TWITTERTWTTR

OVERVIEW www.twitter.com

Social communication toolBroadcast short messages: tweets, limited to 140

characters in length (so Twitter can be used on non-smartphone mobile devices)

Express yourself!As a Twitter user, you select which other people you

wish to follow; when you follow someone, their tweets show up in a list known as your Twitter stream. Anyone who chooses to follow you will see your

tweets in their stream. It is not necessary to follow everyone who follows you, and not everyone you choose to follow will follow you

back.

Creator & History

• Created : March 2006• Creator: Jack Dorsey

• By July, the site was launched. • With over 500 million registered users as of 2012. • Since its launch, Twitter has become one of the 10 most visited

websites on the Internet.

“The SMS of the Internet."

Mission Statement

“To instantly connect people everywhere to what’s most important to them.”

But What Does it Do?!

Twitter is a website for sharing what you are doing an any given moment with other people online. In

more complicated terms, Twitter is a powerful social networking tool for both business and personal use.

- Building Traffic: new visitors, increase traffic to your website- Business Promotion: innovative approaches for promoting your

business- Social Communication: service to share what they are doing with

their friends online.

Similar SitesWhat is Micro-blogging?

Multimedia blogging allows users to send brief text updates or micromedia such as photos or audio clips.

Either to be viewed by anyone or by a restricted group which can be chosen by the user.

Dailybooth: Dailybooth only involves pictures. The concept behind Dailybooth is to take and upload a

picture of yourself everyday.

Tumblr: It allows you to post text, pictures, video, audio, chat and links.

Article 1www.novemberlearning.com October 2012Think Twitter is just a waste of time? Think again. Its organizational

structure makes it an effective tool for connecting with students and others online.

Teachers can have authentic conversations via Twitter with students.

Teachers should be able to use social media to connect their students to real-world problems.

Educators should be powerful role models and provide examples of how to use the most powerful social media tools to expand the

boundaries of learning. Otherwise, students may only end up following #Bieberhair.

Article 2www.venturebeat.com April 16 2013

Syrian Electronic Army tampers with NPR articles, Twitter accounts

The Syrian Electronic Army hacked into NPR’s content management system and changed several article headlines.Updated its posts to say, “Syrian Electronic Army was here.”

It did the same for the NPR Twitter accounts. The publication says some of these articles belong to its member stations and that all parties have been notified and the situation seemingly cleaned

up.

The hackers posted a message to their own Twitter account explaining that ”We will not say why we attacked @NPR”

Article 3

• www.cmswire.com April 11 2013Nestivity Helps Companies Harness Community Engagement

on Twitter

Facebook has groups and pages. LinkedIn has groups and company pages. G+ has communities. But if you really wanted to have a discussion on Twitter, you had to

organize it around a hashtag or follow a threaded discussion.

Nestivity isn’t a social network, it is a social technology that sits on top of Twitter to facilitate conversations and engagement better.

Designed to help brands listen and respond to fan questions, experiences and suggestions, as well as manage and curate content in easily contextualized

projects.

With Nestivity, the host of the party is given the tools to facilitate, engage and sustain your followers in a discussion around a specific topic or issue.

Fun Facts Twitter is expected to make 1.54 billion dollars

by the end of 2013 with over a billion users.

TOP 3 COUNTRIES that use Twitter United States

BrazilJapan

Twitter has over 65 millions tweets everyday- that averages to 750 tweets per second.

If Twitter were a country, it would be the 12th largest in the world.

The first tweet on Twitter was by Jack Dorsey “Just setting up my twttr” on March 21st 2006.

Public Relations and Twitter

A PR practitioner of the company Twitter, would require me to stay up to date with the needs and

wants of Twitters users. If they are unsatisfied, the company is suffering. I would be responsible for

monitoring what is being complained about, as well as other social network competition. My role in the

company would be making sure that we are in communication with the publics and keeping

everyone please.

Celebrities are Just Like Us!

They Tweet Too!