Twitter for Business and Pleasure Online Class
October 20th, 2009 lvs Posted in In The Spotlight | 1 Comment »
What is all the buzz about Twitter? Once perceived as simply a toy of the self absorbed, Twitter has evolved into a powerful news, networking and promotional tool. Millions of people world-wide use twitter to share news, information, pictures, video, events, and more. Yes, there are a fair number of celebrities making fools out of themselves on Twitter and others that tweet about the cute guy they saw at the mall, but Twitter is also a powerful means of getting things done online. I can’t even begin to count how many times Twitter has helped plan meals, choose restaurants, deal with air travel, find items and gotten me great deals on the things I want and need. Twitter has become a powerful customer service tool allowing businesses to quickly address problems and provide solutions. Twitter is undeniably a source to be reckoned with when it comes to the news, the Hudson River plane crash was first reported on Twitter.
The Twitter for Business and Pleasure Online Class is designed to help you separate the hype from the substance of Twitter so you can utilize its power effectively. It doesn’t matter if you have never heard of Twitter before or if you have a 6 month old twitter account that you don’t quite know what to do with. This Twitter for Business and Pleasure course will help you utilize Twitter to meet your unique needs.
You will learn:
- What Twitter has to offer individuals, groups and businesses
- How to develop a Twitter Strategy
- How to find the people that match your interests and needs
- How to build a reputation on Twitter
- How to save money with Twitter
- How to protect your privacy
- How to manage your time on Twitter
Twitter for Business and Pleasure Online Class is taught by Bean Fairbanks. Bean has been a life long educator, taking great delight in watching her students learn about computers, graphics, sewing, textile arts, design, relationships and their own bodies. She developed a love affair with databases when trying to meet the multiple complex needs of her patients 14 years ago. The power and efficiency won her over and databases have been in her bag of tricks ever since. She has served as a small business consultant for over ten years, assisting small business owners, non-profit organizations and community groups by obtaining, organizing and presenting the information that they need to succeed. This has covered the spectrum of needs assessments, satisfaction surveys, web sites, e-commerce sites, newsletters, branding, promotional materials and of course a variety of databases.
In addition, Bean is a usability tester for Adobe products. She uses Dreamweaver and Photoshop daily to create and revise the front end of a variety of websites, from the provocative to the mundane. MySQL and PHP are her current tools of choice for developing and maintaining the backend of web sites. Whether it is behind the scenes or the graphical interface of a web site, Bean strives for a solid, functional, logical and efficient design tailored to the specific needs of her clients.
Other classes that Bean teaches at LVS are Blogging With WordPress, Blogging for Fun, Fame, and Fortune. Database Development using MySQL Introduction, Database Development using MySQL & PHP. Dreamweaver, and PHP.
Follow Bean on her class blog and on Twitter.
November 9th, 2009 at 9:20 am
Hmmm. I think I would be more surprised if this class will be held at actual colleges and universities. Oh, wait. I think some schools already have some courses about Twitter.