For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals (Length: 11 pages)

May 14, 2009

How Twitter Can Influence eBusiness

Assessing The Twitter Opportunity For Retail And Travel eBusiness

by Diane Clarkson

with Carrie Johnson, Elizabeth Stark, Kate van Geldern


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Twitter — a social networking and micro-blogging service — is growing at an extraordinary speed. Twitter facilitates an instantaneous and informal conversation between consumers and companies. It may not yet be a game-changer, but now is the time for retail and travel eBusiness professionals to experiment with Twitter's potential ability to provide market intelligence, offer an alternative customer support channel, and drive sales.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemTwitter Is Growing In Importance

itemWhy Twitter Matters To eBusiness

itemApply The POST Methodology To Determine If Twitter Is Right For Your eBusiness Efforts

itemThe Numerous eBusiness Benefits Of Twitter

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itemExperimenting With Twitter Requires Getting The Fundamentals Right

Forrester examined Twitter efforts from several travel and retail companies in the writing of this report.

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Analyst: Diane Clarkson
Technology: Brand Tactics, Customer Experience, Customer Relationship Management, eBusiness/eCommerce, Interactive Marketing, Marketing & Advertising, Packaged Applications, Social Computing & Web 2.0
Industry: Consumer Retail & CPG, Consumer Travel, eBusiness/eCommerce Strategy, Retail, Retail Marketing, Travel, Travel Marketing
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America

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