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1. @amyoutloud

2. Amy Smythe Harris
• Broker Associates, GRI, CRS, E-Pro,
GREEN,SFR, TRLP
• HAR & TAR Instructor/Train the Trainer-6
years
• HAR Director 2009 & 2011
• NextGen Advisory Group
• TAR Professional Development &
Professional Standards 2009 &
Technology for 2010
• TAR Technology Chair for 2011
• NAR Communications Committee for
2010 & 2011
• NAR YPN 2010
• WCR Montgomery Co. Tech. Chair

3. Objectives
• What is Twitter
• How to use Twitter
• Why important for future business in RE

4. What is twitter?
• Twitter is a real-time information network
that connects you to the latest information
about what you find interesting. Simply
find the public streams you find most
compelling and follow the conversations

5. Why should I use twitter?
Relevant & real-time information
Ability to engage your audience
Branding & Reputation
Search Engine Optimization
Research
Drive traffic to your website/videos/other
social media outlets

6. Twitter in Plain English

7. Twitter Best Practices
Engage with your followers and follow
others
Relevant tweets matter
You get what you give
The more you participate, the more you
will gain
Reference others, use hash tags, and
shorten URL‟s

8. Let’s get started:
http://twitter.com
Sign up here

9. Set-up tips:
 Choose a professional/appropriate
username
 Complete all of your bio, especially
location
 Add a photo or logo
 Customize background for better branding
& consistency
 Locking your account limits your visibility
severely

10. Using Twitter:
 Cannot go over 140 characters
 Make sure you‟re providing value to your
followers (i.e. don‟t just Tweet about
what/where you‟re eating!)
 It‟s ok to not be so corporate (casual
works!)
 “Listen” to familiarize yourself first

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19. Following & Un-following:
 Use “Find People” feature to search for specific
people
 Who to follow gives suggestions of peeps
 Click “Follow” button under profile photo to
receive user‟s updates
 DO NOT AUTO-DM new followers (poor taste)
 Un-follow users by following prompts
underneath their profile photo
 Block spammers on right hand side of page on
their profile

20. Interacting:
“@” replies - updates that begin with
@username used to publicly reply to a
friend/follower
“@” mentions - updates with
@username used anywhere in the post
Direct message (DM) - private message
to a mutual follower (must be following
you)

21. Twitter Speak:
 OH - Overheard
 RT - Retweet
 FTW - For The Win!
 BTW - By the way
 IMHO - In My Honest/Humble Opinion
 LMK -Let Me Know
 NSFW - Not Safe For Work
 IRL

22. Hash Tags:
Insert a „#‟ before a phrase (I.e.
#360mce)
Allows all Tweets with hashtag to be
consolidated in searches
Great for events, chats/discussions,
and memes

23. Chats & Memes:
 Chats - streaming conversations
between interested Tweeters about
specific topics using a hashtag (I.e.
#journchat, #editorchat)
 Memes - Temporary/Periodical Trends
on Twitter/Web (I.e. #followfriday)

24. Mobile Twitter:
 Tweet from your cell & smart phones
 Use SMS text messaging, mobile
browsers, or mobile apps
 Receive SMS messages for DMs sent
to you and for updates from certain
people you follow

25. Mobile Twitter:
 Tweetie
 Twitter app
 Hootsuite app
 Tweetdeck app
 Twittelator app
 Echofon

26. Twitter & Text Messages:
 Text 40404 to send DMs and post
updates to your timeline via SMS
 Turn your device updates on and go to
a user‟s profile (select appropriate
options underneath their profile photo)
to have their updates sent as an SMS
text message

27. Twitter Tips
 Find application you like to read your
Tweets
 Hootsuite
 Tweetdeck
 Tweetspinner
 Twitter Counter
 Google Twitter backgrounds-tons
 Useqwitter

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