How to set up a Twitter ac

1. SOCIAL MEDIA FOR FESTIVALS
Setting up your first Twitter Account

2. THINK CAREFULLY!
 Think about the resources your festival will need
to make a presence on Twitter work
 Have you decided what the „Voice‟ of your festival
will be like?
 Where will you use Twitter?
 How often will you check your account?
 Do you have support from your committee?
 What will you use Twitter for?
 Beware of the soapbox! This is your event/
festival not your personal account.

3. DON‟T LET THIS BE YOU ON TWITTER

4. FOLLOWERS HAVE EXPECTATIONS!

5. SIGN UP FOR A TWITTER ACCOUNT
 Navigate to
Twitter.com and you‟ll
find a sign-up page

6. BEFORE YOU START, CHECK!
 Full Name =
UserName you will be
called on Twitter e.g.
“LovelyFest” & can
only be 15 characters!
 Email = the email you
use for your event
 If you don‟t have an
email for your
event, may need to
create one?

7. FIRST STEPS
 Think about your interests
 What are your goals?
 Set out your stall in your Twitter
Profile
 Remember to have some fun!

8. ELEMENTS OF A TWITTER PROFILE

9. HOW TO EDIT YOUR PROFILE

10. PHOTO AND LINKS ON PROFILE

11. EDIT YOUR PROFILE

12. SEND YOUR FIRST TWEET

13. 140 CHARACTERS – EXPRESS YOURSELF
 Compose an all-text
first tweet, no links
 Asking questions
encourages others to
respond
 Don‟t worry about it,
everyone had to start
somewhere

14. WHERE CAN I GET HELP?
 https://support.twitter.com/ - there is extensive
help text on the Twitter Help Center which
should answer many of your questions
 https://support.twitter.com/groups/31-twitter-
basics - this has links to all the basic information
which you‟ll need to get started

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