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Twitter’s brand new brand profile page will enhance your brand’s Twitter presence by allowing you to feature your most important content and giving you more space and flexibility in branding your Twitter page. Your enhanced Twitter profile page will be public so it can be viewed by anyone without the need for them to signup for, or log in.
Enhanced profile pages are currently available to a small selection of brands; they will be rolled out more broadly in the coming weeks and months (12/17/11). They aren’t accepting requests nor is there a waiting list to sign up for just yet. We’ll keep an eye out and send an alert when that changes. In the meantime your marketing talent can plan their attack.
For more information and to follow their roll out of this new feature visit: https://business.twitter.com/advertise/enhanced-profile/ still more information can be found here: https://support.twitter.com/articles/20169565
If you haven’t reviewed all of the features Twitter offers businesses visit this page to learn more: https://business.twitter.com/
No matter what the size of your company or organization you should have a look at the handbook that the U.S. Navy just published. It is intended to encourage the use of social media without so much gray area when it comes to what is, and what isn’t, OK. The handbook can be found here: Navy Command Social Media Handbook
Do you have a handbook or anything similar to help steer you clear of trouble? You should before your team dives further into social media without boundaries.
Here’s what FCW had to say about the handbook: Navy releases social media handbook
The Navy has published a guidebook to encourage sailors and commanders to use social networks for routine and crisis communications and to offer guidance on ethical issues such as “friending” and “following” between officers and subordinates.
Acknowledging that social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube offer opportunities for Navy commands to interact directly with sailors, their families and the public, the 17-page “Navy Command Social Media Handbook” released Oct. 15 offers a series of tips, rules and ethics considerations.
“With fewer Americans having served themselves in the military, it is important for our service members to share their stories of service with the American people,” the handbook said. “Not surprisingly, this makes every blogging, tweeting or Facebooking sailor an ambassador for your command and the Navy.”
We’ve all heard how important it is to listen to our prospects and clients and federal government clients are no different. The federal government continues to adopt the use of social network platforms and blogs allowing them to communicate more frequently with their constituents inside and out of government. Government contractors should pay close attention. Never before could so much be learned about an agency or department simply by listening to what they have to share.
Edward O'Hare
For example, IT service providers can learn what the IT priorities are at the GSA by following the newly launched blog, ‘Great Government through Technology‘, started and managed by Edward O’Hare – Assistant Commissioner for GSA’s Integrated Technology Services (ITS) portfolio within the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS).
Another great one to follow is the HHS IT blog, Health IT Buzz, which is managed by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT.
There are hundreds of places to “listen” to government executives sharing their priorities and challenges on blogs, on Twitter, in social networks and forums. Help them accomplish their goals and conquer their challenges and you will succeed in reaching your goals.
Live Twitter feed of BetterBuy press conference:
Follow the highlights of the press conference as they’re tweeted by the attendees. Links to be added later.
Better Buy Project: Better Buy is a joint project of the National Academy of Public Administration and the American Council for Technology-Industry Advisory Council in conjunction with the General Services Administration. The Project is an experiment dedicated to the belief that there’s a lot of room for improvement in the way government buys products and services.
Pic by @kellyolson of @BetterBuyProj team members @marydavie, @ltrudeau, @estherburgess talking with @jmgovit of @fednewsradio at #elc09
