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Twitter: A Love Story (alt title: Twitter 101)
Jodi Sperber, MSW, MPHJuly 6, 2010
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What we’ll cover
Twitter basics Examples Getting started Tools that make it easier Best practices
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All if this, and you want me
to tweet?
All if this, and you want me
to tweet?
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Twitter is….
Adapted from Twitter for Us - FCPCommunications.com
Millions of individual broadcasting networks – built by the users themselves
A new way to speak directly to the people/organizations you care about – and that want to hear from you
A giant and total time suck away from what is really important?
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““Many people have assumed that Twitter is Many people have assumed that Twitter is just another social network, some kind of just another social network, some kind of micro-blogging service, or both. It can be micro-blogging service, or both. It can be
these things but primarily Twitter serves as a these things but primarily Twitter serves as a real-time information network powered real-time information network powered by people around the world by people around the world discovering discovering what’s happening and sharing the news.”what’s happening and sharing the news.”
““Many people have assumed that Twitter is Many people have assumed that Twitter is just another social network, some kind of just another social network, some kind of micro-blogging service, or both. It can be micro-blogging service, or both. It can be
these things but primarily Twitter serves as a these things but primarily Twitter serves as a real-time information network powered real-time information network powered by people around the world by people around the world discovering discovering what’s happening and sharing the news.”what’s happening and sharing the news.”
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People have a lot to say
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People have a lot to say
Updated numbers: As of June 8, Twitter averages:
•750 tweets per second•65 million tweets per day
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“Expect to see an emphasis on the scholarly and research implications of the acquisition… it boggles my mind to think what we might be able to learn about ourselves and the world around us from this wealth of data. And I'm certain we'll learn things
that none of us now can possibly conceive.”
April 14, 2010
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A tweet is an individual message To follow somebody is to subscribe to
their messages. This does not mean they will also follow you.
A DM or direct message is a private message on Twitter. Often written simply as D.
RT or retweet is to repost a valuable message from somebody else on Twitter and give them credit Sometimes noted as “via” instead of RT
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@username is a public message to or about an individual on Twitter
A hashtag—the # symbol followed by a term and included in tweets—is a way of categorizing all the posts on a topic
Shortened URLs. To fit links into the short message format, URLs are oftened shortened. Can be accomplished using a variety of services.
Trending topics are the most-discussed terms on Twitter at any given moment
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Anatomy of a tweet
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Anatomy of a tweet
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Anatomy of a tweet
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Anatomy of a tweet
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Anatomy of a tweet
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Anatomy of a tweet
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First step:
Listen
search.twitter.com
Try searching for a few keywords
or topics
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No account requiredNo account required
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Search for a user or keyword(s)
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Search for a user or keyword(s)
RSS feed (read & archive)
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Developments
Research
Meetings and Conference Info
Q&A
Conversations
Chit Chat
Campaigns
What do you
hear?
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Just for fun
Just for fun
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Asking questio
ns
Asking questio
ns
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Sharing informat
ion
Sharing informat
ion
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Connecting
Connecting
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Real time news
Real time news
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Viral campaig
n
Viral campaig
n
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18 followers/following 23
Sharing ideasSharing ideas
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18 followers/following 23
716 followers/following 1995
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18 followers/following 23
716 followers/following 1995
1,094,192 followers/following 59
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Start a conversation
Start a conversation
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Entire conversations take place…
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Entire conversations take place…
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Entire conversations take place…
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Entire conversations take place…
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Entire conversations take place…
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Entire conversations take place…
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Entire conversations take place…
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Entire conversations take place…
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Entire conversations take place…And you
can participate if you
like
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Does it feel anything like
this?
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http://www.pixelsandpills.com/tweeder/
Visualizing information
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Sorting through the tweets
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How do I know? I asked…
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Is there a voice missing from the discussion?
Is there information missing?
What value can you add?
Adapted from Twitter for Us - FCPCommunications.com
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Ready to give it a try?Ready to give it a try?
People like tips, links to interesting stories People like tips, links to interesting stories and blogposts (they don’t have to be about and blogposts (they don’t have to be about you), and a good sense of humor.you), and a good sense of humor.
People like the human touch and will People like the human touch and will appreciate posts with your thoughts and appreciate posts with your thoughts and experiences more than you thinkexperiences more than you think
They also like it when you say hi, respond They also like it when you say hi, respond to their questions, comments, praise, to their questions, comments, praise, complaints and jokescomplaints and jokes
People like tips, links to interesting stories People like tips, links to interesting stories and blogposts (they don’t have to be about and blogposts (they don’t have to be about you), and a good sense of humor.you), and a good sense of humor.
People like the human touch and will People like the human touch and will appreciate posts with your thoughts and appreciate posts with your thoughts and experiences more than you thinkexperiences more than you think
They also like it when you say hi, respond They also like it when you say hi, respond to their questions, comments, praise, to their questions, comments, praise, complaints and jokescomplaints and jokes
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Getting started
Signing up takes
approximately one minute
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To help people recognize and trust your account, fill out your profile completely and include a picture
Adapted from Twitter 101 for Business
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This is where you type your
140
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Follow relevant accounts
Following somebody means you’ve subscribed to their tweets
When you find a good candidate, look under their picture for the Follow button
Start small – follow five. Listen for a while. Then follow five more.
Lists are also useful for finding/creating groups on a specific topic
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That’s the basics! But it’s only the
beginning…
That’s the basics! But it’s only the
beginning…
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TweetDeck
HootSuite
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TweetDeck: desktop basedThis is
where you type your
140
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Search term
Type 140 here
Mentions
Integration
Integration
HootSuite: web based
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Best practices
Build relationships on Twitter Listen for comments about you Respond to comments and
queries Ask questions Post links to things people
would find interesting
Adapted from Twitter 101 for Business
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Best practices
Retweet messages you would like to share
Use a friendly, casual tone Don’t spam people Don’t tweet anything you
wouldn’t want your mother to read…
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““No matter how sophisticated the No matter how sophisticated the algorithms get, no matter how algorithms get, no matter how many machines we add to the many machines we add to the
network, our work is not about the network, our work is not about the triumph of technology, it is about triumph of technology, it is about
the triumph of humanity.”the triumph of humanity.”
http://is.gd/bhJag
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