Twitter 101

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101
The Bare Bones Basics

Micro-blogging Site
140 characters to say what you want
What are you doing?
News Source
#Egypt
Exchange of ideas & resources
What is Twitter?
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Your Twitter Profile
How the world sees you on Twitter.
This page includes your bio, stats about the account, your timeline and recommendations of similar accounts.
http://twitter.com/R2integrated

Your Twitter Dashboard
The center of your Twitterverse.
This page includes your stats, a timeline of those you follow, links to mentions, Retweets, searches & lists, as well as trends and “Who to Follow” recommendations.

The Twitter Toolbar
Home – Click to take you back to your dashboard.
Who To Follow– Suggestions from Twitter to find relevant people or brands to follow.
Profile – Click to see your profile as others see it.
Settings – Profile Settings, includes: bio, profile color settings, etc.
Messages – Where to access Direct Messages (private messages between users).

“What’s Happening?”This is where you enter your tweet.
“Timeline”This the stream of tweets from all the people you are following.You can “Favorite,” “Retweet” or “Reply” to a tweet directly from the Timeline.
Tweeting & Your Timeline

It’s All About You
FollowingThe tweets of these people show up in your “Timeline”
FollowersYour tweets
ListedHow many Twitter lists you are in and ones you’ve been listed in recently.

The Twitterverse
TrendsPopular topics on all of Twitter. Can be narrowed down by country or even city.
Who to FollowSuggestions from Twitter on relevant people to follow, based off of who you already follow.

@Mentions
http://twitter.com/#!/mentions
@Mentions are a Twitter convention that lets you know when someone is speaking to you or mentioning you in a post.
They display as …“@[Username]” for example… @R2integrated
Tweet us by placing “@R2integrated” in front of your tweet.

Retweets (aka RT)
Retweets by OthersThese are RT’s that people you follow have made.
Retweets by YouThese are things that you have RT’d.
Your Tweets, retweetedThese are your tweets that have been RT’d by others.

Twitter Searches
Twitter Searches allow you to keep up on the topics you care about the most.They can be saved for later reference.
Many businesses use saved Twitter searches to monitor their brands.

Twitter Lists
Twitter Listsare a way for an individual to organize Twitter users.
You can be listed in one, or you can list people in one.
You do not have to follow a person to include them in a Twitter list.
Lists provide perspective of how you are viewed on Twitter.

Where do I start?
Sign up or sign in at http://www.twitter.com

Import your Contacts
Who to Follow
“Find Friends” tab
Import Contacts
Gmail
Yahoo
Hotmail & Messenger
AOL
LinkedIn
Importing your contacts will allow you to connect with the people you already know.

Find People To Follow

Twitter Tips
Follow those who follow you(at first, you can be picky later)
Personalize your account
Use a “picture” of yourself
Customize your background & colors
Write an interesting bio
Tweet in your voice
Listen first to learn how to tweet

Twitter Tips
Tweet with value
Don’t be boring…
Don’t drunk tweet (Dweeting)
Most importantly… Be transparent & disclose any affiliations

The Twictionary… (The Twitter Dictionary)
Tweet - a message on Twitter
Tweeps/Tweeples– Your people/friends/followers
Tweetup – a (generally) impromptu meetup that is scheduled on Twitter
Fail Whale – The mythical beast that appears when Twitter has service issues
Twitterati – Thought leaders

Questions?
Contact Us:
R2integrated
www.r2integrated.com
@R2integrated
slideshare.net/R2integrated
copyright r2integrated, LLC 2009 – confidential and proprietary

Resources
Twitter Glossary – http://support.twitter.com/articles/166337-the-twitter-glossary
Twitter for Business - http://business.twitter.com/
Twellow– http://www.twellow.com/
Find2Follow- http://find2follow.swatlabs.net/
What Tyler Durden Can Teach You About Twitter & Social Media - http://twittercism.com/tyler-durden/
Twitip - http://www.twitip.com/

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