Richard Branson - Listener and Entrepreneur

It’s great to see @richardbranson actively listening on Twitter and encouraging people to ask him questions using #askrichard. He’s had a busy time and lots of valuable advice has been provided. A tremendous way to engage with your community and great PR for the Branson brand.

If you’ve got a question then ask away using the #askrichard hashtag, keep them coming! virg.in/gNXwp

— richardbranson (@richardbranson) May 17, 2012 

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Here’s another example of listening from @richardbranson where he has picked up on and answered a tweet from an employee.

@laurajayne_g I’m sorry. I will pay. Let my team know cost. X. R

— richardbranson (@richardbranson) November 8, 2012

What a great response! Engagement is quite rightly a regularly used term in social media and this is employee engagement at it’s best.

How well do you listen on Twitter?

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