twitter for beginners
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Twitter basics - how to get started, how to find followers, use hashtags, favorites, reply, retweet,TRANSCRIPT
What Is Twitter
Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read other users' updates known as tweets (Wikipedia 26/03/08)
How Can I Use Twitter?
Engage in Conversations
Be Entertained and Entertain Your Followers
Get the Latest News
Ask Your Community for Answers
Get the latest Links to Relevant Blog Posts, Articles, Viral Videos
Creating your Twitter Personality
Username
Avatar
Biography
Link
Background
My Profile
Finding People to Follow
Blogs
Importing Friend’s email addresses
Search.Twitter.Com
Favorites
MrTweet.com
WeFollow.com
Who I Don’t Follow
They lock their updates
They tweet as a company, not an individual
There are no “@s” in their tweetstream
They have a beefcake photo
They are clearly spam (get rich, etc.)
Start Tweeting
Twitter Conversations
Share Information, Breaking News, Updates
Answer Questions & Ask Questions
Reach out to people with similar focuses or interests
Do Not Fear the Twitterstream
You can reply to any tweet you see on Twitter, just click on the reply arrow located bottom right of their tweet
Twitter Replies
Twitter Conversation
Tweeting to Others
‘Hit reply and @username’ is at the beginning of the Tweet
Place the ‘@username’ in the middle or the End of
the Tweet
Place multiple @usernames in the Tweet
If you don’t want it to be public you can send the user a Direct Message (DM)
Re-Tweeting Others
Convention is to credit the user by starting your Tweet with ‘RT @username’ and a ‘Via @username when it has been retweeted more than twice.
Favorites Favorite tweets that you want to bookmark, share with others at a later date.It also enables your followers another way to find interesting new people to follow
Trending Topics & The Hashtag
When people are sending tweets about or from certain events or about specific topics they put ‘#location’ or ‘#topic’ at the end of their tweet.
Other Sites
Bit.ly – shortens your links so that you have enough room to write and share a link
TwitPic – Email or Upload images to your twitterfeed
Blip.fm – Share music with your friends
Topify.com – Email notifications of new followers
Platforms For Twitter
Go Tweet!
Find me on twitter: @ahoova