Twitter What you can do and how you can do it

What is Twitter? Image: business-strategy-innovation ?

What is Twitter? Twitter is not just about people telling other people what they had for breakfast But it can be if you want Image: Display it

Twitter is not just about people telling other people what they had for breakfast

But it can be if you want

What is Twitter? Being on Twitter doesn’t mean you’ll automatically be friends with celebrities But you can try Image: BBC

Being on Twitter doesn’t mean you’ll automatically be friends with celebrities

But you can try

What is Twitter? Twitter isn’t going to take up all of your time But it might if you let it Image: Twitter

Twitter isn’t going to take up all of your time

But it might if you let it

What is Twitter? Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read other users' updates known as tweets (Wikipedia 26/03/08)

Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read other users' updates known as tweets (Wikipedia 26/03/08)

What is Twitter? Like other Social Media tools (facebook, youtube, blogs) twitter works two ways 1. You can view content created by others 2. You can create content for others to view On Twitter this ‘content’ is made up of 140 character tweets (vitally these characters can provide links to images, video, and WebPages) Like other Social Media tools you can just use it one way, but it works best if you do both

Like other Social Media tools (facebook, youtube, blogs) twitter works two ways

1. You can view content created by others

2. You can create content for others to view

On Twitter this ‘content’ is made up of 140 character tweets (vitally these characters can provide links to images, video, and WebPages)

Like other Social Media tools you can just use it one way, but it works best if you do both

What is Twitter? So… Twitter is a service or a tool It’s up to you what you do with it What is actually possible is dependent on the users of the service

So…

Twitter is a service or a tool

It’s up to you what you do with it

What is actually possible is dependent on the users of the service

What can I do with Twitter? ? ?

What can I do with Twitter? Be Entertained Follow updates from celebrities such as Russell Brand, and Britney Spears

Be Entertained

Follow updates from celebrities such as Russell Brand, and Britney Spears

What can I do with Twitter? See what your friends are doing See where they are Find likeminded people Be Social

See what your friends are doing

See where they are

Find likeminded people

Be Social

What can I do with Twitter? Get the Latest News Don’t wait for journalists to write up the story, get the latest from the people at the scene as it happens News of the Mumbai terrorist attacks, and the US Airways Plane landing on the Hudson River, both appeared on Twitter before anywhere else

Get the Latest News

Don’t wait for journalists to write up the story, get the latest from the people at the scene as it happens

News of the Mumbai terrorist attacks, and the US Airways Plane landing on the Hudson River, both appeared on Twitter before anywhere else

What can I do with Twitter? Get Information Follow people who share the information you need e.g. follow people in Digital and get a constant stream of the information relevant to you Of course you could look for it all yourself, but why waste hours searching when there are thousands of people doing it for you?

Get Information

Follow people who share the information you need

e.g. follow people in Digital and get a constant stream of the information relevant to you

Of course you could look for it all yourself, but why waste hours searching when there are thousands of people doing it for you?

What can I do with Twitter? Get more specific Information Use twitter search to find tweets on the specific topic you want e.g. Search: augmented reality

Get more specific Information

Use twitter search to find tweets on the specific topic you want

e.g. Search: augmented reality

What can I do with Twitter? Get Even more specific Information Ask the people of twitter a question

Get Even more specific Information

Ask the people of twitter a question

What can I do with Twitter? What can Brands do? See what people are saying about the Brand Broadcast messages to their audience (but ensuring not to spam) Speak directly to the audience

What can Brands do?

See what people are saying about the Brand

Broadcast messages to their audience (but ensuring not to spam)

Speak directly to the audience

How do I get started? Image: share brain

How do I get started? Simple, just go to www.twitter.com Pick a username Fill out the info so people know what to expect from your tweets Now you have a Twitter account

Simple, just go to www.twitter.com

Pick a username

Fill out the info so people know what to expect from your tweets

Now you have a Twitter account

How do I get started? Now you need to find some people to follow You can search for people you already know by searching their names and by importing email lists Then there are various way you can find people who are saying things that interest you Search your interests at Twitter Search Twitter Directories such as WeFollow Find someone talking about things that interest you, chances are they will be following similar people, so check out who they follow Twitter recommendation services like Mr Tweet

Now you need to find some people to follow

You can search for people you already know by searching their names and by importing email lists

Then there are various way you can find people who are saying things that interest you

Search your interests at Twitter Search

Twitter Directories such as WeFollow

Find someone talking about things that interest you, chances are they will be following similar people, so check out who they follow

Twitter recommendation services like Mr Tweet

How do I get started? View Tweets Now you’ve picked some people to follow, every post they make will be delivered in your Homepage feed See someone talking rubbish? No problem you can simply click a button to unfollow

View Tweets

Now you’ve picked some people to follow, every post they make will be delivered in your Homepage feed

See someone talking rubbish? No problem you can simply click a button to unfollow

How do I get started? Send Tweets Now it’s time for your contribution Share what you want with the world but putting your 140 characters in the box at the top If what you put is worth reading people will start following you Want to Share a link? Be sure to shorten it at somewhere like tinyurl.com so you don’t go over your 140 limit

Send Tweets

Now it’s time for your contribution

Share what you want with the world but putting your 140 characters in the box at the top

If what you put is worth reading people will start following you

Want to Share a link? Be sure to shorten it at somewhere like tinyurl.com so you don’t go over your 140 limit

How to use the features That’s the basics But to really interact with Twitter you need to learn a few more things

That’s the basics

But to really interact with Twitter you need to learn a few more things

How to use the features Reply to Tweets You can reply to any tweet you see on Twitter, just click on the reply arrow located bottom right of their tweet Your reply is public and identified by having ‘@username’ at the beginning on the tweet If you don’t want it to be public you can send the user a Direct message

Reply to Tweets

You can reply to any tweet you see on Twitter, just click on the reply arrow located bottom right of their tweet

Your reply is public and identified by having ‘@username’ at the beginning on the tweet

If you don’t want it to be public you can send the user a Direct message

How to use the features Re-tweet See a tweet you like, then you might want to tweet it yourself This is called re-tweeting, and convention is to credit the user by starting your tweet with ‘RT@username’

Re-tweet

See a tweet you like, then you might want to tweet it yourself

This is called re-tweeting, and convention is to credit the user by starting your tweet with ‘RT@username’

How to use the features You can see any replies to your tweets in the @Replies section If you want to see if anyone has Re-tweeted any of your tweets you need to search ‘@yourusername’ in Twitter Search

You can see any replies to your tweets in the @Replies section

If you want to see if anyone has Re-tweeted any of your tweets you need to search ‘@yourusername’ in Twitter Search

What else should I know? When people are sending tweets about or from certain events or about specific topics they put ‘#location’ or ‘#topic’ at the end of their tweet. This saves on characters and helps people find information via Twitter search There are various ways you can Tweet and view Tweets Via the Twitter website Via various Twitter clients Via Text message Via Phone application Twitter clients can improve the Twitter experience Login to several accounts at once Re-tweet with a click Create various feeds to help filter content Get stats on who follows your links Shorten URLs automatically

When people are sending tweets about or from certain events or about specific topics they put ‘#location’ or ‘#topic’ at the end of their tweet. This saves on characters and helps people find information via Twitter search

There are various ways you can Tweet and view Tweets

Via the Twitter website

Via various Twitter clients

Via Text message

Via Phone application

Twitter clients can improve the Twitter experience

Login to several accounts at once

Re-tweet with a click

Create various feeds to help filter content

Get stats on who follows your links

Shorten URLs automatically

What’s next for Twitter? Twitter needs to find a way to transfer its success into financial success Brands need to experiment to see what can be done with Twitter The uses of Twitter are all dependent on its users, as new and different users join the service new and different possibilities will arise As more people use the internet on their mobiles, the possibilities will expand. Geolocation could be incorporated into Twitter (this is already available on iphone applications such as Twinkle)

Twitter needs to find a way to transfer its success into financial success

Brands need to experiment to see what can be done with Twitter

The uses of Twitter are all dependent on its users, as new and different users join the service new and different possibilities will arise

As more people use the internet on their mobiles, the possibilities will expand. Geolocation could be incorporated into Twitter (this is already available on iphone applications such as Twinkle)