Twitter 101

Twitter Guide 101 by Chana German January 5, 2010

What is Twitter?
In techno-speak: social media & micro-blogging service
In layman’s terms: Service that allows you to share thoughts, opinions, information & media with 10, 100, 1000, or 10,000+ people
Users post quick, short, frequent posts called tweets

Professional Benefits of Twitter
It’s Public: Find & know what the experts are saying
It’s Democratic: Who is an expert?
It’s Current: Keep up with trends in your field
It’s Brief: With a 140 character limit, there’s no rambling
It’s a Network: Six degrees of separation
It’s a Community: Users share ideas & resources, Q & A, offer support

Navigating Twitterverse

Twerminology I
follower – users following you
following – users you are following
hashtag – keyword assigned to a tweet or topic, designated by #
DM – Direct message – private message sent to a user

Twerminology II
RT – ReTweet – a forward of another user’s tweet
@username – a name of a user
lists – a list of users who tweet about a similar topic (e.g. tech thinkers)
mentions – including a @username in a tweet

Twitter Heaven
250+ Twitter apps, tools or add-ons including:
Directories and User Search Tools
Tools to follow/track certain trends and topics
Demographic tools
Integration tools so site/blog/social networks is connected to Twitter
Group tools (e.g. limit tweets to group/conference)
Polling tools
Stat tools

Twitter Tips
Answer tweets
Join projects & discussions
RT posts
Block spammers
Don’t follow everyone who follows you – check to see interests and activity
Create and update lists – make sure they are specific

Twitter Tips
Netiquette: Thank users who follow you; welcome newcomers
Watch out for spam in DMs
Describe the links you tweet
Follow relevant hashtags
Review who you follow regularly – remove users who aren’t of interest, who don’t tweet, etc.

Twitter 101

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