This Week On Twitter: How Silver Surfers Use Social Media, 27 Social Marketing Tips, Twitter Mood Map

Need a little weekend reading? We’ve compiled our top ten Twitter stories of the week, which includes a look at how the older generation uses social media, 27 social media marketing tips from enterprise experts, a Twitter map that shows off the mood of the world in real time, an app that reveals if you’re a Twitter “giver” or a Twitter “taker” and customer service tips for social media marketers. Here are our top 10 Twitter stories of the week. 1. Silver Surfers: How The Older Generation Uses Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC] Did you know that one in three seniors now use social media? That’s up from just 13 percent in 2009. Almost one in five (18 percent) Twitter users are aged 50 or over, and a whopping 49 percent of online seniors have a Facebook account. 2. 27 Social Media Marketing Tips From Enterprise Experts [INFOGRAPHIC] So you want to use social media to promote your business? First, you need to establish your presence. “Having a Twitter account today is like having a web page 10 years ago,” says Lauren Teague, social media manager of the PGA Tour. 3. This Twitter Map Shows The Mood Of The World In Real Time Researchers have begun to track emotions on Twitter in real time, exploring how the mood around the world shifts based on events, locations and gender. 4. Are You A Twitter Giver Or Taker? When you’re using Twitter, are you all take, take, take, or do you give a little back? Maybe you’re really generous, and don’t take enough? Or maybe you’re like Piers Morgan, and take everything? 5. Customer Service Tips For Social Media Marketers [INFOGRAPHIC] If you’re a retail brand using social media – or really anyone implementing platforms such as Twitter and Facebook who has a product or service to sell – ensuring that your marketing is on point is not enough. Not if you want to really excel. You need great customer support. In fact, it has to be world class. 6. Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Snapchat – How B2C And B2B Marketers Use Social Media [STUDY] How are marketers using social media? Largely, that depends on the sector in which they operate, as business to consumer (B2C) brands tend to favour different platforms to their business to business (B2B) counterparts. 7. Selfie, Tweep And Hashtag Added To Merriam-Webster Dictionary This week we looked at a new competition from Collins that is asking social media fans to choose their favourite new word to be added to the next edition of their popular dictionary. Now, Merriam-Webster has revealed that they’re adding selfie, tweep and hashtag to the next edition of their dictionary, amongst many others related to the digital world and modern life. 8. 3 Ways To Use Feeds To Fight Twitter Writer’s Block If you’re trying to develop a consistent Twitter brand there are going to be days where you run into the deadly writer’s block. Don’t worry – it happens to most Twitter users. That said, consistency is one of the key elements to building a solid Twitter brand, so some days you’ll have to power through to find something to write about. That’s where feeds can be of great help. By building a feed that includes all your favorite news sources, bloggers and content sharers, you’ll have a ready supply of topics that you can Tweet to your followers. 9. Twitter’s Most Powerful Advertising Feature (That You’re Not Using) In April, Twitter announced the release of the MoPub native ads solution, complete with ad serving, targeting, and a programmatic exchange. This marked a watershed moment for the platform and has since helped advertisers achieve massive scale outside of Twitter’s walls. However, scale means next to nothing unless you can target the right audience. 10. The 5 Stages Of Corporate Social Media Grief [INFOGRAPHIC] Social media has quickly established itself as proven marketing strategy for brands of all shapes and sizes in almost every industry across the world, but some corporations are still resistant to get started. Did you know we have a newsletter? Sign-up to receive a daily digest of all things Twitter, sent straight to your inbox. Click here to sign up for the AllTwitter Newsletter. (Twitter image via Shutterstock.)

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