HOW TO : T

WITTER

P R E S E N T ED BY M

I A W

H I TE

OUR OBJECTIVES• Learn how to create and use a Twitter

account

• Learn how to navigate the Twitter website

• Discuss some ways Twitter has been utilized

TWITTER FACTS• Launched in July of 2006• Over 465 million accounts have been

created• Over 175 million tweets a day• Currently 1 million accounts are created

daily• Lady Gaga is the most popular user on

Twitter with over 19 million followers

Source:http://infographiclabs.com/news/twitter-2012/#more-722

GETTING STARTED

TweetAnything posted on Twitter that is 140 characters or less

ReTweetForwarding a tweet to all of your followers

FollowTo subscribe to a users Tweets and updates

FollowerA Twitter user who has followed you

IMPORTANT TWITTER LINGO

Hashtag #The # symbol is used to mark keywords or topics in a Tweet

Ampersat @The @ symbol is used to call out usernames and link to a Twitter profile

FavoriteMark a Tweet as a favorite by clicking the star icon

Promoted Tweets

Tweets that businesses have paid to promote at the top of search results

IMPORTANT TWITTER LINGO

TWITTER TOOLBAR TOUR• Home• Connect• Discover• Me• Search Field

HOME

HOME

SHORTEN LINKS IN YOUR TWEET

SHORTEN LINKS IN YOUR TWEET

CONNECT

DISCOVER

ME

SEARCH BAR

THE VARIED USES OF TWITTER

• Obama Answers #My2k Questions On Twitter

• Social Media Sparked, Accelerated Egypt’s Revolutionary Fire

• Relying on Twitter During Hurricane #Sandy

RESOURCES• http://storify.com/whitehouse/president-obama-answers-my2k-que

stions-on-twitter

• http://www.wired.com/business/2011/02/egypts-revolutionary-fire/

• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pietro-rea/twitter-hurricane-sandy_b_2059980.html

• http://infographiclabs.com/news/twitter-2012/#more-722

• https://support.twitter.com

QUESTIONS?