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Twitter for the Absolute Novice
@jonswerens
Who's on social media?
POP QUIZ!
LOL
@tony Sorry to break it to you, but your Aunt Myrtle passed away. LOL
ROFL
BRB
BTW
WTF
FTW
FWIW
twerking
TMI
NSFW
Jon Swerens
From eastern Ohio /ah-hi-yuh/
Superpower:
Superpower: I am older than I look
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Why Twitter?
Categories of communication
Categories of communication
2
Person-to-person
Broadcasting
Examples?
Person-to-person Letters Post cards Telegraph Telephone Fax machine Email Carrier pigeon
Broadcasting Town crier Bulletin boards Newspapers Radio Television Web sites Soapbox (real one)
Created in 2006
I joined April 2008
Friends!
Tweet
Followers!
"Follow" me at twitter.com/jonswerens
"Follow" me at twitter.com/jonswerens even with no account!
twitter.com/ftwaynechamber
@jonswerens @ftwaynechamber
The world can tune
you in!
You can protect
your tweets
You can protect
your tweets
but why?
Free your tweets!
7 essential Twitter terms
Tweet
Character limit?
140
Including URL
Nerd alert!
Uniform Resource Locator
Uniform Resource Locator
Web page address
Feed
How many I follow:
1,202How many I follow:
1,625How many follow me:
1,069
1,069
Handle
Handle
@jonswerens
1. Tweet 2. Feed
3. Handle
Mention
@
@jonswerens @aaronhockemeyer Hmm, Time Corners has good Mexican and Japanese restaurants...
@jonswerens Hey friends! Who may be on Twitter during Wednesday's Lunch n Learn to greet new Fort Wayne tweeters? cc @kmullett @amrecker @ajmotia @awelfle
Direct message
DM
@jonswerens DM Shh! Direct Messages can be sent to people who follow you! And you can get DMs from people whom you follow.
Retweet RT
@awelfle @thebrawnyman I MAED A SPHERE! http://t.co/qiG1aocpmn
@alyankovic So excited - I'm one of the first people to try out the new Google glasses! http://t.co/6VoORsH3yf
Modified Retweet MT
Hashtag
#
#nowplaying #oomf #blessed #quote #lrt
#salute #news #followfriday #throwbackthursday #shoutout
#BodyofProof #fail #nowthatchersdead #oneletteroffmovies #LesserBooks #sorrynothelpingyourelax
#GFWtan
Multiple accounts?
HootSuite
Free: Up to 5 profiles Pro: Includes 50 profiles Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ Pages, Foursquare, etc.
Twitter for the Absolute Novice
@jonswerens
@kmullett @drkensf @dpillie @awelfle @ajmotia @amrecker @megtiffany @theAmazingBen
@lawnboygreen @Laine_Mello @KBentonPhoto @hschoegler @YoursSociallyLC @TheDocDancer @ScLoHo @punkinelly
