How to Use Twitter as a Human Resource Tool

Twitter is an excellent tool, for both business and leisure. With Twitter's simple format and excellent communication tools, a business could easily transform a simple Twitter account into a human resource tool. So, if you are a business that could use a tool to optimize your communication to reach out to customers or clients, then this will be your best guide!

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Twitter account
• Computer
• Internet

1. Register a free Twitter account. (See link below)

2. Once registered, set up your account profile by posting a link to your business' website. This could be an official website, or a simple blog. Whatever you use as your online center of communication for your business.

3. Click on 'Setting', then find 'Picture' (located in between 'notices' and 'design'). Upload your business' logo.

4. Start to find people on Twitter by clicking 'Everyone', which is located on the right side of the Twitter profile. Once you clicked on 'Everyone', a list of random Twitter users will be listed.

5. Find Twitter users that you think would be interested in your business.

6. Look for potential customers, clients, and business partners.

7. Be Twitter friends with employees, employers, and anyone in relation to your business.

8. Start to leave comments, or messages, to all of those people connected to your Twitter profile, and ask them to help spread the word of your business.

9. Start to implement develop Human Resource functions, these functions being finding and hiring employees, business training and development, your business' promotions, and employee and customer relations.

10. Continue to find and communicate with potential clients and customers, and keep promoting your business throughout the Twitter website.

Tips & Warnings

• Maximum size of your logo/profile picture must be 700kilobytes. As well it must be in JPG, GIF, PNG file formats.
• Have an employee work on your business Twitter profile to keep it constantly updated.
• Hire a Twitter developer/specialist to help maximize the potential of your Twitter profile's success and professionalism.
• Be sure you keep confidentiality agreements while using your Twitter profile, for you may potentially breach contracts if disclosing certain information.

Resources

• Twitter

[MariM]

on 2/20/2009 I may have to look into this for my small business. Thanks.5*