(2010) Did you know 557 hospitals are currently using Twitter, and 41 of those are New England hospitals? Are you curious how they’re exploring Twitter as a branding and relationship-building tool?
Say you want to find out what Mayo Clinic is doing. You’d be the 54,369th follower!
Here are the basics to get started:
1. Go to twitter.com and click on the “Let me in” button to sign up
2. Enter your name, a password and email address
You’ll now have an account (there’s more you can add, but that can wait)
To follow Mayo Clinic:
1. Click “Find People” and enter “Mayo Clinic”. A list of all recent tweets (messages) from Mayo Clinic will appear.
2. Simply click on the left of the 3 buttons that appear next to the message and you will now be following Mayo Clinic.
It’s really that simple.