Learn how to Twitter by reviewing this presentation, which includes easy to follow instructions on how to create an account, how to find friend, and quick tips.
2. Twitter is where it’s at
• Twitter traffic is up 700 percent from last year,
drawing almost 10 million visitors in February
2009*
• Celebrities, politicians, businesses and your
friends can all be found on Twitter
*according to ComScore
3. Overview
• Learn how to create a Twitter account
• Learn how to find and follow people
• Learn how to modify account settings
• Ways to Tweet
• Quick Tips
5. Creating a Twitter Account
Complete the
form and click
on the create
my account
button.
6. Following people
• Who?
– Follow everyone on your staff who uses Twitter
– Follow clients, customers
– Follow colleagues in related companies and in
your industry.
– Follow relevant brands, even your competitors
– Follow journalists and pundits in your market
– Look at your friends’ followers and consider those
as suggestions for user you should follow.
7. Finding People to Follow
Use the
different tabs
to find people
to follow.
8. Finding People to Follow
Here are search
results for
“Ashton
Kutcher.”
When you find
the person you
want to follow,
just click on the
“Follow” button.
9. Manage Account Settings
By clicking on the
settings link on
top, you’ll have
access to change
your account
settings including:
• Changing your
username
• Connecting your
Twitter account to
your Mobile
Device
• Editing your
notification
settings.
10. It’s time to Tweet!
Now it’s time to
Tweet! Twitter by
entering a
message (up to
140 characters)in
the box and then
hitting submit.
You can Tweet
anything you
want!
11. Ways to Tweet
• What’s going on. Make your Twitter personal. By giving
your Twitter posts a personality, people will be more
likely to follow you.
• Re-tweet (RT). Re-tweet posts that you find interesting
to your friends and add your own comments after.
• Reply to directly to Tweets (@username)
– This will make people feel engaged with you
12. Quick Tips
• Share links. Link to anything – including
interesting articles or promote your blog
posts.
– You can shorten URLs so that they fit on your
posts at www.tinyurl.com
13. Quick Tips
• #Hashtags. Hashtags allow users to sort topics
into useful categories to revisit later
– Visit www.hashtags.org for a directory of
hashtags.
14. Quick Tips
• Share pics. Upload your photo to
www.twitpic.com and Twitter the link to your
photo.
15. Now you know the basics of Twitter. That’s
really all there is to it. The best way to really
get a handle of Twitter is to try it yourself.
Good luck!
