Twitter Essentials: Examples and Steps to Get Started
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This document provides an introduction and overview of Twitter. It discusses what Twitter is, how popular it has grown, and some potential uses. It then gives guidance on setting up a Twitter profile and account, including choosing a username and bio. The document concludes with suggestions for etiquette on Twitter and examples of tweets.
Twitter Essentials: Examples and Steps to Get Started
- 1. Tweet, Tweet, Twitter Twitter Fast-track Your Way To Harnessing Twitter Gerry Kirk @gerrykirk
- 2. Outline Twitter introduction Get set up Test the waters Lab / Questions
- 4. Like a big cocktail party
- 5. A stream of conversations
- 9. Disperse info during crisis http://www.startribune.com
- 10. Hudson River plane crash
- 11. Doing good Laura “@Pistachio” Fitton
- 15. How Popular Is Twitter?
- 16. Growing faster than Facebook
- 17. Invasion of the Soccer Moms
- 18. Twitter Use Brainstorm What possibilities do you see?
- 19. My Twitter Path What is Twitter? What is Twitter? This is seriously stupid. I can find people interested in Pair Vote. Cool! What a time sink. Is this worth it? Meeting fascinating people, going to #ChangeCamp! Learning what else is going on. Helping & learning from others is fun
- 21. What's in a Name? GerryKirk gkirk GMan SniffingRoses
- 22. Building Your Community - Local http://twittgroups.com/group/ssm
- 23. Building Your Community - Local http://search.twitter.com/advanced
- 24. Network / Activity – Based Recos http://www.mrtweet.net
- 25. Users by Topic http://wefollow.com/
- 27. Sprucing Up Your Profile
- 28. Make a good impression http://www.faceyourmanga.com Good to be square
- 29. Introduce yourself One line bio (160 char) Location Web address
- 30. Interactive Twitter Tool a Must
- 31. Tweet Exercises Follow @gerrykirk Post: Just signed up, sitting in @gerrykirk 's Twitter Essentials class. #gktwit Post: See what we are learning: http://twitteressentials.eventbrite.com #gktwit Search for #gktwit Reply to @gerrykirk's tweet: Yes, I'm having the time of my life. You should charge twice as much! #gktwit Send @gerrykirk a direct message: Here is my credit card number: <insert valid number here> Retweet a message in your stream Post a picture from class: Class in session: <url to pic>
- 32. More sample tweets Just joined Twitter. I'm really looking forward to seeing how it works for me/connecting with my friends/find out more about X. Check this out – it made me laugh (Link to cartoon/video/article you have bookmarked) One of you people MUST have my keys. I know I left them right here. Still not sure how to balance Twitter with Facebook. Same thing? Annoyingly different? "Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going." - Jim Ryun Trying out PeopleBrowsr http://peoplebrowsr.com for Twitter, so far I like/hate it. Happy to see Habs getting beat. Go Leafs! @gerrykirk looks better on Twitter than in person. Ugh. Too much cheese. I wish my sweetie were here right now.
- 34. Everyone can hear you Cisco just offered me a job! Now I have to weigh the utility of a fatty paycheck against the daily commute to San Jose and hating the work. Who is the hiring manager? I'm sure they would love to know that you will hate the work. We here at Cisco are versed in the Web.
- 35. Be honest, interesting, unselfish
- 36. Leave when you want “I'm sitting in an airplane waiting to take off. Still waiting. Reading Seth Godin's latest while the plane sits here.”
- 37. Plug moderately
- 38. Thank-you! Twitter: @gerrykirk Email: gerry@gerrykirk.net Slides: gerrykirk.net/twitter-course-april-2009