{"id":656,"date":"2017-12-18T16:57:03","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T16:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scoreindia.org\/blog\/?p=656"},"modified":"2024-08-28T11:51:08","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T11:51:08","slug":"book-review-tao-twitter-mark-schaefer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scoreindia.org\/blog\/book-review-tao-twitter-mark-schaefer\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Tao of Twitter by Mark Schaefer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Tao of Twitter by Mark Schaefer is a short 200 page guide to the vast world of Twitter. Schaefer rightly puts it in the beginning of the book \u201cStudies show that about 60 percent of people who try Twitter quit after the first week, and I\u2019m convinced it\u2019s because they never get past the first set of simple instructions: set up profile, follow a few celebrities, tweet about \u2018what you\u2019re doing now,\u2019 and see what happens\u201d. <!--more-->And all marketers know how important it is to understand how this social media channel works effectively. By reading this book, in two hours one can understand the basics of Twitter like- how to connect with useful and targeted connections, engagement through meaningful content, using search to your benefit and others. It also explains tools that a marketer can use to their benefit like Hashtags, Twitter Lists, using Twitter search effectively etc.<\/p>\n<p>Mark defines 3 elements (which he believes lead to business and personal benefits) as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Tao 1: Finding your <a href=\"http:\/\/scoreindia.org\/blog\/target-audience-different-tones\/\">Tribe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tao 2: Providing Meaningful Content<\/p>\n<p>Tao 3: Authentic Helpfulness<\/p>\n<p>He pays special emphasis on the above mentioned elements and explains them at length as to how one can multiply their Twitter benefits, if these Taos are put to good use. The author has also put a lot of attention in describing how one tweet has led to several benefits (7-8 in some cases). He has listed down these benefits in several points to make his argument very clear to his audience.<\/p>\n<p>Mark has made an effort to write most of the book in bullet points to be clear and concise. I ended up taking a lot of pictures to have ready notes on my phone on topics, like Ideas to master Twitter Lists, creating a Twitter chat &amp; post promotions and my favourite- guide to effective research.<\/p>\n<p>I would recommend the book to everyone who wants to experiment Twitter but is stuck after the first step of setting up a profile. It is also a good read for marketing and communications professionals who are decently active on the platform but want to become a pro.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2013 Radhika Nandwani<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-58 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/scoreindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Radhika-Nandwani-191x300.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 191px) 85vw, 191px\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/scoreindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Radhika-Nandwani-191x300.jpg 191w, http:\/\/scoreindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Radhika-Nandwani.jpg 252w\" alt=\"after being a student of mass communications, radhika took a plunge into the public relations profession and media relations, working with a leading PR firm. she was a founding team member of india's top best media pr school - SCoRe\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" data-wp-pid=\"58\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 191px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 191\/300;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-58 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/scoreindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Radhika-Nandwani-191x300.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 191px) 85vw, 191px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/scoreindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Radhika-Nandwani-191x300.jpg 191w, http:\/\/scoreindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Radhika-Nandwani.jpg 252w\" alt=\"after being a student of mass communications, radhika took a plunge into the public relations profession and media relations, working with a leading PR firm. she was a founding team member of india's top best media pr school - SCoRe\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" data-wp-pid=\"58\" \/><\/noscript>Radhika is the Corporate Communications Advisor at Dell\u2019s Performance Analytics Group. She started her career in 2011, with one of the leading public relations\u00a0firms of India \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/india.mslgroup.com\/\">MSLGROUP<\/a>, specialising in technology brands. The campaigns executed by her while at MSL, have won several public relations\u00a0industry awards including SABRE and PR Week Asia. In her last role, she was the founding team member and the marketing communications manager at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/scoreindia.org\/blog\/a-letter-to-class-of-2017-pr-school-score\/\">SCoRe<\/a>. Radhika is an English graduate and holds a Master\u2019s degree in Mass Communication. She loves reading and is passionate about gender equality, food and Bollywood. She can be reached at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/RadhikaNandwani\">@RadhikaNandwani<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter and here on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/radhikanandwani\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-public-relations"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Book Review: Tao of Twitter by Mark Schaefer- PR Institute SCoRe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tust like Twitter, this is a Short, Sweet &amp; Powerful guide by Mark Schaefer on how to use the microblogging platform to wield your influence.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/scoreindia.org\/blog\/book-review-tao-twitter-mark-schaefer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Book Review: Tao of Twitter by Mark Schaefer- PR Institute SCoRe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tust like Twitter, this is a Short, Sweet &amp; 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