Twitter: Tools, Tweeple and
Twang
by Doug Devitre, CRS, ABR, CDEI
Sp on so re d by:
De a n H a rt m a n C on ti nen ta l H ome Lo a n s

Twitter is a foreign
language

Today’s Learning Objectives
•Learn what is necessary to create a Twitter
Profile.
•Understand the various tools available for
Twitter users.
•Follow people and get people to follow you.
•Speak the Twitter language.

Top-Ten Twitter Tools

TweetDeck

www.t witpic.com

www.t wit vid.com

search.t witter.com

www.geochirp.com

www.t weetmeme.com

Twitter Background
Customization

www.t witterfeed.com

www.t wellow.com

Cloudlet for Firefox

www.t weetbeep.com

Get People to Follow You

Five Ways to Get More
Followers
Advertise Profile URL
Participate in TweetUps
Share Valuable Content
Tweet Often
Follow Others

Advertise profile URL
Profile URL = http://www.twitter.com/username
Add this to:
Email Signature
Facebook Profile
Website or Blog
Linked In Account
Marketing

Participate in TweetUps

Share Valuable Content

Tweet Often

Follow Others

Five ways to Find People to
Follow
Prospect on search.twitter.com
Ask people for their twitter handle
Follow your friends.
Search for people of influence
Keep an eye out for the ‘Follow Me’ button

Prospect on
search.t witter.com

Ask People for Their Twitter
Handle

Follow Your Friends

Search for People of
Influence

Look for the ‘Follow Me’
Button

TWANG
URL Shortener
RT Retweet
# Hashtag
@ Mention
d Direct Message
‘Post’
Twitter RSS Feed

URL Shortener

Ret weet (RT)
Repost a post someone else’s post and give them
credit.
Just type “RT @firstposter” before quoting.
Joe: Happy New Years Everyone!
Steve: RT @Joe Happy New Years Everyone!

Hashtags (#)

Mention (@)
Append @username when your post is related to
a specific person.
Example: “@stevesmith did a great job in his
presentation today!”

Direct Message (d)
Private message to a single twitter user.
Example: “d stevesmith How have you been?”

Post

Twitter RSS Feed

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