5 WAYS TO UP YOUR TWITTER GAME
GUESTLIST 9
2016 / ISSUE 88
FEATURE
5 WAYS TO UP YOUR TWITTER GAME
It ’ s a different world out there , and the focus has completely shifted to the internet in terms of getting your business out there . So we ’ ve taken a look at 5 ways that we can up our Twitter game .
1 . RSS - Feeds
Our pages should be a place where people go to find out new updates , and know that they can rely on it as a good source of information . RSS feeds work by simply taking the information from a websites particular page and regularly updating your page with the information . An example would be if I had a Twitter account about Ferrari cars and I set an RSS feed that took its information from the news page of the official Ferrari website . This would mean that everytime a new piece of news was shown on the Ferrari site it would also be tweeted out on my Twitter page . It ’ s simple but effective as it tweets out automatically so you don ’ t have to .
THE AVALANCHES
It ’ s been 16 years since they left us , but finally the avalanches are back
The clues have all been there , but finally we officially know that The Avalanches are back . It ’ s been 16 years since the Australian sample-tweaking electronica group smashed it their globally successful debut album Since I Left You . After their land mark album the group went very quiet , until recently anyway . There have been little hints and voxes for years about a possible new album , and they ’ ve been really cooking up this year as the group posted videos |
online , have been billed at festivals around the world and posters appearing across their homeland , mostly all asking a simple question : ‘ since they left us - what ever happened to The Avalanches ?’ Well wonder no more , as after years of hints and teases the first new material from them was played . Following the global premier of ‘ Frank Sinatra ’ by Zane Lowe , The Avalanches have circulated the artwork for the group ’ s second album and the title , WIldflower |
and is expected to be out later this year . Played one Zane Lowe ’ s Beats 1 show , the lords of sample play had their new record ‘ Frank Sinatra ’ played . It ’ s the first taste of the upcoming album Wildflower album which is rumoured to feature huge names including Danny Brown , MF Doom , and Jennifer Herrema of Royal Trux across 21 tracks . The Aussie band will be bringing their epic , fun loving electronica sounds to the UK at Brighton ’ s Wild Life - full details here . |
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2 . Automatic Direct Messages
At the rate social media moves it ’ s harder than ever to get someone ’ s attention and start a dialogue , and there ’ s never a better time than after someone follows you . Set your account to automatically send new followers a direct message to make sure they are aware - it could be something like - “ Hey thanks for the follow ! You can view my latest video here at ... “
3 . Automatic retweets
After a while of tweeting you will notice the same select users retweeting and supporting you , they may be fellow artists like yourself or just general users giving you a helping hand . Either way it ’ s always good to give back and a great idea is setting up a list with a select keyword , this basically means it will automatically retweet a users tweet if it contains the keyword which could be your name etc - This is a great feature for all of your friends as you could set them to retweet each other .
4 . Gotta # hashtag it
With the trending side of twitter rapidly becoming one of its most important features , hashtags are becoming a staple in every media campaign . If it isn ’ t starting your own then using one that is currently trending is imperative for success - make sure you use them .
5 . Social media tool suites
Instead of addressing all of these individually there are also some all in one tools that feature a lot of these functions such as : Hootsuite , Tweetdeck , SMQueue All of these also let you connect with Facebook and other social media platforms too .
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