After reading “The Art of Social Media” this week, I discovered
something I never knew about Twitter. Twitter
chats are a thing! If you are like me and do not use twitter often, then you
may also be thinking “what is a Twitter chat?”.
So, after reading the book and exploring Twitter a little
more, this is what I concluded about a Twitter Chat. A Twitter Chat is
scheduled and hosted by company or individual.
In order to be part of the Twitter Chat, you must use the hashtag that was
created for the chat. In the chat the host posts questions to lead the
discussion. These chats normally only
last an hour and have less than ten questions during it.
So, if I were the host of a Twitter Chat about dogs, one of
my tweets might look like this, “Q1.) What is keeping you from adopting a dog?
#AdoptaDog”. Then someone could reply, “A1) Dogs from the pound can be viscous
and you do not know what they have been through previously. #AdoptaDog”. People
do not have to reply to every question, but can see all the questions and answers
coming in.
Now that I understand Twitter Chats, I believe that more companies
should be using and promoting them. I feel like this is a great way for companies
to gain insight on new products or how people feel about the company in general.
This is a great promotional tool that will hopefully become more popular in the
future.
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