Post on 17-May-2015
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What’s all the Tweeting about?
What is Twitter?
Twitter is an information network made up of 140-character messages called
Tweets
150 Million Tweets
London 2012
Inspire
Inform
Educate
Entertain
Using Twitter on Mobile/iPad
Using Twitter on the Web
Profile Page
Home Page
Follow Your Interests
• # Discover–Search by stories, activity, Twitter
suggestions, email contact list, categories–On your favorite websites–Find Catholics at TweetCatholic.com
and #cathmedia
Recognize Bots and SpammersNever follow someone who is an egg head unless you know them.
Never follow someone who has 0 followers and / or has tweeted 0 times
Never follow someone who replied to one of your tweets with a link:
Listen and Learn the Language
• RT-re-tweet• #hashtag• D bishopburbige• @bishopburbidge• #FF Follow Friday
Share from Websites
Your Tweets
• Tweet links of interest to you• Be relevant to your followers• RT other people’s Tweets• @reply speaking directly to someone• .@reply someone but followers can see• Tweet images and video
Tweet NOT
Twitter Etiquette• Tweet as if at a cocktail party• Respond to others, be social• Give credit where credit is due• Don’t be Debbie Downer• Use proper English and punctuation • Don’t use Auto DM or auto follow tools• Use common sense• Tweet about things other than yourself• Stick to 140 or fewer characters• Limit exclamation points!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Third Party Applications
• HootSuite www.hootsuite.com• Tweet Deck www.tweetdeck.com• Seesmic https://seesmic.com/• Tweet Chat http://tweetchat.com/