TWITTER FOR BEGINNERSSocial Media 1904100 sec.3

Done by: Sajeda Hamdeh

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• Social media explained

A brief history

What exactly is “twitter” & “tweeting”?

Why is it so popular?

How does it work?

Uses of twitter

How to set up an account

Customize your profile

Tips for Setting up a Twitter account

Twitter Slang and Key Terms

Followers/following & how to follow & unfollow

Direct messaging = DM

Interacting with other users

Lists

Twitter security & privacy

How to find a job using Twitter

Twitter Etiquette

SOCIAL MEDIA EXPLAINED

Twitter is an online social networking service that enables users to send and read short 140-character messages called "tweets".

Registered users can read and post tweets, but unregistered users can only read them.

Users access Twitter through the website interface, SMS, or mobile device app.

Twitter Inc. is based in San Francisco and has more than 25 offices around the world.

A BRIEF HISTORY HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?T=28&V=XYRFLQAR2UQ

WHAT EXACTLY IS 'TWITTER'? WHAT IS 'TWEETING?'

Twitter is microblogging.

Twitter, and 'tweeting', is about broadcasting daily short burst messages to the world, with the hope that your messages are useful and interesting to someone.

Conversely, Twitter is about discovering interesting people online, and following their burst messages for as long as they are interesting.

AN EXAMPLE OF A TWEET

OK, SO WHY IS TWITTER SO POPULAR? WHY DO MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FOLLOW OTHER TWEETERS?

In addition to its relative novelty, Twitter's big appeal is how rapid and scan-friendly it is: you can track hundreds of interesting tweeters, and read their content with a glance. This is ideal for our modern attention-deficit world.

Twitter employs a purposeful message size restriction to keep things scan-friendly: every microblog 'tweet' entry is limited to 140 characters or less. This size cap promotes focused and clever use of language, which makes tweets very easy to scan, and also very challenging to write well. This size restriction has really made Twitter a popular social tool.

HOW DOES TWITTER WORK?

Twitter is very simple to use as broadcaster or receiver. You join with a free account and Twitter name. Then you send broadcasts daily, or even hourly. Go to the 'What's Happening' box, type 140 characters or less, and click 'Tweet'. You will most likely include some kind of hyperlink.

To receive Twitter feeds, you simply find someone interesting (celebrities included), and 'follow' them to subscribe to their tweet microblogs.

Once a person becomes uninteresting to you, you simply 'unfollow' them.

You then choose to read your daily Twitter feeds through any of various Twitter readers.

Twitter is that simple.

HERE ARE A FEW POPULAR WAYS TO USE TWITTER:

1. Microblogging

2. Quick answers

3. Finding a job

4. Keeping up with the news

5. Arrange a lunch with friends

6. Helpful outbursts, or in other words, screaming your rage

7. Keep up with your favorite team

8. Find out what people really think about the latest movie

9. Becoming involved with politics

10. Fun and Games. For example, Spymaster

HOW TO SET UP AN ACCOUNT

1 .GO TO WWW.TWITTER.COM

2 .PROVIDE BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF

You'll need to provide the following information to create a Twitter account:

•Your full name

•Your email address

•Your password (something easy to remember, but hard to guess)

3 .CHOOSE YOUR USERNAME

It has to be fewer than 15 characters long.

If the name you've chosen is invalid or unavailable, you'll be informed about it.

Once you've chosen an acceptable name, you'll see that it's available for you.

4 .CHOOSE WHETHER YOU WANT TO TAILOR TWITTER BASED ON YOUR RECENT WEBSITES VISITS

Tailored suggestions make building a great timeline — filled with Tweets, links, media, and conversations from the people you’re interested in — easier and faster.

Twitter can make smarter and more relevant suggestions about who you might enjoy following.

5 .ENTER YOUR PHONE NUMBER (OPTIONAL)

6 .ENTER THE CODE SENT TO YOU

7 .CLICK ON “ LET’S GO” ON THE “WELCOME PAGE”

8 .CHOOSE WHAT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN

9 .CHOOSE WHO TO FOLLOW FROM THE SUGGESTED LIST

10 .CHOOSE A PROFILE PICTURE

11 .SYNC E-MAIL CONTACTS TO FIND PEOPLE YOU KNOW (OPTIONAL)

12 .CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE A TWITTER ACCOUNT-

Start:

“following”,

“tweeting”,

“ retweeting”,

“direct messaging (dm)”,

“replying”,

“favorite” tweets,

creating “lists”,

using “hashtags”

“blocking” accounts,

To tweet a picture

Tweet your first tweet here

A timeline is where all your followers tweets are posted

This is for direct messaging

You can search for anyone or any subject

CUSTOMIZE YOUR PROFILE

CLICK ON YOUR NAME & THEN “EDIT PROFILE”

CHANGE THE THEME COLOR, WRITE A BIO & WEBSITE, ADD A HEADER PHOTO & SAVE

bio

location

TIPS FOR SETTING UP A TWITTER ACCOUNT

1.The username is used by others. It is referred to as @username (e.g. @saleem, the actual username is saleem and does not contain @)

2.The maximum length of a username is 15 characters of only: letters, numbers or the underscore character (_).

3.To help others to remember you, use an actual name (or your brand) as a usernames.

4.Usernamesshould be unique; so you may need to use a nickname and/or numbers.

5.Your username will be included in search results by search engines.

6.If you choose a nickname, choose a name that is friendly and accessible. Your username becomes part of your personal brand.

7.Each Twitter name is associated with a unique email address.

8.Include your real name so that people can identify you.

9.Include a profile picture to represent your personal brand; a picture of you will help to promote trust of your profile.

10.Include a ‘bio’ or introductory text that is 160 characters or fewer that describes what you stand for and what you are going to tweet about.

TWITTER SLANG AND KEY TERMS

KEY TERMS

@ Sign

The @ sign is an important code on Twitter, used to refer to individuals on Twitter.

It is combined with a username and inserted into tweets to refer to that person or send them a public message.

(Example: @username.)

When @ precedes a username, it automatically gets linked to that user's profile page.

KEY TERMS

Blocking

Blocking on Twitter means preventing someone from following you or subscribing to your tweets.

KEY TERMS

Favorite

Favorite is a feature on Twitter that allows you to mark a tweet as a favorite to easily see it later. Click the "Favorite" link (next to a star icon) beneath any tweet to favorite it.

KEY TERMS

Direct Message, DM

A direct message is a private message sent on Twitter to someone who is following you.

These cannot be sent to anyone who is not following you. (beginning of 2015, you can) On Twitter's website, click the "message" menu and then "new message" then to send a direct message.

KEY TERMS

Hashtag#

A Twitter hashtag refers to a topic, keyword or phrase preceded by the # symbol.

An example is #skydivinglessons.

Hashtags are used to categorize messages on Twitter.

KEY TERMS

#FF or Follow Friday

#FF refers to "Follow Friday," a tradition that involves Twitter users recommending people to follow on Fridays.

These tweets contain the hashtag #FF or #FollowFriday.

KEY TERMS

Follow, Follower

Following someone on Twitter means subscribing to their tweets or messages.

A follower is someone who follows or subscribes to another person's tweets.

KEY TERMS

Lists

Twitter lists are collections of Twitter accounts or usernames which anyone can create.

They resemble groups

People can follow (subscribe) a Twitter list with one click and see a stream of all the tweets sent by everyone in that list.

KEY TERMS

Mention

A mentions refers to a tweet that include a reference to any Twitter user by placing the @symbol in front of their handle or username.

(Example: @username.)

Twitter tracks mentions of users when the @symbol is included in the message.

A mention

A reply

KEY TERMS

How to see your mentions?All of my mentions

KEY TERMS

Promoted Tweets

Promoted tweets are Twitter messages that companies or businesses have paid to promote so they appear at the top of Twitter's search results.

KEY TERMS

Reply, @Reply

A reply on Twitter is a direct tweet sent by clicking on the "reply" button that appears on another tweet, thus linking the two tweets.

Reply tweets always start with "@username."

A tweetReply button

A reply

KEY TERMS

Profile

A Twitter profile is the page that displays information about a particular user.

Just click on their username/handle to view it.

KEY TERMS

Mute :

The Twitter mute button does something different but somewhat similar to a block. It lets users block tweets from specific users-- while still being able to view any incoming messages from them or @mentions.

KEY TERMS

Retweet

A retweet (noun) means a tweet that had been forwarded or "resent" on Twitter by someone, but was originally written and sent by someone else.

To retweet (verb) means to send someone else's tweet to your followers.

Retweeting is a common activity on Twitter and reflects the popularity of individual tweets

RT RT is an abbreviation for

"retweet" that is used as a code and inserted into a message being resent to tell others that it's a retweet.

KEY TERMS

Subtweet / subtweeting

A subtweet refers to a tweet written about a particular person, but containing no direct mention of that person.

It's usually cryptic to others, but intelligible to the person it's about and people who know them well.

It’s sometimes considered bullying.

KEY TERMS

TBT or Throwback Thursday

TBT is a popular hashtag on Twitter (it stands for Throwback Thursday) and other social networks that people use to reminisce about the past by sharing photos and other information from years gone by.

KEY TERMS

Timeline

A Twitter timeline is a list of tweets that is dynamically updated, with the most recent appearing at the top.

Each user has a timeline of tweets from the people they follow, which appears on their Twitter home page. The tweet list appearing there is called a "home timeline."

KEY TERMS

Trending Topic

Trending topics on Twitter are topics people are tweeting about that are deemed most popular at any given moment.

They appear on the left side of your Twitter home page. In addition to the official "trending topics" list, many third-party tools are available for tracking the most popular keywords and hashtags on Twitter.

KEY TERMS

Tweet Button

Tweet buttons are buttons you can add to any website, which allow others to click the button and automatically post a tweet containing a link to that site.

KEY TERMS

Tweet Tweet (noun) is a message

posted on Twitter with 140 or fewer characters, also called a post or an update.

Tweet (verb) means to send a tweet (AKA post, update, message) via Twitter.

Tweep Tweep at its most literal sense

means a follower on Twitter.

It's also used to refer to groups of people who follow one another.

And sometimes tweep can refer to a beginner on Twitter.

KEY TERMS

Twitterati

Twitterati is slang for popular users on Twitter, people who usually have large groups of followers and are well known.

KEY TERMS

Twitterverse

Twitterverse is a mashup of Twitter and universe.

It refers to the entire universe of Twitter, including all its users, tweets and cultural conventions.

KEY TERMS

Twitosphere

The Twitosphere (sometimes spelled "Twittosphere" or even "Twittersphere") is all the people who tweet

Twitterer

A Twitterer is a person who uses Twitter

KEY TERMS

Un-follow or Unfollow

To un-follow on Twitter means to stop subscribing or following another person's tweets. You un-follow people by clicking on "following" on your home page to see your list of followers.

Then mouse over "Following" to the right of any user's name and click the red "Unfollow" button.

Username, Handle

A Twitter username is the same thing as a Twitter handle.

It's the name each person selects to use Twitter and must contain fewer than 15 characters.

Each Twitter username has a unique URL, with the username added after twitter.com.

Example: http://twitter.com/username.

KEY TERMS

Verified Account

Verified is the phrase Twitter uses for accounts for which it has certified the owner's identity-- that the user is who they claim to be.

Verified accounts are marked with a blue checkmark badge on their profile page.

Many belong to celebrities, politicians, media personalities and well known businesses.

KEY TERMS

WCW

#WCE is a popular hashtag on Twitter and other social networks that stands for "women crush Wednesday" and refers to a meme in which people post photos of women they like or admire.

FOLLOWERS/FOLLOWING

Left side of your profile page

WHEN SOMEONE FOLLOWS YOU, YOU GET A NOTIFICATION

This is the bio 160 characters

YOU CAN FOLLOW THEM BACK IF YOU WANT AND YOU CAN UNFOLLOW THEM WHENEVER YOU WANT

YOU CAN KEEP TRACK OF THE NUMBER OF FOLLOWERS YOU HAVE

More followers are desired because in that way you have more impact – your voice is heard.

Tip: don’t follow someone who you’re not interested in what she tweets or else your timeline will become BORING & JAMMED – even if this person followed you – you aren’t obliged to follow him back!

YOU CAN SEARCH FOR A PARTICULAR PERSON TO FOLLOW

DIRECT MESSAGING = DM

1 .CLICK ON THE DM ICON

2 .WRITE THE RECIPIENT’S USERNAME & CLICK NEXT

3 .START TEXTING & GETTING NOTIFICATIONS

INTERACTING WITH OTHER USERS

1 .GO TO YOUR TIME LINE BY CLICKING ON THE “ HOME” ICON

2 .YOUR TIMELINE WILL APPEAR3. START INTERACTING !

Reply = comment

Retweet = repost

Favorite = like

This is a mention

hashtag

hyperlink

LISTS

WHY USE LISTS ?

you can create a list that groups together people for whatever reason (the members of your family, for example), and then you can get a snapshot of the things those users are saying by viewing that list's page, which includes a complete tweet stream for everyone on the list.

Sometimes you follow so much people (people you don’t even like but you can’t unfollow because it’s rude) that your timeline gets too boring so you create a list containing the users you really are interested in reading their tweets.

Or sometimes you don’t want to follow someone for some reason (maybe you don’t want to complicate your timeline) but you really are interested in their tweets so you add them to a list.

Lists allow you to organize the people you're following into groups, and they even allow you to include people you're not following!

Lists can be private (only you know about it) or public (anybody can subscribe to them and see them).

EXAMPLES OF LISTS

This list is private

This is the list’s description

THE CONTENT OF A LIST

TO CREATE A LIST:

1.Go to your Lists page. This can be done via the profile icon drop down menu in the top right navigation bar or by going to your profile page and clicking on Lists.

2.Click Create list.

3.Enter the name of your list, a short description of the list, and select if you want the list to be private (only accessible to you) or public (anyone can subscribe to the list).

4.Click Save list.

TO ADD OR REMOVE PEOPLE FROM YOUR LISTS:

1.Click the gear icon drop down menu on a user's profile.

2.Select Add or remove from lists. (You don't need to be following a user to add them to your list.)

3.A pop-up will appear displaying your created lists. Check the lists you would like to add the user to, or uncheck the lists you'd like to remove the user from.

4.To check to see if the user you wanted to add was successfully included in that list, navigate to the Lists tab on your profile page. Click the desired list, then click Members. The person will appear in the list of members.

TWITTER SECURITY & PRIVACY

CAN ANYONE SEE MY TWEETS EVEN IF THEY DON’T FOLLOW ME?

Anybody can see your tweets (beginning of 2015, if someone googles your name, all you tweets will appear-so be careful what you tweet!) but you can make your account private by these steps:

EXAMPLES OF TWEETS THAT BACKLASHED:

HOW TO PROTECT YOUR TWEETS:

1.Go to settings.

HOW TO PROTECT YOUR TWEETS:

2. Go to your Security and privacy settings.

HOW TO PROTECT YOUR TWEETS:

3.Scroll down to the Tweet privacy section

HOW TO PROTECT YOUR TWEETS:

4. check the box next to Protect my Tweets.

HOW TO PROTECT YOUR TWEETS:

3.Click the blue Save button at the bottom of the page. You will be prompted to enter your password to confirm the change.

HOW TO FIND A JOB USING TWITTER:

1. Create a Twitter account that showcases your professional profile.

2. Follow leaders in your field, potential employers, your college career center, your college alumni office, career coaches, career advice sites, etc.

3. Establish yourself as knowledgeable in your area of interest by tweeting about the latest articles, news, or research related to your field

4. Send private notes to potential mentors.

5. Be someone worth following.

6. Find your best time of day for Twitter conversations

7. Twitter from time to time about your job search.

8. Twitter allows you to link to a website; if you don't have a professional website, link to your LinkedIn profile

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