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Are you a twit if you tweet?

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Don’t get put off by marketing hype....

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Twitter:@armano

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Why?

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Engaging & connecting with

users

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These statistics will amaze

Over 70% of internet users visited a social networking site in June, a 29% rise from the same time last year

- ComScore June 2009

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... if you’re asking why you should pay attention, you probably don’t need to. And that’s ok. With emerging trends, you really should play with the stuff you’re interested in, and let others mess with things that don’t interest you. But then - and this is important – SHARE. (King 2007)

Twitter:@davidleeking

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Be professional, kind, discreet, authentic. Represent us well. Remember that you can’t control it once you hit “update.” (Shepard, J 2009)

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Be mindful... Google or Bing yourself regularly?

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40.55% babble37.55% conversational8.7% "pass along value"5.85% self-promotional3.75% are spam3.6% are news

Peer analytics 2009

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Twitter grew the most, with 800,000 visitors in June — up from 13,000 last year – ComScore June 2009

17Top 100 librarian tweeters...

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Sign upFollow some librariansSend a tweetSearch#HashtagsOverview

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Tools:TweetdeckTweetie (iphone)

Meet f2f #socialmelb

Stats: www.compete.comtwittercounter.com

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Lee, D 2007, Twitter explained for librarians or 10 ways to use Twitter, viewed 28 October 2009, http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/03/10/twtter-explained-for-librarians-or-10-ways-to-use-twitter/.

Mashable: the social media guide 2006-2009: The twitter guide book, viewed 30 October 2009, http://mashable.com/guidebook/twitter/.

O'Neil, M 2009, The complete guide to twitter, viewed 23 October 2009, http://www.makeuseof.com/short/manuals/twitter.

Papworth, L 2009, Enterprise: List of 40 social media staff guidelines, viewed 23 October 2009, http://laurelpapworth.com/enterprise-list-of-40-social-media-staff-guidelines/.

Sheperd 2009, A twitterable Twitter policy, viewed 12 August 2009, http://www.gruntledemployees.com/gruntled_employees/2009/03/a-tweetable-twitter-policy.html

Twitter 101: Getting started, 2009, viewed 28 October 2009, http://business.twitter.com/twitter101/starting.