Twitter lesson

What have you done in your life?

Didn’t you read my Tweets?!

By: Jasmine Elnadeem

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Imagine being able to send a text message to 100, or 1000 or 100,000 people


Imagine being able to see what most people are talking about right now

OR

what links are being passed around most


twitter: can change your life..


It is not only for young people...

2009


What is Twitter?

- It is a simple, flexible tool.- Free micro-blogging platform.- The sharing of content, ideas, links and data.- Follow interesting people, find interesting things.


- Short thoughts, a link, a request for info, a comment.

- Ability to connect directly with readers, potential sources.

- Find and answer questions in real time.

- Promote a content or event and get others to do so as well.

- See what is being talked about.��

- Pushes traffic to your content.

What can I do with it?


Getting Started!

How do I Tweet?


Sign up for a Twitter account http://www.twitter.com


http://www.twitter.com

http://www.twitter.com

Create a memorable, informative bio.(One -line bio)

Upload a photo of yourself

or your business logo


Write your first tweet

BUT

What is a tweet?!!


Tweets are Update of 140 characters or less that answer the question:

“ What’s happening? ”

“ What am I thinking? ”


- Follow people, post a message, then...

- Check @replies and direct messages

- See who follows you and others, then follow

- See a discussion and contribute to it

- Share a link, or “re-tweet” someone else

- Search for topics, people, discussions

Remember ...


Who's on twitter?


Find accounts and follow them..


- You have to give something to get something. - A blend of the personal and professional.

- In a grey area between private and public.

- Everything is searchable and can be captured.

- Beware the impulse to flame someone.

Things to think about


Search on twitter


Search on twitter


Search on twitter


Search on twitter


Search Twitter in realtime - see what the world is doing right now








http://search.twitter.com/advanced









Analyze your attitude on twitter


http://twitalyzer.com/profile.asp?u=markmedia

http://twitalyzer.com/profile.asp?u=markmedia

What tools are there?Twitter.com, m.twitter.com (basic)‏Tweetdeck, Twhirl (desktop)‏Power Twitter, Tweetfox (plugins)‏

Tweetdeck

Seesmic Echofon (For firefox users, Mac , iPhone, iPad)

DestroyTwitter(Mac & Windows & linux)

twhirl(For Windows, Mac)

Nambu(ForMac)

Tweetie - 2(For Mac)

digiTweet (For Windows)


What is TweetDeck?

-A desktop application to manage more than one Twitter account.

-Also can be used for Facebook, LinkedIn, Google Buzz, Foursquare.


Why use it?

- Keep track of Twitter Activity (Notifications)- Shrink URLs- Manage Multiple accounts

- You can see 3 important panels at once:TimelineReplies (@selnadeem)Direct Messages (D selnadeem)Easier to manage friends and followers

- Post Photos and Videos- Add your location (Through foursquare)


How To Use TweetDeck?


Download the application(IT’s free)


Follow the steps


If you need help, please don’t hesitate to ask me


Twitter lesson

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