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Twitter

Ten Thing to Love About Twitter

+Top Ten Things to Love About Twitter Webinette

We’ll be starting soon – at 10 am PT/ 1pm ET

Audio will be through your computer speakers – turn it up!

The hashtag will be #Twitter10 (if you don’t know what a hashtag is don’t worry –we’ll cover that.)

+Before we start…

+#10 Quickly digest a lot

Since it’s only 140 characters per tweet you can scan numerous posts quickly and take in a lot of information.

+#9 Connect with awesome people

@billgates

@kanter

@roseannecash

Because Twitter is an open network you can listen to and connect with people that you otherwise wouldn’t have access to.

+#8 Catch a trend

You can hear what is trending by scanning tweets or checking out the trending topics.

+#7 Event networking

Use a #hashtag to connect with other attendees before, during & after an event.

+#6 Makes you a better writer

Tweets are short and sweet. You have to speak to your audience if you want anyone to click or listen.

+#5 Superhighway to your website

Get more people to your website and blog by publicizing it on Twitter. And if your post is good people will tweet it for you.

+#4 Twitter chats

#NPCons

#NPTalk

#SMChat

#YNPChat

#SocEntChat

#SMNPChat

One of the best ways to meet people & build a community on Twitter is through a Twitter chat. There are over 508 unique chats!

+#3 Power of lists

Create lists to track topics, people, geography, actions or however you want to sort people. Go directly to them to filter content.

+#2 Real time news

Twitter is the source for on the ground reporting when things happen. Use hashtags, search terms or follow people and be in the know quicker.

+#1 The people!

Thanks to Twitter I’ve met (online & in person) tons of wonderful people! #AwesomeSauce

+Questions?

+Thank you!

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