Get Yourself Noticed With Twitter Nametags Put Easy Contact Info on Your Twitter Name Tag	Visited: 879 Not rated Rate: Select 1 - Terrible 2 - Poor 3 - Average 4 - Good 5 - Outstanding
by Mickey Arledge September 04, 2009

Do you Tweet? If you don't, you are fast becoming a "dinosaur"! In the summer of 2008,  USA Today reported that the number of people using Twitter jumped by more than 2 million users in just over a year. The social networking site was started as a way for people to keep up with each other, but it has quickly taken on a life of its own. Tech-savvy companies now use Twitter to get feedback from customers, to post news flashes, and to become a resource for clients. You are limited to messages (known as Tweets) of 140 characters or less, so people (and companies) are learning how to say what they want to say in brief bites of information. Each   tweet is broadcast to subscribers over the internet or to cell phones   via text messaging.  

Twitter usage is skyrocketing. People are messaging about everything from the mudane ("I had a bagel for breakfast") to spreading news of natural disasters and dishing about stars, about products, and about services they like and dislike. Companies are using it to drop ideas out into the world and get instant feedback on their thoughts. Now, they can figure out if an idea is worth pursuing without having to invest a fortune into something that may fail. With some estimates ranging as high   as 8 million members, these companies are wise to get consumer input.

Jefferson Graham wrote about companies who use Twitter in USA Today. He says that Frank Eliason, a customer service manager for  Comcast, spends his day communicating with Twitterers about the company  — hoping to resolve issues. Comcast isn't on Twitter to turn around the  firm's customer service perception issues but simply to "build better  relationships with our customers," he says. Whole Foods, which started using Twitter in June, just wants to hear what people are saying about the company. "It's amazing how many people say, 'I'm off to  Whole Foods for lunch,' " says Slayton Carter, Whole Foods' online  community development coordinator.

Twitter offers business   accounts to help companies build relationships with their customers and   connect with others in their industry. One caveat for businesses - don't use Twitter just as a public relations platform. Customers want to hear about the real business - they want to read about tweets that have a personal touch. Don't talk from a business perspective, let followers see the human side of your company. A personal touch ranks much higher with customers nowadays.  

One of the offshoots of the Twitter phenomenon is the use of Twitter names on professional name tags. Convention-goers find it much easier to remember the names on  Twitter nametags when they are on the run from booth to booth. This single name (the Twitter name) means they can get in touch with you without having to take the time to write down a person's name and phone number or web address. These Twitter nametags are the same as the regular name tags people are used to seeing. The employee name is listed with the Twitter name underneath it, or it is acceptable to just list your Twitter name on the name badge.  Twitter nametags make it easy for people to find others online so they can continue the conversations and   pursue the relationships they initiated at their first meeting.

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