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Questions and expectations for companies on Twitter




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When you follow a company on Twitter, who do you think you’re following? Do you visualize a person? And if so, is it an intern, a brand manager, a spokesperson…? Do they have the authority to speak on behalf of the brand?

Put it this way, if you were to invite the brand you’re following to a tweet up, who exactly is it that you want to attend? When I follow a brand I expect that they are paying attention—that what happens on Twitter matters—my feedback matters. What do you expect from the brands you follow? And who, specifically, do you think you’re following?

Zach Braiker

This blog analyzes where social media culture and business converge. Zach Braiker is the CEO of Refine & Focus a social media agency and an adjunct professor of social media at Emerson College.

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