Twitter 101: Everything You Always Wanted To Know * But Were Afraid To Ask
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Still don’t get Twitter? More and more this micro-blogging network is becoming a very useful tool for finding out what's going on with the people and things that matter to you the most, news and world events, pop culture and business trends. Learn what it takes to get started in this two-part presentation on Twitter basics.
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Twitter 101: Everything You Always Wanted To Know * But Were Afraid To Ask
- 1. TWITTER 101 Everything You Always Wanted To Know * But Were Afraid To Ask by JKG Social Media
- 2. Jody Krasner Gladstein jodykgladstein@gmail.com @jkgsocialmedia facebook.com/jkgsocialmedia
- 4. What is a Tweet? A Tweet is an expression of a moment or idea in 140 characters or less (including spaces). Ultimately, it is used to spark conversation and engagement with others.
- 5. Where do Tweets go? When you follow other people, their Tweets instantly show up in your timeline. And, viceversa, your Tweets show up in your followers' timelines.
- 6. Fun Fact: Twitter has 288 million active monthly users covering 21% of the world’s virtual population. Source" http://socialcontentmedia.ca/latest-social-media-statistics-facts-and-triv
- 7. What do I tweet?
- 8. Post with a link
- 9. Quotes
- 10. Stats, facts or tips
- 11. Photos
- 12. Video
- 13. Graphics
- 14. Fun Fact: Tweets with images are 150% more likely to be retweeted, receive 89% more favorites and are 18% more likely to be clicked. http://www.internetmarketingninjas.com/blog/social-media/market-visual-tweets/
- 15. Who do I follow?
- 16. Suggestions for who to follow will appear on your Home, Me, and Notifications Pages.
- 17. You can also perform a search based on your interests.
- 18. Search results if "People" is checked on lefthand side:
- 19. Search results if "Everything" is checked on lefthand side:
- 20. How do I follow someone?
- 21. Click on a username or navigate to a user's profile. Click the Follow button when you see it next to a user's profile photo or on a user's profile page. Click the Follow button next to any of your "Who to follow" suggestions or next to search results.
- 22. What do I do with these?
- 23. What is a Reply or @reply? You can engage on Twitter by using @username of someone you would like to mention in one of your own Tweets or by clicking the Reply button on a Tweet that you see in your News Feed.
- 24. Reply example: @reply example:
- 25. What is a "ReTweet"? A "ReTweet" or its acronym"RT" is reposting someone else’s tweets.
- 27. What is a Favorite? Favorites are most commonly used when users like another Tweet. It is also a simple way to bookmark a Tweet that you might want to save for later.
- 29. Assignment Tweet at least 5 X per day (see next slide for examples). Plan 4 Tweets, but leave one open for something that happens during the day. Follow 75 other users (actual people) of interest to you. Use suggestions on who to follow to help you out.
- 30. Share a visual (photo, video, or graphic). Share a tip, stat or fact. Ask someone a question. Share an interesting article or blog post. Share something new you discover or see.