This is a presentation that I use when I offer Twitter Training for Beginners. We go from slide to slide and at the same time go on the Web to see how it works in real life. Twitter is a wonderful tool to discover. The beauty is in the information that you can find and the wide array of Twitter applications that help you find conversations and friends.

1. March 2010

2. Created by Jack Dorsey in 2006
The goal was to mimic an online
SMS (short message service)
using a maximum of 140
characters
in an open-source platform!
First Tweet was sent on March
21, 2006 by Jack
Official launch of Twitter was in
March 2007

3. a texting service
where we publish instant messages in a maximum
of 140 characters
a micro-blogging platform
where we can share content with like on a blog but
with a maximum of 140 characters
a social network
where we make friends (followers) and follow
friends, conversations and topics

4. 70,000 Twitter applications
these applications are
created by Web Developers
from the open-source
Twitter API Key
Applications are either free
or at a cost ($)
source = Wikipedia

5. 50,000,000 Tweets per day (600 tweets per second)
1,400,000,000 Tweets in February 2010
75,000,000 members (December 2009)
6,000,000 new members in January and February
2010 (2.3 new members / second)
25% of Twitter accounts have no followers
40% of Twitter accounts have never sent a Tweet
80% of Twitter members have tweeted less than 10
times
http://themetricsystem.rjmetrics.com/2010/01/26/new-data-on-twitters-
users-and-engagement/

7. The content Twitter Lists
The vocabulary Security
The essential Tools Manage your profile
Followers Manage your
Following connections
Link Twitter to
ReTweets
Facebook, LinkedIn and
Direct Messages your Blog
Hashtags Twitter personalities
Follow Friday Do’s and Dont’s
Jeudi confession

9. « Choose your words, a small URL and get to
the point. This Tweet has 111 characters.
Why 111? http://bit.ly/w1fQZ »
ANSWER : If you want people to ReTweet your
tweets, leave some space to add RT
@dianebourque + a small comment (usually
around 20 characters)

10. Make sure to
shorten all URLs
that you post on
Twitter!
http://bit.ly http://tinyurl.com

11. Take photos with
your cellphone and
post them directly
on Twitter!
http://twitpic.com
http://tweetphoto.com
http://yfrog.com

12. Take videos with
your cellphone and
share them on
Twitter.
http://www.twitvid.com
http://twitc.com http://12seconds.tv

13. a tweet (n) what you send in 140 characters
to tweet (v) the act of sending a tweet
tweeple (n) people who tweet
retweet (v) the act of sending someone’s tweet
direct message a private message
followers tweeple who follow you
following tweeple you follow
hashtag a keyword in Twitter with #
follow friday (FF) a practice in Twitter on Fridays
twitterholic are you one?

14. http://twitter.com
http://hootsuite.com http://tweetmeme.com

15. People who follow you are your
followers – you don’t choose
them – they choose you
How to they find you?
The basic rule = you follow me, I do you agree?
follow you
How and why to block some
followers

16. You can follow:
• people or profiles that you know; and/or
• people or profiles that you find interesting
These services will help you find tweeple that say things
that are of interest to you.
http://search.twitter.com http://hashtags.org http://twitdir.com/

17. send a ReTweet by adding
« RT @dianebourque » ReTweet is a
convention in Twitter
major don’t = never ReTweet whereby you add RT
a tweet without using the when retweeting a
tweet from another
ReTweet
tweeple.
ReTweets are a good way to
find followers and spread
your presence in Twitter

18. engage into a private
conversation with another The Direct Message
tweeple through direct if a private
conversation between
messages you and a person you
only available if you follow follow. The person
must follow you in
the person and the person
order to send him/
follows you back her a DM.
similar to sending a private
e-mail, but in 140 characters

19. to add a hashtag, simply add A hashtag is a
keyword that we add
# with the keyword such as at the end of a
#wordpress #cnn #haiti tweet in order to
start or follow an
you can create as many existing conversation.
hashtags as you want It always start with
#
check-out existing hashtags at
http://hashtags.org

20. on Fridays, tweeple take a Follow Fridays is a
moment to say Thanks, to Twitter convention
whereby tweeple take
recognize people they like, to a moment on Friday to
say hi by using the Follow mention other tweeple
Friday convention by adding #FF or
#FollowFriday before
#FF @dianebourque @pierre their tweet.
@melanie @stephanie
#FollowFriday @mymother
@mysister @myfriends

21. On Thursdays on Twitter, we
confess and we add the
Jeudi Confession is a
hashtag #jeudiconfession at
Twitter convention
the end of our tweet whereby Tweeple
make a confession on
Thursday of any
kind and add
#jeudiconfession in
their tweet. It
sometimes makes a
good read.

22. create Twitter Lists by
adding people that you
follow on various lists
follow Twitter Lists that
are of interest to you by
going to =
http://listorious.com

23. Yes, your Twitter account can be hacked. Most often,
the hacker will use your account to send Junk Direct
Messages to your followers. This is more annoying
that serious.
What to do if this happens to you?
• immediately change your Twitter password, and
• revoke access to your Twitter connections

24. It’s important to add
a photo of you, to add
your website, your
location and a good bio
of yourself. This
information will be
used by connecting
Twitter applications
and services. Make
it good!

25. You can add as many
applications as you
wish but you need to
manage them once in
a while. Remember
there are 70,000
Twitter apps and
sometimes one of them
screws them up!

26. Share your blog content Share selective tweets on your
automatically on Twitter with Facebook profile with Selective
Twitter Feed. Tweets (in Facebook).
http://twitterfeed.com
Share your tweets on
LinkedIn with the Tweets
application (in LinkedIn).

27. bring an a e to your tweets by sharing
relevant information
Where to find this information? On Twitter! On your
favorite blog! On Facebook! Anywhere on the Web!
say thanks to people who retweet your tweets
use capital letters and proper punctuation
always shorten your URL with bit.ly or another service
always use numbers like 1st, 100, 3M to save on
characters

28. take a moment on Fridays to do some #FF
remember that everything that you post on Twitter
stays on the Web
maintain a ratio between your followers and the
people you follow
never tweet under the influence of alcohol or other
substances that might affect your judgment
try to maintain a rhythm in your tweets
verify your URL links before posting your tweets

29. be careful with personal information that you share on
Twitter
take a deep breath before bitching about something
follow and unfollow tweeple at ease and without
excuses
answer your own questions « What is your favorite
Montreal Restaurant? Mine is Pho Bang New York on
Saint-Laurent »
answer questions that people ask or retweet the
question if you feel like it
leave room for your personality and creativity on
Twitter and have fun with it!

30. http://mashable.com/ http://twitter.com/help/start
guidebook/twitter

31. dianebourque.com
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