A beginners guide on how to use twitter, learn the terms and get involved. The presentation is catered to Cru employees looking to use social media for their ministries.

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HowTo: UseTwitter
A guide to using Twitter for beginners

2. What isTwitter?
Twitter is a social media platform where
users share thoughts, news, information,
jokes and musings in 140 characters.
Twitter allows for inexpensive and global
communication.

3. TwitterTerms to Know
• Tweet – A 140-character
message
• Retweet (RT) – Sharing
someone’s tweet
• Feed – The stream of tweets
from your followers on your
home page
• Handle – Your username
• Mention (@) – A way to
include another user in a
tweet
• Direct Message (DM) – A
private, 140-character
message
• Hashtag (#) – The way to
denote a topic and help
those not following you to
discover your handle

4. Signing Up onTwitter

5. Time to Follow
• Look up your friends and
follow them so Twitter’s
algorithm's can suggest
more followers
• Select like-minded
individuals and businesses
for content ideas and
useful information
• Follow to get your name
out there so people will
follow you back and enjoy
your content

6. Getting Involved

7. Tricks of theTrade
• Weekends- Twitter
engagement on the
weekend is 17% higher than
weekday tweets.
• Business hours – The best
weekday times to Tweet are
during business hours
• Hashtags - Brands using the
search tool received two
times more engagement
than those without them.
• Photos - A picture helps with
replies, retweets and views
on Twitter.Business hours –
The best weekday times to
Tweet are during business
hours
• Action - Tweets that contain
"RT" or "ReTweet" receive
12 times higher shares than
those without a call to
action.