Twitter 101 presentation part of AUB's Online Collaborative Social Media 101 workshop presented by Mohammad Hijazi

1. Twitter 101
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6. Why Use
Twitter?

7. Why Use
Twitter?

8. Why Use
Twitter?

9. Why Use
Twitter?

10. Why Use
Twitter?

11. Why Use
Twitter?

12. Why Use
Twitter?

13. Some Twitter
Stories

14. Some Twitter
Stories

15. Some Twitter
Stories

16. Some Twitter
Stories

17. Some Twitter
Stories

21. Sign Up NOW!

22. Sign Up NOW!

23. Sign Up NOW!

25. Twitter Improves Your Writing
• Forces you to be concise. Write tight!
• Forces you to exercise vocabulary
• Improve your editing skills

27. Show us your
first tweet!

35. • There are 2 ways to re-tweet:
oRe-tweet something by someone else by putting the
letters RT and @ in front of their username before
copying their tweet
Example:
I love this song RT @weam_a: hit me baby one
more time
oClick the ‘re-tweet’ link to the bottom right of the tweet

45. Some Stuff You
Should Know

46. What is #FF?
• #FF is a hashtag for “Follow Friday” and is a twitter
tradition whereby every Friday, tweeps recommend
others that are interesting for their followers to
check out. It’s a good way to get introduced to
other tweeps and to also share your appreciation
for the people you follow. Here is an example:
Example:
#FF @pearlowa because she’s makes awesome
scrambled eggs!

47. What is +1?
• Sometimes tweeps retweet something with a +1 (or
+ whatever digit) before it to show their approval of
what is being said.
Example:
+100 RT @mhijazi Smoking should be banned in all
public places in #Lebanon!

48. Twitter Lists
• Lists compile similar tweeps together so that you
can see a timeline of all their tweets on the same
page. You can add multiple tweeps to a list and
you will be added to lists too.

49. Protected Tweets
• If you’re worried about your tweets being exposed
publicly, you can opt for privacy (protected tweets)
in your settings. That way people need to request to
follow you before they can see your profile and
tweets.

50. Trending Topics
• What are the trending topics today?
• Choose one and find out WHY it is trending.

51. Tweet a link!
• Use a link shortner:
• Goo.gl
• Bit.ly
• Is.gd
• Wp.me
• Ow.ly

52. Tweet a photo
• Use twitpic.com

53. How many Lebanese are
on twitter?
• I’m not sure. There are many who live here and
many who are abroad. I would estimate at least
500 active tweeps and maybe a couple of
thousand if you include the ones who are rarely
active. But the community’s growing every day.

54. Who to follow?
• Create live list

55. Is everyone friendly on
twitter?
• No, just like in your offline life. Most people are very
polite and friendly, but you will bump into a few
bullies. Unfollow people who annoy you and if it
gets to a point of harassment, you can block them
from accessing your profile.

56. Fail Whale

57. Twitter Stats

61. Choose Your Tools
• Pick your tools – you can tweet from the web,
your phone, or from any number of Twitter apps
• TweetDeck http://tweetdeck.com
• TwitterFox http://twitterfox.net
• Twhirl http://www.twhirl.org
• Ping.fm http://ping.fm
• Friendfeed http://friendfeed.com

62. Questions?

63. @AUB_OC