Title : 
Brand tweets: How to popularize the enterprise Micro-blogs
         
        
            Author : 
Li Guangyuan ; Cao Jinping ; Jiang Jing ; Li Qian ; Yao Ling
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Sch. of Journalism & Commun., Xiamen Univ., Xiamen, China
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This research explores 22 official brand Micro-blogs on http://t.sina.com, using the integrated method of content analysis and in-depth interview to help contribute to credibility of the consequence, with the aim to cast a light on the commercial application of Micro-blog. The study demonstrated that currently Chinese enterprises\´ Micro-blogs are just on the starting stage, and Micro-blog is highly associated with the brand, which suggests a strong identity. Enterprise Micro-blogs enjoy a great diversity of posting forms, particularly, paying great attention to the adoption of “@” (reference to other members)and "#" (using tags or keywords). A variety of themes has been cashed in by co mp any twitters, as well a s the common applications of lottery draw. Apparently Chinese Micro-blog business users are acting as info-publishers, while in human touch they are relatively deficient. In the end, this paper gives some advice on how to apply Micro-blog better in business areas.
         
        
            Keywords : 
content management; marketing; organisational aspects; social networking (online); Chinese enterprises microblogs; Chinese microblog business users; brand tweets; company twitters; content analysis; enterprise microblogs; human touch; in-depth interview; info-publishers; lottery draw; official brand microblogs; Cities and towns; Companies; Fans; Humans; Internet; Interviews; Brand tweets; Business; Enterprise Micro-blog;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence Conference (ITAIC), 2011 6th IEEE Joint International
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Chongqing
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-8622-9
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ITAIC.2011.6030169