A Conversation about Twitter is a 5-part educational series that rolls through a dialogue between Twitter Tina (Twitter fan) and Tom (Twitter skeptic) in blurbs of 140 characters or less. The first part of the dialogue focuses on an introduction to Twitter. Feel free to contact us (Fresh Consulting) for your business use at team@freshconsulting.com

1. A Conversation about Twitter
in 140 characters or less
to tweet or not to tweet
Part One: What is Twitter?

2. Twitter! Twitter!
Twitter! Twitter!

3. Hello, is this thing on?
Meet Tom

4. Let’s Tweet!
Meet Twitter Tina

5. “Tweet”? “Twitter”? What
is the craze all about?
Tom has heard a lot about
Twitter, but he still doesn’t
get the point

6. I can help Tom
Twitter Tina is an avid Tweeter,
who wants to help Tom

7. Twitter is this totally incredible tool
that changes people’s lives
read more

8. No seriously - what is it?

9. It’s a way to communicate with friends,
family, & co-workers in short messages
of 140 characters or less
(aka microblogging)
read more

10. What’s the big deal? How is that
different from text messaging,
Facebook, or blogs?

11. It’s like texting but to a wider
global audience
read more

12. It’s like Facebook but it connects
you to more than “friends”
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13. It’s like blogs but in a micro format or
easy to digest bite sized chunks
read more

14. I already use e-mail, text messaging,
blogs & facebook. Do I need to add
yet another technology?

15. It’s not meant to complicate your life,
but to simplify it using micro messages

16. For example, Twitter is used by
thousands of other applications to help
synchronize your life
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17. Twitter can be a source of news,
research, communication, & fun!
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18. Because of this people are adapting to
the Twittosphere at an astonishing
rate. Faster than Facebook,
LinkedIn, or Myspace
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19. Why do you often add links with the
things you say?

20. That’s what Tweeple do. They add value
to their micro messages by adding a
link at the end where people can
read more

21. Who are all these “people”or
“tweeple” anyways?

22. All types from students to CEOs!
Athletes, politicians, doctors, musicians,
retail & service companies…
you name it!
read more

23. And what exactly are they all
sharing on Twitter?

24. Twitter is often used for sharing the
little stuff that happens in real life
between phone calls or emails

25. By sharing what they are doing, they
are opening their minds & activity to
those that care

26. Some people call it mindcasting
read more

27. So is Twitter just a place where all
these people share random
information? …like what they ate for
breakfast? (heh)

28. They tweet about that & much more.
There are tweets about the best coffee
shops in town to the latest marketing
strategies to breaking news

29. Some people relate it to a game of golf
where people chat about life, news, &
more while playing, but they also get
business done between holes

30. So the conversations can be about
anything or nothing for that matter?
Wait, how is it even a conversation?

31. You can start or join a conversation
with anyone on anything by starting a
message with the @ symbol

32. @Tina @Tom Yeah, Twitter allows you
to have open conversations connecting
you to others that can share their
insights

33. Right! This is a great example. Twitter-
Ted was able to contribute to our
conversation in real time with his
thoughts

34. Hmmm...it’s confusing though.
You make it sound like its
conversations about EVERYTHING
with EVERYONE

35. It kind of is about EVERYTHING
because it’s a communication
platform for conversing about anything

36. Yeah, it is even one of the largest
search engines for conversations
about anything

37. So my “tweets” would go out to
EVERYONE?

38. Everyone who follows you would see
your tweet on their Twitter account

39. Those who aren’t following you would
be able to find your tweet by searching
for topics of interest that match your
conversation

40. For example you can type something of
interest in Twitter’s search box to
explore topics
try here

41. Let’s say I’m interested in cheese...

42. If you are interested in cheese, there
are hundreds of tweets on that topic
that you can see in real time
see here

43. People who read the tweets & have
similar interests will tend to follow
each other...much like how birds
of a feather flock together!

44. This sounds like Twitter can end up just
being a BIG waste of time… “tweeple”
following a whole bunch of little
conversations

45. Good point. Not all communication
will be value add to you, but Twitter can
connect you to valuable conversations,
information, and people you
are interested in
read more

46. Well I’m interested in lots of stuff, but
you have said so many different
things…can you summarize?

47. Twitter is the online water cooler
where people can connect and share
about what’s going on in their life
and in the world!

48. OK, yeah, I get it…but I’m not
convinced!

49. At least you understand it Tom. Let me
explain more of the benefits in our
next discussion

50. Sure, in the mean time, what if I have
more questions for you?

51. You can reach our team on Twitter
@freshconsulting or feel free to email
us at team@freshconsulting.com
before our next discussion

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