social media for festivals - setting up a twitter account
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How to set up a Twitter acTRANSCRIPT
SOCIAL MEDIA FOR FESTIVALSSetting up your first Twitter Account
THINK CAREFULLY!
Think about the resources your festival will need to make a presence on Twitter work
Have you decided what the ‘Voice’ of your festival will be like?
Where will you use Twitter? How often will you check your account? Do you have support from your committee? What will you use Twitter for? Beware of the soapbox! This is your event/
festival not your personal account.
DON’T LET THIS BE YOU ON TWITTER
FOLLOWERS HAVE EXPECTATIONS!
SIGN UP FOR A TWITTER ACCOUNT
Navigate to Twitter.com and you’ll find a sign-up page
BEFORE YOU START, CHECK!
Full Name = UserName you will be called on Twitter e.g. “LovelyFest” & can only be 15 characters!
Email = the email you use for your event
If you don’t have an email for your event, may need to create one?
FIRST STEPS
Think about your interests What are your goals? Set out your stall in your Twitter
Profile Remember to have some fun!
ELEMENTS OF A TWITTER PROFILE
HOW TO EDIT YOUR PROFILE
PHOTO AND LINKS ON PROFILE
EDIT YOUR PROFILE
SEND YOUR FIRST TWEET
140 CHARACTERS – EXPRESS YOURSELF
Compose an all-text first tweet, no links
Asking questions encourages others to respond
Don’t worry about it, everyone had to start somewhere
WHERE CAN I GET HELP?
https://support.twitter.com/ - there is extensive help text on the Twitter Help Center which should answer many of your questions
https://support.twitter.com/groups/31-twitter-basics - this has links to all the basic information which you’ll need to get started
GET BUSY, GET SOCIAL
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