3. Getting Started
A.
Set up account
a.
Account name – fifteen (15) alphanumeric characters
b.
If company name used then remember to include team names in Bio
c.
SEO implications – Google, Yahoo!
B.
Find people to follow
a.
Set up process
1.
2.
b.
c.
Twitter Search (https://twitter.com/Twittersearch )
Third party tools
1.
2.
C.
People already using Twitter
Inviting non-users to Twitter
Twitterlocal (http://www.twitterlocal.net/ )
Twellow (http://www.twellow.com/ )
The profile
a.
Avatar
b.
Background image or color for Home screen
c.
Bio (one hundred and sixty (160) characters available)
4. Tweeting
A. One hundred and forty (140) characters available but note…
a. Your name could be up to fifteen (15) characters
b. Links can be very long
B. Audiences for tweets
a. Entire Twitter community
b. Semi-publically to users approved to receive messages
c. Privately from one user to another
C. How Tweets can be viewed
a. Internet
b. Mobile phone
c. Tablets
7. Resources
SME’s
1.
2.
3.
Laura Fitton (@Pistachio)
Hollis Thomases (@hollisthomases)
Frank Young (@SocialMedia4_us )
Books
1.
2.
3.
Twitter for Dummies
All a Twitter
Twitter Tips, Tricks, and Tweets
Links
1.
2.
3.
The Twitter Blog Network
Use Twellow to Find Twitter Tweeple to Follow, Tweet, and Retweet!
Twitter on Mashable