Twitter for everyone

The Definitive Guide :-)

by Luca Filigheddu CEO of Twimbow, Inc.

Twitter is a place full of people

Twitter is a virtual place full of people who are saying something or who are just

listening to others.

How many people?!?

LOTS.

Like any place full of people, you are not interested to

listen to everyone who is speaking.

Ok, so what???

Your main “timeline” will be filled with messages sent by the users you follow or by messages sent by users that

people you follow “endorse” and re-propose to you

(retweet)

Twitter is all about...

sharing stuffdiscussion and

interaction discovering great content

What can I do?

On Twitter, you can write your thoughts, share a news

or simply write how you feel.

Who is listening???

If no one is following you, your messages get lost.

When you start using Twitter, your “followers” count will be 0.

At the beginning, it’s kinda frustrating but it is normal :-)

Talk to someone!

If you put @username before the message you want to send to the user “username”, this user will see your message among the others and it will get his/her

attention.

They are listening to you!!!

Messages to other users with "@username" are public and

everyone who follows both you and @username can read it.

So make sure you are writing something that can be public :-)

Get people follow you

Start interacting with people you decided to follow, this could be a

good way to get their attention and make them follow you.

Some will follow you back just because you followed them.

Want lots of followers?

....then tweet in english (if you can).

Otherwise tweet in your own language, but you are

limiting your audience.

Follow wisely

Don’t follow crap. Period. Follow users you are really

interested in and that can bring value.

Follow people who add value to you, in various forms (learning, knowledge or just because they are funny and make you smile).

Hey, I want followers!!!

Increasing your followers is not an easy task, it takes time, but try not to get

frustrated for this and keep posting what you want.

Don't follow back

I can be very interested in what you say. You are not necessarily

interested in what I say.

Don't follow someone just because he/she is following you. Make sure he/she brings value.

It can be private...

Twitter is also a place where you can exchange private messages

(called “DM” or Direct Messages) with other users.

In case you use a smartphone, it could be a great replacement of

SMS.

Get news

Almost all blogs and newspapers post to Twitter, too, so you can

use it as an RSS reader

Twitter is a great source of news

Share news

A good way to become an interesting person to be followed

is to share news.

Use the Twitter button (available almost everywhere) or any other tool that lets you share

stuff on Twitter.

Listen to what others say

Keep track of what's going on

Find people who like what you like

Discover new friends

BONUS (see next slides)

How to follow thousands people effectively???

Use lists

Pick your favorites and make a list of max 100 people. Choose

another group and make another list. Re-Iterate.

Follow your lists one at a time

Bonus 1/2

How to get more followers?Engage users you follow and

who are not following you

* go to Formulists.com* create a new list where they

automatically insert ppl who are not following you

* read the timeline of that list only for a few weeks

Retweet, reply, engage!

Bonus 2/2

Last but not least

follow us on Twitter!

@filos@twimbow

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