Last week we ran a full day practical Twitter training course at Business Training Made Simple. This was a hands-on course led by David Miles and aimed at Twitter novices who had either never used Twitter before or who had created an account but then done nothing much with it.

The delegates were encouraged to bring their laptops with them so as we could make sure they left at the end of the day with their Twitter accounts correctly set up. It also meant that during the day they could do practical exercises such as sending tweets,  finding people to follow, learning how to use Twitter search, and getting to grips with third party Twitter tools such as Tweetdeck, Bufferapp, and Hootsuite.

As well as dealing with the basics of how to use Twitter, the course also covered some aspects of Twitter strategy – what to tweet, when to tweet, what not to tweet, etc.

The following day, Michelle Carvill built on this with a day long course at BTMS about how to develop a good Twitter strategy and how to use Twitter effectively to raise the profile of your business and gain new customers. For delegates who wanted to do both courses back to back, there was a special discounted package price available.

This was the first time we’d run these two courses at BTMS and we were delighted with the feedback we received. For example, one delegate from the practical course wrote:

“I came away from the course with a much greater understanding of social media; a fascinating experience which was enhanced by David’s excellent presentational and interpersonal skills.”

Having proved that we have got a course that works and that people find informative, fun, and good value for money, we’re looking forward to announcing some 2012 dates for this course very soon.

If you would like to be told once these dates are published, just leave us a comment below.

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