Twitter Tutorial, Number 4: Networking Hours

We’ve now learnt all the essentials of twitter – hashtags, the @ symbol, retweeting, liking, and inserting links and images into our tweets. For our final tutorial I thought I would share my favourite networking hours with you, so that you can put into practice all the things we’ve learnt over the course of the 4 lessons.

My Favourite Networking Hours

All hours are in GMT.

All Week:

#wineoclock #womaninbiz: Mon-Fri, 18:00 – 19:00 – use these two hashtags together, to network with other small business owners; this is a really nice community hour.

Monday

#creativebizhour: 20:00 – 21:00 – for creative businesses to promote and connect with each other and their customers.

#vintagewedhour: 20:00 – 21.:00 – for businesses selling vintage, and wedding items, to promote to brides and grooms-to-be.

#buyonlinehour: 20:30 – 21:30 – for businesses that sell online, to promote their products.

Tuesday

#indiehour: Tue, 19:00 – 20:00 – for small, independent, creative businesses to promote and connect with each other and their customers.

#FBlikehour: 20.00 – 21:00 – this is a good networking hour if you want to promote your facebook page to your twitter followers – you can pick up fresh likes for your FB page by including a link in your tweets, during this hour.

Wednesday

#handmadehour: 19:30 – 20:30 – biggest networking hour of the week for handmade businesses.

#weddinghour: 21.00 – 22:00 – biggest wedding networking hour of the week.

Thursday

#handmadehourUSA: 00:00 – 01.00 – the American version of #handmadehour – this is a great networking opportunity if, like me, you have an Etsy shop and make a lot of sales to customers in the USA…unfortunately I am never awake late enough to join in; but if you’re a night owl, this would be a great one to join in!

#bridehour #bridebible: 20:00 – 21:00 – designed for brides who are looking for items for their wedding days, and for makers and suppliers of wedding items to promote their goods to them. Use both hashtags together.

#twittersisters: 20.:00 – 21:00 – great community hour, for women in business to network with each other.

Friday

#retailhourtime: 20:00 – 21:00 – for businesses to promote their products.

Saturday

#satchatUK: 08:00 – 09:15 – for early risers, to share what they have going on with their businesses.

#makehour: 20:00 – 21:00 – for people who make handmade items.

Sunday

#SBS: 17:00 – 19:30 – send one tweet, including this hashtag, and describing your business to@TheoPaphitis, he will then choose his favourite 6 to promote later in the night!

#crafthour: 19:00 – 20:00 – a close second to #handmadehour.

#hndmadehour: 20:00 – 21:00 – biggest networking hour of the week for handmade businesses.