This document provides tips for using Twitter more effectively. It recommends using Hootsuite to manage tweets across devices and view tweets by lists, searches, or your own tweets. It explains how to re-tweet strategically to curate content, demonstrate knowledge, and be noticed. Proper re-tweeting uses RT or MT with attribution. The document also stresses thanking followers and maintaining a balanced follow/follower ratio.

1. We work for sites.
Getting Started with Twitter 2 - Repeater
Slideshare, 30 September 2012
Mary K.D. D’Rozario
MSCR, CCRP, RAC, CCRA
President / Clinical Research Consultant
Clinical Research Performance, Inc.
mary.drozario@crplink.com
@marydrozario
marykddrozario
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2. “Twitter Stages of Change 2.0: lurker, linker,
Rter, Mter, commenter, opinionator, Oprah” -
@ranitmd
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3. Make Twitter a task and not an obsession.
• Hootsuite.com
 Free for “lite” users.
 Web / iPad / Smartphone
• Each one has to be set up independently
(formatting one doesn’t carry over to others)
 Feeds
• By List
• By search item
• Monitoring yourself.
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4. Re-tweeting - why
• Curate content for your followers.
• Demonstrate value or understanding with your
comment.
• Be noticed by the re-tweeted
• Gift to the re-tweeted
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5. Re-tweeting- how
• Re-tweeting
 Can’t control it
 Can’t take it back
• Re-Tweet (RT) and Modified Tweet (MT)
• Other special words:
 by
 via
 Hat tip, HT, ^
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6. The thank you economy.
• Thanking followers and re-tweeters
• Following and follow-back
 Follow/followed ratio
 Lists
• Advertising Lists
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7. Questions
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