Twitter 101

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WHAT DO YOU TWEET ABOUT? What are you doing?

WHAT DO YOU TWEET ABOUT? • What has your attention? • What are you thinking about? • What has my interest right now?

WHAT DO YOU TWEET ABOUT? • How can I help someone? • What can I share? • What made me laugh recently?

HOW TO USE IT • Reply using @ • Private Message using d • ReTweet using RT

HOW TO USE IT • @username • d username • RT @username

HOW TO USE IT Hashtags #event/topic a topic of conversation, found via Twitter search

HOW DO WE ENGAGE USERS? say quot;hiquot; to new followers through a direct message or @reply Be human, have a sense of humour

HOW DO WE ENGAGE USERS? Follow and they will follow you back *if you a re lucky :)

TOOLS Don’t use Twitter.com

TOOLS Desktop Applications for Twitter * TweetDeck * Twhirl * Twitterriffic Manage Multiple Twitter Accounts * Splitweet

TOOLS Firefox Plugins * Twitbin * Twitterfox Twitter Metrics and tracking * Twitter Counter * Twitter-friends

TOOLS Post Multimedia, Photos, Files * TwitPic RSS and Tweet syndication * TwitterFeed

SOURCES Learn from the Influencers • What do they read? • What are they talking about? • Staying On Top of the News

LINKS http://twitter.com/site_map http://tinyurl.com/6y6o8b http://tinyurl.com/bszo3g http://tinyurl.com/29ghzl http://tinyurl.com/5gd75f

by Darko Buldioski on Feb 17, 2009