why use twitter? a slideshare presentation by lauren pressley

that’s a common question lately

…with no easy answer…

twitter is different for different people

a place to hang out

stay online throughout the day: find out what people are thinking about learn what your friends do in moments of down time laugh at brand-new memes share photos and blog posts in real time

stay online throughout the day:

find out what people are thinking about

learn what your friends do in moments of down time

laugh at brand-new memes

share photos and blog posts in real time

a place to meet people

lots of people use twitter! old friends classmates colleagues family potential friends

lots of people use twitter!

old friends

classmates

colleagues

family

potential friends

a place to network

follow colleagues! find out what’s going on in colleagues’ work lives share ideas and brainstorm find out who will be at conferences find people to co-present or write with

follow colleagues!

find out what’s going on in colleagues’ work lives

share ideas and brainstorm

find out who will be at conferences

find people to co-present or write with

a human search engine

add enough people and you have your own search engine! ask for recommendations on products ask if people have tried your idea ask for input for presentations

add enough people and you have your own search engine!

ask for recommendations on products

ask if people have tried your idea

ask for input for presentations

a window to what people are thinking

twitter has a tracking feature that lets you see what people are saying about your topic of interest! track a word like “library” and see every time the word is mentioned!

twitter has a tracking feature that lets you see what people are saying about your topic of interest!

track a word like “library” and see every time the word is mentioned!

a way to bridge internet and phone

you can see your messages on the internet and on your phone! see family members and close friends on your phone and everyone else on the web if you’ll be away from the web, you can get all your tweets on your phone standard rates do apply

you can see your messages on the internet and on your phone!

see family members and close friends on your phone and everyone else on the web

if you’ll be away from the web, you can get all your tweets on your phone

standard rates do apply

a place to experiment

twitter is still fairly new, you can come up with new uses! try an account for marketing purposes see how it works for business communications see if you think the text message feature is useful share your successes with the twitter community!

twitter is still fairly new, you can come up with new uses!

try an account for marketing purposes

see how it works for business communications

see if you think the text message feature is useful

share your successes with the twitter community!

what could it be for you?

you’ll have to give it a go to find out!

photo credits Question: http://flickr.com/photos/mworrell/266913194 Rubic’s cube: http://flickr.com/photos/bitterlysweet/33358201/ London: http://flickr.com/photos/olivierclaurent/764482764/ Cheers bar: http://flickr.com/photos/itodd76/750818704/ Meet: http://flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/253927535/ Network: http://flickr.com/photos/beija-flor/194769725/ Human Search Engine: http://flickr.com/photos/c2k2e/108326319/ Windows: http://flickr.com/photos/marioraffin/368414252/ Internet & phone: http://flickr.com/photos/daviddmuir/407164501/ Experiment: http://flickr.com/photos/malingering/1337570468/ Lady: http://flickr.com/photos/meredithfarmer/464784222/ Twitter whale: http://flickr.com/photos/injelea/2116719153/

Question: http://flickr.com/photos/mworrell/266913194

Rubic’s cube: http://flickr.com/photos/bitterlysweet/33358201/

London: http://flickr.com/photos/olivierclaurent/764482764/

Cheers bar: http://flickr.com/photos/itodd76/750818704/

Meet: http://flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/253927535/

Network: http://flickr.com/photos/beija-flor/194769725/

Human Search Engine: http://flickr.com/photos/c2k2e/108326319/

Windows: http://flickr.com/photos/marioraffin/368414252/

Internet & phone: http://flickr.com/photos/daviddmuir/407164501/

Experiment: http://flickr.com/photos/malingering/1337570468/

Lady: http://flickr.com/photos/meredithfarmer/464784222/

Twitter whale: http://flickr.com/photos/injelea/2116719153/