basic twitter: tweet that!

Associate Professor, JournalismBelmont University

www.themultimediamaven.com

What is Twitter?

•A microblogging tool for instant messaging

•Tweets are public, may be searched on Google

•Archived by Library of Congress

•Platform for Breaking News

Choose Your Handle

•Brand

•Brevity

Twitter 101: Basics

Twitter

•Research

•Relationships

•Reputation

Twitter Language

•@-is a shout out @drsyb

•#-hashtag marks conversations, chats, events

•RT-Retweet

•Bit.ly-shrink URL

Following

•Real estate,

Followers

Research

Twitter Search

Search Results

Reputation

Tricks

• Keep tweets short, encouraging and in active voice

• Be Authentic

• Be Intentional

• Join Conversations

• When Tweeting always start with words not symbols “I am excited to here a lecture by @drsyb” Not “@drsyb is giving a lecture” Limits the people who can see the message.

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Twitter

• Private messages- as long as you are following each other. Still act as if it is public. Person can share

• Public and Permanent

Twitter Lists

•Think Before You Post

Thank You!!•Thank you for taking the time to play

with me. This is my passion and I truly enjoy every multimedia minute.

•drsyb7@gmail.com

•www.twitter.com/drsyb

•www.facebook.com/drsyb

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