If You Oracle Then You Should Twitter Too

ThatJeffSmith and DBAKevlar, (aka Jeff Smith and Kellyn Pot’Vin Gorman of Oracle)

You Do ‘Oracle Stuff’

Does Twitter have anything to offer me?

YES!!YES!!

Oracle Professionals are Here Developers DBAs Product Managers ACEs Students n00bs Everybody!

Some Oracle Folks… (Ask) Tom Kyte Bryn Llewellyn Kris Rice Joel Kallman Steven Feuerstein Maria Colgan Pete Sharman Patrick Wheeler

People who People who can help can help

you!you!

Why Social Media is Important Develop a Professional Network Relationships Stay Connected Share & Contribute Create & Manage Online Persona

“Your network is your NET WORTH”

- -- smart person 2008?

Success Stories/Examples? Jobs & careers took to next level via Twitter Solve real problems OR Help real people People ‘know’ us before they meet us IRL –

easier to get accepted to speak at conferences/meetings

Suggested Best Practices Decide type of social media presence/online

persona you want to present. But be authentic, find your ‘voice’ Separate personal and professional Know what’s appropriate for each network Privacy settings for personal as appropriate

Branding is ImportantRecognitionRecognition

ValueValue

So Don’t Be the Egg!

Don’t tie yourself to a brand or tech Be your OWN brand, e.g. DBAKevlar

Bio Give people a REASON to follow you Include a LINK

1. About.Me

2. LinkedIn

3. Blog/Website

Women and Social Media Use privacy settings to protect personal accounts/profiles. Mute anyone who provides only negative commentary to

social media feeds. Block anyone IMMEDIATELY who makes you

uncomfortable or threatens. Report anyone who is abusive, but do NOT reply or

respond to them .Your social media presence is not online for others to abuse.

Tweeting

How Often Should I Tweet? How often do you have something

interesting to say or share? It’s Ok to have fun Don’t force it Probably > 1-2x a day

< 100x a day

Can I Mix Biz & Pleasure? All work makes Jeff a dull boy Only tweeting ‘work stuff’ might be safer,

but it’s wouldn’t be authentic – for me Make it easy for followers to decide if

they like you or not

What to Tweet? Don’t try too hard Just jump into a

conversation – it’s how Twitter works

Use Hashtags – people search/filter #Oracle #SQLDev #OracleHelp

I HAVE TO TWEET FOR WORK You probably won’t be very good at it Empower your outgoing and SOCIAL

people to represent your organization Being on social won’t make you social –

or valuable.

Don’t Worry about Followers Especially if you don’t tweet very much! Worry more about following people that

make you:LaughBetter at your jobSmarterHappy

Who Do I Follow? I made you a list! 181 folks or so who are active and

associated with Oracle

What Twitter App? Twitter.com works just fine for most I like YoruFukurou (Macs Only)

Google translatesFun to say!

Not Just Twitter! Stack Exchange Quora Reddit OTN Communities/Forums We are out there – listening, helping

Don’t forget your shirt/hat

We Don’t Speak on Behalf of Oracle

My blogs and on-line content come from me, and only me. I am not an official spokesperson for my employer, Oracle Corp, nor do I speak on behalf of Oracle.