Twitter is a social media platform launched in 2006 that allows users to share messages called tweets that are limited to 140 characters, and users can follow accounts whose tweets will appear in their stream, while not needing to follow everyone who follows them in return. It grew rapidly to over 500 million users by 2012 and became one of the top 10 most visited websites. Twitter can be used for personal updates, business promotion, and social communication by sharing what users are doing with their connections.

1. TWTTR

2. Social communication tool
Broadcast short messages: tweets, limited to 140
characters in length (so Twitter can be used on non-
smartphone mobile devices)
Express yourself!
As a Twitter user, you select which other people you
wish to follow; when you follow someone, their tweets
show up in a list known as your Twitter stream.
Anyone who chooses to follow you will see your
tweets in their stream.
It is not necessary to follow everyone who follows
you, and not everyone you choose to follow will follow
you back.

3. • Created : March 2006
• Creator: Jack Dorsey
• By July, the site was launched.
• With over 500 million registered users as of 2012.
• Since its launch, Twitter has become one of the 10 most visited websites
on the Internet.
“The SMS of the Internet."

4. “To instantly connect people everywhere to what’s most
important to them.”

5. Twitter is a website for sharing what you are doing an any
given moment with other people online. In more
complicated terms, Twitter is a powerful social networking
tool for both business and personal use.
- Building Traffic: new visitors, increase traffic to your website
- Business Promotion: innovative approaches for promoting your business
- Social Communication: service to share what they are doing with their
friends online.

6. What is Micro-blogging?
Multimedia blogging allows users to send brief text updates
or micromedia such as photos or audio clips. Either to be
viewed by anyone or by a restricted group which can be
chosen by the user.
Dailybooth: Dailybooth only involves pictures. The concept
behind Dailybooth is to take and upload a picture of
yourself everyday.
Tumblr: It allows you to post text, pictures, video, audio,
chat and links.

7. www.novemberlearning.com October 2012
Think Twitter is just a waste of time? Think again. Its organizational
structure makes it an effective tool for connecting with students and
others online.
Teachers can have authentic conversations via Twitter with students.
Teachers should be able to use social media to connect their students
to real-world problems.
Educators should be powerful role models and provide examples of
how to use the most powerful social media tools to expand the
boundaries of learning.
Otherwise, students may only end up following #Bieberhair.

8. www.venturebeat.com April 16 2013
Syrian Electronic Army tampers with NPR articles, Twitter
accounts
The Syrian Electronic Army hacked into NPR’s content management
system and changed several article headlines.
Updated its posts to say, “Syrian Electronic Army was here.”
It did the same for the NPR Twitter accounts. The publication says
some of these articles belong to its member stations and that all parties
have been notified and the situation seemingly cleaned up.
The hackers posted a message to their own Twitter account explaining
that ”We will not say why we attacked @NPR”

9. • www.cmswire.com April 11 2013
Nestivity Helps Companies Harness Community Engagement on
Twitter
Facebook has groups and pages. LinkedIn has groups and company pages. G+ has
communities. But if you really wanted to have a discussion on Twitter, you had to
organize it around a hashtag or follow a threaded discussion.
Nestivity isn’t a social network, it is a social technology that sits on top of Twitter to
facilitate conversations and engagement better.
Designed to help brands listen and respond to fan questions, experiences and
suggestions, as well as manage and curate content in easily contextualized projects.
With Nestivity, the host of the party is given the tools to facilitate, engage and sustain
your followers in a discussion around a specific topic or issue.

10. Twitter is expected to make 1.54 billion dollars
by the end of 2013 with over a billion users.
TOP 3 COUNTRIES that use Twitter
United States
Brazil
Japan
Twitter has over 65 millions tweets everyday-
that averages to 750 tweets per second.
I f Twi t t er wer e a count r y,
i t woul d be t he 12t h l ar gest i n t he wor l d.
The first tweet on Twitter was by Jack Dorsey
“Just setting up my twttr” on March 21st 2006.

11. A PR practitioner of the company Twitter, would require me
to stay up to date with the needs and wants of Twitters
users. If they are unsatisfied, the company is suffering. I
would be responsible for monitoring what is being
complained about, as well as other social network
competition. My role in the company would be making sure
that we are in communication with the publics and keeping
everyone please.

12. They Tweet Too!