1. Twitter search
Social Search Training Continues...

2. Is Twitter journalism?

3. Is Twitter journalism?
Twitter can be a very useful
journalism tool — if you know
how to use it.

4. Connected or
not…
Search topics,
people, photos,
videos, trends
(hashtags)…
What am I looking for?
Or go “Advanced”
and get specific.
Near and far…

5. What am I looking for?
TO LOCALIZE,
add a city here
TO WIDEN YOUR SEARCH
(default is 15 miles), adjust
the range at the end of this line

6. What am I looking for?
1. LOCAL
a. people (sources)
b. conversations (trends)
2. REACTION
a. To major events (earthquakes, celebrity deaths,
Dorner-level news)
b. “holy shit” (people use expletives when big news
happens)**
** Stolen from (with all due respect/props to) Steve Buttry
Twitter search scans several or a few very specific parameters
across the entire Twitterverse, so you can find:

7. BONUS (non-searchy) APP: bufferapp.com
● Want in the convo? Be part of (or lead) the convo
● Get maximum exposure (on a loose deadline)
○ Target time slots (and add your own)
● Can also time Google Plus posts (pages only)
APP! twXplorer.knightlab.com
● Find your best hashtag
● Find related Twitter searches/hashtags
● Identify trending topics among your lists
Get into the conversation

8. Thanks for playing.
@GNAdv | beyondtetris.net
@GNAdv