5. It is not only for young people...
2009
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6. What is Twitter?
- It is a simple, flexible tool.
- Free micro-blogging platform.
- The sharing of content, ideas, links and data.
- Follow interesting people, find interesting things.
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7. What can I do with it?
- Short thoughts, a link, a request for info, a comment.
- Ability to connect directly with readers, potential sources.
- Find and answer questions in real time.
- Promote a content or event and get others to do so as well.
- See what is being talked about.
- Pushes traffic to your content.
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8. How do I Tweet?
Getting Started!
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9. Sign up for a Twitter account
http://www.twitter.com
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10. Create a memorable, informative bio.
(One -line bio)
Upload a photo of
yourself
or
your business logo
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11. Write your first t weet
BUT
What is a tweet?!!
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12. Tweets are Update of 140 characters
or less that answer the question:
“ What’s happening? ”
“ What am I thinking? ”
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13. Remember ...
- Follow people, post a message, then...
- Check @replies and direct messages
- See who follows you and others, then follow
- See a discussion and contribute to it
- Share a link, or “re-tweet” someone else
- Search for topics, people, discussions
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16. Things to think about
- You have to give something to get something.
- A blend of the personal and professional.
- In a grey area bet ween private and public.
- Everything is searchable and can be captured.
- Beware the impulse to flame someone.
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26. What tools are there?
Twitter.com, m.twitter.com (basic)
Tweetdeck, Twhirl (desktop)
Power Twitter, Tweetfox (plugins)
Tweetdeck Nambu
(ForMac)
Echofon
Seesmic
(For firefox users, Mac , iPhone, iPad)
t whirl digiTweet
(For Windows, Mac) (For Windows)
Tweetie - 2 DestroyTwitter
(For Mac) (Mac Windows linux)
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27. What is TweetDeck?
-A desktop application to manage more than one Twitter account.
-Also can be used for Facebook, LinkedIn, Google Buzz, Foursquare.
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28. Why use it?
- Keep track of Twitter Activity (Notifications)
- Shrink URLs
- Manage Multiple accounts
- You can see 3 important panels at once:
Timeline
Replies (@selnadeem)
Direct Messages (D selnadeem)
Easier to manage friends and followers
- Post Photos and Videos
- Add your location (Through foursquare)
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29. How To Use TweetDeck?
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