A Twitter how to!

A Twitter How ToBy Stephanie Stockley

First things first!

You will need to start by going to Twitters home page (shown in the background) www.twitter.com

From there you have the choice to log in or sign up. If you don’t have a previous twitter account go ahead and follow the directions to make your

account.

Build Your Timeline

Once you’ve chosen your username and password Twitter will take you through several pages to help get your profile

started. Search and find friends, groups, TV shows and celebrities you want to follow.

Now your home page should look something like this!

Don’t worry if you don’t find lots of pages to follow straight away, you can always add more as you go.

Now start clicking!

Time to Explore!Now that you have your home page set up (hopefully you

already uploaded a profile picture!) it’s time to explore and learn your way around the site.

Notice the “who to follow” section on the left, it’s a good place to find pages to follow, hitting the refresh button

helps.

There are many different pages on Twitter, from celebrities, to news companies, to local businesses. Follow what you are interested and involved in. If you have your own local

business find companies that might be interested in you, or that you want to support yourself

Confirm Your Account!

Don’t forget to confirm your account. You do this by logging into the email account you used for Twitter, you should find an email from twitter in your inbox, read and follow

the directions! It’s easy, just one click!

Time to Tweet!Now that you have some followers and have explored the

site, it’s time to write your first tweet! You might announce your new presence on Twitter, or share some exciting news.

For a business Twitter is a great place to share upcoming events, sales, new items etc. For me as a dog breeding I

might tweet new health clearances for my dogs, new titles, trial results or upcoming litter announcements.

What the heck is that #?

Well on Twitter the pound symbol (#) is known as a hashtag , you’ll see it included in most tweets.

The hashtag may seem complicated at first, but really it’s just a way for you to search for tweets with a common

topic. For example I like the show Reign, so all I have to do is search #Reign and I will find a list of tweets about the

show.

If I tweeted about the show I might write something like “Love this new series, first episode was awesome! #Reign”

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How the @ WorksYou might see some tweets around started with @, usually accompanied by a name. You can use the @ sign to tweet to a specific person and they will be notified of the tweet.

For example, if someone wanted to ask me a question they might type “@Fhbordercollies love your dogs, do you have

any upcoming litters?”

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Add Your Website!

Go to the top of the page and find “Me”, then on the right side you should find the “Edit Profile” button, click that and

it gives you the choice to add your location and website link.

Even if you only have a few followers at the start go ahead and add your website to your page, it’s a free and easy way

to help get more traffic to your website!

Go get started and have fun!

As someone new to twitter myself I’ve gone through all the steps above, hopefully this PowerPoint will help you to get

started and be able to use the site. Like me you’ll learn more as you go, and build a long list of followers over time.

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