How to Build Your Twitter Community

How To Build Your Twitter Community

Matt Rasgorshek

-@matt_raz -Adviser at Westside H.S. in Omaha, NE

-Warrior Television -Westside Wired

Matthew Schott

-@matthew_schott Adviser at Francis Howell Central H.S. in St.

Charles, Mo. -Central Focus (newspaper) -FHCtoday.com (website) -Odyssey (yearbook) -iFocus (broadcast) -Perihelion (literary magazine)

The Twitter Basics

- Mentions -@(insert name) -Like writing on someone's FB wall

- Hashtags -#(somethingrelevant)

- Lists - Your profile - introduce yourself

The Power of the #

Why Use Hashtags? -Crowdsourcing for stories -Commonality among Tweeps

Using the # for good

Examples: #hsjTX #runningondeadline #edchat

Using the # for bad

Examples: #tryingtobefunnybyrunninganentiresentenceasa

hashtag

Hootsuite

Tweetchat

Lists

Great way to organize when your Twitter feed gets to be overwhelming

How We Use #

#nebpreps #rollside #FHCpride

@FHCtodaylive

Live event coverage, mostly sports, but occasionally weather and other breaking news

@FHCtoday

Links to stories that are posted on website, used to interact with our followers