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What isTwitter Heidi Varpelaide SAMK September 2012

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What is Twitter?

It’s a microblogging website; a social media tool and one of the fastest growing networks.

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What is a Tweet? A post to Twitter is called a Tweet, a 140 (or fewer) character text message Tweets can include links, images and videos. A ReTweet: a post that was posted previously by another user

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To follow and to be followed

You can follow any Twitter account you find interesting. People who are interested in what you have to say may follow you and they’ll see all the Tweets you share with them.

Twitter – how to start Set up your account. Go to Twitter to get started. Enter your name, email, and a password. Select a username. This is the name by which you will be known on Twitter. Click on the Create my account button.

Twitter page – my tweets

Twitter page – stream of other tweets

Tweetdeck

http://blog.tweetsmarter.com/social-media/spring-2012-social-media-user-statistics/

Why use Twitter? • Get The Latest Real Time News • Spread Your Ideas • Create a Personal Brand • Reach a Global Audience Fast • Sometimes more effective than email or search

engines • Build relationships. Twitter allows you to build

instant relationships with people. Get to know them. Retweet their messages and reply to them. Start a conversation.

• Keeping up with the latest news and updates • Internationalization, language skills. • Following important people in your field • Following celebrities or famous people

Twitter for business

• Create a corporate brand • Build relationships • SEO, how search engines find your business • Link Twitter to Facebook, blogs, homepage etc. • Share links with Twitter button

• Tool for Customer service • Effective Marketing tool

What you should tweet?

Write a blog post and post it on Twitter. Post links to your blog posts on Twitter with a teaser headline.

Twitter signs

Hashtags #topic Reply @otheruser Retweet RT @otheruser other tweet DM Direct Message =private message to another user

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Examples of using Twitter

https://twitter.com/RSAConference

#Twitter is not technology. It’s a conversation. And it’s happening with or without you – Charlene Li http://bit.ly/swg1Ix

twitter.com/heidivar twitter.com/SatakunnanAMK