This document discusses steps for becoming an active commenter on Twitter, including selecting a voice, creating a community through hashtags and chat groups, branding yourself by writing retweetable tweets and conversations, and participating in the "thank you economy" through advertising and timely tweets. The goal is to move beyond just linking or lurking on Twitter to truly engaging in discussions and curating content for others.

1. We work for sites.
Getting Started with Twitter 3 - Commenter
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. Selecting Your Voice
• Professional Center
• Plus something personal
 Example: Cat pictures by Adam Serwer (liberal political
commentator)
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4. Create your community
• Hashtags
 You can start a hashtag
• Tweet chats
 You can start a tweet chat
• Live Tweeting
• Be a Twitter Curator
 Paper.li
 Storify.com
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5. Brand You Tweeting
• Writing a re-tweetable tweet.
• Tweet conversations
 Tweets that start with @ vs those that don’t.
 Opening the conversation using re-tweet vs other means.
• “@soandso blah blah blah”
• .@soandso blah blah blah
 Direct Message (DM)
• Live Tweeting
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6. The thank you economy.
• Advertising: the 9:1 rule
 Scheduling ads
 How is my tweet-timing playing:
http://xfactorcomms.visibli.com/share/pw3HBf
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7. Questions
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