Tweet, Tweet, Twitter Twitter Fast-track Your Way To Harnessing Twitter Gerry Kirk @gerrykirk

Outline Twitter introduction Get set up Test the waters Lab / Questions

Twitter introduction

Get set up

Test the waters

Lab / Questions

What is Twitter?

Like a big cocktail party

A stream of conversations

Breaking news

Get product offers

Follow product updates

Disperse info during crisis http://www.startribune.com

Hudson River plane crash

Doing good Laura “@Pistachio” Fitton

Donate through Twitter

Engage, support community

Promote site content

How Popular Is Twitter?

Growing faster than Facebook

Invasion of the Soccer Moms

Twitter Use Brainstorm What possibilities do you see?

My Twitter Path What is Twitter? What is Twitter? This is seriously stupid. I can find people interested in Pair Vote. Cool! What a time sink. Is this worth it? Meeting fascinating people, going to #ChangeCamp! Learning what else is going on. Helping & learning from others is fun

Let's Get Started

What's in a Name? GerryKirk gkirk GMan SniffingRoses

GerryKirk

gkirk

GMan

SniffingRoses

Building Your Community - Local http://twittgroups.com/group/ssm

Building Your Community - Local http://search.twitter.com/advanced

Network / Activity – Based Recos http://www.mrtweet.net

Users by Topic http://wefollow.com/

Followers' Faves http://www.crazybob.org/twubble/

Sprucing Up Your Profile

Make a good impression http://www.faceyourmanga.com Good to be square

Introduce yourself One line bio (160 char) Location Web address

One line bio (160 char)

Location

Web address

Interactive Twitter Tool a Must

Tweet Exercises Follow @gerrykirk Post: Just signed up, sitting in @gerrykirk 's Twitter Essentials class. #gktwit Post: See what we are learning: http://twitteressentials.eventbrite.com #gktwit Search for #gktwit Reply to @gerrykirk's tweet: Yes, I'm having the time of my life. You should charge twice as much! #gktwit Send @gerrykirk a direct message: Here is my credit card number: <insert valid number here> Retweet a message in your stream Post a picture from class: Class in session: <url to pic>

Follow @gerrykirk

Post: Just signed up, sitting in @gerrykirk 's Twitter Essentials class. #gktwit

Post: See what we are learning: http://twitteressentials.eventbrite.com #gktwit

Search for #gktwit

Reply to @gerrykirk's tweet: Yes, I'm having the time of my life. You should charge twice as much! #gktwit

Send @gerrykirk a direct message: Here is my credit card number: <insert valid number here>

Retweet a message in your stream

Post a picture from class: Class in session: <url to pic>

More sample tweets Just joined Twitter. I'm really looking forward to seeing how it works for me/connecting with my friends/find out more about X. Check this out – it made me laugh (Link to cartoon/video/article you have bookmarked) One of you people MUST have my keys. I know I left them right here. Still not sure how to balance Twitter with Facebook. Same thing? Annoyingly different? &quot;Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.&quot; - Jim Ryun Trying out PeopleBrowsr http://peoplebrowsr.com for Twitter, so far I like/hate it. Happy to see Habs getting beat. Go Leafs! @gerrykirk looks better on Twitter than in person. Ugh. Too much cheese. I wish my sweetie were here right now.

Just joined Twitter. I'm really looking forward to seeing how it works for me/connecting with my friends/find out more about X.

Check this out – it made me laugh (Link to cartoon/video/article you have bookmarked)

One of you people MUST have my keys. I know I left them right here.

Still not sure how to balance Twitter with Facebook. Same thing? Annoyingly different?

&quot;Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.&quot; - Jim Ryun

Trying out PeopleBrowsr http://peoplebrowsr.com for Twitter, so far I like/hate it.

Happy to see Habs getting beat. Go Leafs!

@gerrykirk looks better on Twitter than in person.

Ugh. Too much cheese.

I wish my sweetie were here right now.

Twitter etiquette

Everyone can hear you Cisco just offered me a job! Now I have to weigh the utility of a fatty paycheck against the daily commute to San Jose and hating the work. Who is the hiring manager? I'm sure they would love to know that you will hate the work. We here at Cisco are versed in the Web.

Be honest, interesting, unselfish

Leave when you want “I'm sitting in an airplane waiting to take off. Still waiting. Reading Seth Godin's latest while the plane sits here.”

Plug moderately

Thank-you! Twitter: @gerrykirk Email: gerry@gerrykirk.net Slides: gerrykirk.net/twitter-course-april-2009