3. Twitter’s Growth WHY should I use Twitter? 140,000,000 Tweets per Day Twitter is 5 Years Old (March 21, 2006) Build Brand Loyalty? 460,000 Accounts Created per Day
4. Twitter and News Twitter Has Broken Every Major: News stories first! Political Emotion! True public opinion! Peoples choice!
5. Twitter and Business Dell: Sales and Customer Service US Military Leading Bus. Communications Tool Reputation management ENGAGE!!! (a conversation)
6. Twitter and Business Tweeting From Off Twitter! 75% of tweets originate from off of Twitter Twitter Webpage app.
9. Twitter’s Characteristics Tweet: 140 characters Direct message: a private message Retweet: Forwarding a tweet # Tag: a search code for tracking topics/trends List: is an organizational tool for following
15. More Twitter Tools Socialoomph.com: Auto follower, Auto DM Opt out Bit.ly: URL shortener TweetBeep.com: Conversation tracker of YOU! TweetPsych.com: Creates a psychological profile of YOU! Support.Twitter.com: Twitter’s customer service