How To : Understand The Twitterverse

how to:
understand the twitterverse
how to use (and make the most of) twitter
ellewagner
FIT 1000

what IS twitter?
primarily a status update website
great for networking
keeping up to date and updating a large contact listquickly
mobile capabilities
popularamongst a large variety of people
experience varies depends on use and involvement
has a rapidlygrowinguserbase

how it differentiates from facebook
twitter
allows you to “@reply” to other users
is solely made for status updates – all of your other information is left private to your audience
trending topics
marketing tool
easily links and integrates with other websites
facebook
all encompassing social networking tool
just introduced similar “@reply” function – more private
must be someone’s friend to see their status updates
different environment,more personal
allows you to embed media but doesn’t allow for the same integration with external websites like twitter

to tweet:
Create an account
Navigate to yourhomepage
Update yourstatus (in lessthan 140 characters)
find & invite yourfriends via the twittergetstarted page
Start @replying to yourfriends (replies willbe sent to their @replyinbox – sotheycanreply back!)
Start following people youfindinteresting
Add a twitterwidget to yourfacebook/myspacepage,etc. to gain more followers
@reply to people youfindinterestingwithlarger audiencesto gain furtherexposure
saysomethinginteresting and relevant! (understandyour audience & appeal to them)

customizing your twitter:
add a profile picture
add a custom background withany image youlike
createyourown background in illustrator or photoshop
change font and linkcolors
makeyour page aestheticallyappealing to gain an audience
the more custom your page, the more it stands out

from your mobile:
twitterberry
twitterfon
Tweetie
takepictureswithyour phone & sendthem to twitpic/yfrog
receive mobile updates
Via text:
- navigate to settings
Devices
insert mobile number
confirm via text message

linking to & fro:
sendyourtwitter updates to facebook
linkyour blog to twitter
linkvariousotherwebsites to twitter
shareyouryoutube favorites to twitter
syncyourtwitterwithmyspace to update yourmoodeach time youtweet
as twitter’spopularityrises, more websites are offeringintegration