate people by linking to news stories and blog articles.
How do I use twitter?
Twitter lets you:
+ write tweets and publish them on your profile
+ read tweets written by your network
+ retweet or share tweets written by others with your network
+ send private messages
So what is re-tweet?
Retweet or ‘RT’ lets you share the best links, updates or content that you see on Twitter with people that haven’t seen it. It is like forwarding an email that you like to all your friends except its a tweet.
How to re-tweet:
1. copy the tweet
2. paste it
3. add RT at the start
4. then put @immediately followed by the persons twitter username
It looks something like this:
RT @worksrec: check out this cool video channel: http://ow.ly/2Sc8c
Why use RT?
• It shows you are clued-up on how to use Twitter.
• It builds your relationship with the writer and they are more likely to share your content.
• You help grow someones network and they will help grow yours.
• Your followers may have not seen the tweet, if they like it, they will RT and you get the credit for sharing.
What is a # hash tag?
Add # to a word in your tweet and it becomes tagged.
User can search for tagged tweets in the search bar.
Say you put #olympics2012 in your tweet. If a user searches for #olympics2012 all tweets that contain #olympics2012 will be returned. VERY INTERESTING NO?
BUT make sure that your tweet is relevant and interesting or you will give yourself a bad name.
Big thanks to our friends and clients
Thanks to everyone that attended our event on the canal side last week. It was great to see friends and business clients old and new for the evening. An extra special thank you to everyone that contributed to Marie Curie on the night. We managed to collect over £300 for a worthy cause.
To see the even photos, click here.
Minimum wage increase
Please be aware that minimum wage increases from £5.80 to £5.93 as from Friday 1st October 2010.
Free business coaching event in Leeds as part of European Tour
Action Coach founder, Brad Sugars will be in Leeds next week as part of his European Tour, Business is Booming. The tour has been sold old at the major cities which is an indication of the following that this business coach has build up over the last 20 years. The tour is offering business owners an insight into the reasons why his businesses are performing successfully in this current climate. To find out more, click here and register. We will be publishing a follow up to the event very soon.
The Works Party At Latest Flagship Offices
**PRESS RELEASE**
Date: 20th September
AGENCY MAKES A SPLASH WHILE SUPPORTING CHARITY, MARIE CURIE
The Works Recruitment Launch Prestigious New Offices
September saw The Works Recruitment open their flagship office in style with an end of summer gathering at The Old Lock Keepers Cottages, Granary Wharf.
Sheffield musician Adam Pond set the musical agenda for the evening with a live acoustic set for guests as they toured the grade II listed building sampling champagne and Indian canapés.
The Works have been connecting job seekers with companies across Yorkshire and beyond since 1991, boasting a database of over 80,000 registered clients and placing over 9000 unemployed people into work.
Visitors embarked on a jaunt down the Leeds / Liverpool canal in the prestigious Welcome to Yorkshire sponsored barge visiting Brewery Wharf and Clarence Dock before returning to Granary Wharf.
MD Craig Burton said, “We’ve worked really hard to create a working environment our staff are proud and motivated to be a part of, we want people to be excited about working with us and visiting our offices.”
Notes to editor:
A photograph is available on request.
For more information please contact:
Name: Oswin Jackson
Telephone: 0113 320 1130
Email: oz.jackson@theworksrecruitment.com
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October: Brad Sugars Business is Booming
The Works will attending the Brad Sugars Business is Booming event taking place on Tuesday 5th October at Saville’s Leeds.
To find out more information please click here
September: The Works Launch event
The Works will be opening their new offices at Canal Office, Granary Wharf on Friday 10th September. To read full press release please click here
Club LS1 Education Event
The Works will be hosting an event at Club LS1, Leeds city center to discuss the new Agency Workers Regulations that are proposed for introduction in November 2011. To read full press release, please click here.
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