I know that Twitter is an opt-in service, but brands on Twitter need to put more effort in showing their human side which is an important element of social media.
Yes Twitter is an incredibly useful and important tool for brands to build relationships, but there is still an ‘old’ media approach to brands use of Twitter.
Who are you – are you human?
Straight up - what significance is just a link to a brand’s homepage to me as a follower on Twitter? If I’m following a brand on Twitter then I should already know the main online touch points, the most obvious being the corporate website.
If a brand decides to follow me and I need to make a decision to follow back, then I would prefer to see a link to the brand’s ‘tweeple’ page with pictures of those contributing to Twitter on behalf of the brand, with additional links to their own social network profiles
Where’s the transparency?
Most brand websites follow a similar structure for example: home, about, contact, who we are etc… so if you are using Twitter why not add a tweeple page with photos, biog and links to the individual contributor’s own social networks so there is a level of transparency.
Taking this further, if it is too much effort to set up a new web page, or it causes your web team too much stress, then it takes 10 minutes to mock up a background with text and photos to be applied to your Twitter brand profile.
Social media is all about open, honest communication
So if you are a brand using Twitter as a tool, to engage and build relationships with your customers, then show your face please.
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