Part One - A Conversation about Twitter
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The document discusses Twitter as a communication tool for sharing short messages of 140 characters or less, connecting users to a wider audience compared to text messaging or blogging. It explains how Twitter allows open conversations among diverse users and serves as a platform for sharing insights on various topics. The document concludes by highlighting Twitter's role as an online space for connecting and discussing life's happenings and global events.
Part One - A Conversation about Twitter
- 1. A Conversation about Twitter in 140 characters or less to tweet or not to tweet Part One: What is Twitter?
- 2. Twitter! Twitter! Twitter! Twitter!
- 3. Hello, is this thing on? Meet Tom
- 4. Let’s Tweet! Meet Twitter Tina
- 5. “Tweet”? “Twitter”? What is the craze all about? Tom has heard a lot about Twitter, but he still doesn’t get the point
- 6. I can help Tom Twitter Tina is an avid Tweeter, who wants to help Tom
- 7. Twitter is this totally incredible tool that changes people’s lives read more
- 8. No seriously - what is it?
- 9. It’s a way to communicate with friends, family, & co-workers in short messages of 140 characters or less (aka microblogging) read more
- 10. What’s the big deal? How is that different from text messaging, Facebook, or blogs?
- 11. It’s like texting but to a wider global audience read more
- 12. It’s like Facebook but it connects you to more than “friends” read more
- 13. It’s like blogs but in a micro format or easy to digest bite sized chunks read more
- 14. I already use e-mail, text messaging, blogs & facebook. Do I need to add yet another technology?
- 15. It’s not meant to complicate your life, but to simplify it using micro messages
- 16. For example, Twitter is used by thousands of other applications to help synchronize your life read more
- 17. Twitter can be a source of news, research, communication, & fun! read more
- 18. Because of this people are adapting to the Twittosphere at an astonishing rate. Faster than Facebook, LinkedIn, or Myspace read more
- 19. Why do you often add links with the things you say?
- 20. That’s what Tweeple do. They add value to their micro messages by adding a link at the end where people can read more
- 21. Who are all these “people”or “tweeple” anyways?
- 22. All types from students to CEOs! Athletes, politicians, doctors, musicians, retail & service companies… you name it! read more
- 23. And what exactly are they all sharing on Twitter?
- 24. Twitter is often used for sharing the little stuff that happens in real life between phone calls or emails
- 25. By sharing what they are doing, they are opening their minds & activity to those that care
- 26. Some people call it mindcasting read more
- 27. So is Twitter just a place where all these people share random information? …like what they ate for breakfast? (heh)
- 28. They tweet about that & much more. There are tweets about the best coffee shops in town to the latest marketing strategies to breaking news
- 29. Some people relate it to a game of golf where people chat about life, news, & more while playing, but they also get business done between holes
- 30. So the conversations can be about anything or nothing for that matter? Wait, how is it even a conversation?
- 31. You can start or join a conversation with anyone on anything by starting a message with the @ symbol
- 32. @Tina @Tom Yeah, Twitter allows you to have open conversations connecting you to others that can share their insights
- 33. Right! This is a great example. Twitter- Ted was able to contribute to our conversation in real time with his thoughts
- 34. Hmmm...it’s confusing though. You make it sound like its conversations about EVERYTHING with EVERYONE
- 35. It kind of is about EVERYTHING because it’s a communication platform for conversing about anything
- 36. Yeah, it is even one of the largest search engines for conversations about anything
- 37. So my “tweets” would go out to EVERYONE?
- 38. Everyone who follows you would see your tweet on their Twitter account
- 39. Those who aren’t following you would be able to find your tweet by searching for topics of interest that match your conversation
- 40. For example you can type something of interest in Twitter’s search box to explore topics try here
- 41. Let’s say I’m interested in cheese...
- 42. If you are interested in cheese, there are hundreds of tweets on that topic that you can see in real time see here
- 43. People who read the tweets & have similar interests will tend to follow each other...much like how birds of a feather flock together!
- 44. This sounds like Twitter can end up just being a BIG waste of time… “tweeple” following a whole bunch of little conversations
- 45. Good point. Not all communication will be value add to you, but Twitter can connect you to valuable conversations, information, and people you are interested in read more
- 46. Well I’m interested in lots of stuff, but you have said so many different things…can you summarize?
- 47. Twitter is the online water cooler where people can connect and share about what’s going on in their life and in the world!
- 48. OK, yeah, I get it…but I’m not convinced!
- 49. At least you understand it Tom. Let me explain more of the benefits in our next discussion
- 50. Sure, in the mean time, what if I have more questions for you?
- 51. You can reach our team on Twitter @freshconsulting or feel free to email us at team@freshconsulting.com before our next discussion
- 52. 5 PART Twitter educational series by the team at: ALL RIGHTS RESERVED contact us for your business use Authors @jeffdance @syamaguchi FreshConsulting.com | 206.801.0961