The document provides an introduction to Twitter, explaining key terms like tweets, retweets, handles, hashtags, and direct messages. It outlines the basic steps for using Twitter, including signing up, following others, engaging in conversations, direct messaging, retweeting, and using hashtags. The summary encourages building a community by following a variety of accounts and keeping an engaging feed of tweets.
2. Welcome to
“The Basics Of
Twitter"
Presenting you your guide through this presentation-
Twee Twee
3. Let me tell you about me…
I am a micro blogging service
Came out of egg in 2006
Used for sharing short messages
(<140 characters)
tweet, follow & retweet (if you
want)
4. In my “tweeting” language
Tweet: A 140-character message
Retweet (RT): Re-sharing or giving credit to other‟s tweet
Feed: the stream of tweets seen on your homepage
Handle: your username
Mention (@): A way to reference another user by his handle
Direct Message (DM): A private short message between two
users
Hashtag (#): A way to denote a topic in a larger linked
discussion, or for a group chat type tweet sequence.
5. Wanna be a pro ? ??
Go through these steps
1. Sign Up & Log in
2. Following & Followers
3. Enter the Conversation
4. Direct
communication
5. Retweeting
6. Hashtags
6. 1. Sign Up & Log in
Go to Twitter.com and
create a handle
Fill up your bio
Choose a profile pic to upload
You are ready to enter my
community
7. 2. Following & Followers
Seek out people to follow
Start with people you know
Explore people your friends are following Twee Twee
is a Twitter
Search for personalities you want to catch Celeb
up
People may be following you too
You can “unfollow” people or “block” your
followers anytime.
8. 3. Enter the
Conversation
Post a tweet and hope someone
sees it
Or better, reply to a fascinating
tweet.
Use @ before the person‟s
handle to increase the chances
of the person seeing your reply
9. 4. Direct
communication
You can message directly to your followers (only)
Direct Messages (DM) are private
Be sensible and sensitive while DMing.
10. 5. Retweeting
Saw something interesting on a tweet?
Share it via a Retweet(RT)
Hit the Retweet button when you hover
a tweet
Or use „RT @handle‟ in your own tweet
before copying the tweet.
Eg:This is cool. RT @appy |Coke is
rewarding random Fb fans with a
“Certified Consumer” certificate
11. 6. #Hashtags
# denotes a topic or subject matter
Words after # become searchable
Discussions on a #topic can be tracked
No spaces between words in hashtags
Create your subject or join an existing hashtag
12. Build a community
Follow a variety of tweeters
Build a list of followers
Keep tweeting
13. To be my good friend
Be sensitive while tweeting or
DMing
2AM 1AM
Do not OVERTWEET 3AM
4AM
14. Join me & start speaking
my language…TWEET TWEET
twitter.com
15. References
mashable.com/2012/06/05/twitter-for-beginners/
twitter.com
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educational purpose without any intention to infringe
their copyrights.
16. Follow me
@theyogee
E-mail to:
yashitak@hotmail.com
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