A Presentation on how to use @mentions and @replies on Twitter

1. Twitter @Mention
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2. What is @Mention in Twitter?
• “@Mention” on twitter is used to direct a message/tweet to a particular
user/handle on twitter. It is very important know what it is while using
Twitter.
• For example, if you want to send a message to a person by a user name
Jon on Twitter, you click on compose new Tweet, and type “@Jon”
anywhere in the message, The message would appear on Jon’s Twitter
page

3. What is @Mention in Twitter?
• “@Mention” on twitter is used to direct a message/tweet to a particular
user/handle on twitter. It is very important know what it is while using
Twitter.
• For example, if you want to send a message to a person by a user name
Jon on Twitter, you click on compose new Tweet, and type “@Jon”
anywhere in the message, The message would appear on Jon’s Twitter
page
Compose tweet
Compose
tweet

4. What is @Mention in Twitter?
• “@Mention” on twitter is used to direct a message/tweet to a particular
user/handle on twitter. It is very important know what it is while using
Twitter.
• For example, if you want to send a message to a person by a user name
Jon on Twitter, you click on compose new Tweet, and type “@Jon”
anywhere in the message, The message would appear on Jon’s Twitter
page
Add photo,
they resonate
on Twitter

5. What is @Mention in Twitter?
• “@Mention” on twitter is used to direct a message/tweet to a particular
user/handle on twitter. It is very important know what it is while using
Twitter.
• For example, if you want to send a message to a person by a user name
Jon on Twitter, you click on compose new Tweet, and type “@Jon”
anywhere in the message, The message would appear on Jon’s Twitter
page
Add Location
if needed

6. Use of a @Mention
By using the @Mention you are directing your public message to a specific
person.
By using @Mention, you are not making the message a private
communication between you and the other person, others who are following
you can also can see the tweet.
By using @Mention you are just referring to someone in your tweet.
For example, if you want to direct a message to a person with user name
Jon, you would put an @Mention before the Twitter name Jon and then type
out your message.

7. Features of @Mention
• Direct attention to a Particular person/user
• Not a private message
• Good way to mention someone in the tweet
• @ Mentions are used to start discussions
• @ Mentions are considered as @replies while replying to your tweet
• @Mention sometime’s are misused by “spammers” who repeatedly send
people @Mentions

8. How To Use @Mentions
• To start a discussion
The main Purpose of @Mention is to start a discussion. When you use @Mention and
type out a message. The other person can see the tweet in @Mention area and start
the discussion from there on.
• To attract someone’s attention
A good way to attract the attention of a high-profile Tweeter is to direct an @mention
to them asking a well thought out question. Everyone pays very close attention to the
@mention area of their Twitter page.
• Spread goodwill
Using @mentions is also a great way to spread the love to other tweeters. You can
recommend other people to follow. Or you can simply refer to people using their
@name in your tweets.

9. A Few Technicalities
Be aware of which followers are seeing which Tweets.
For example, this Tweet is only visible to the followers of @Autumnworldwide who also follow
@Jon
But this Tweet is visible to all of @Autumnworldwide’s followers because the @symbol comes in
the middle of the Tweet
There are many ways to get the right Tweets out to the right people. The key is to understand that when to
@reply to a Tweet, it's not guaranteed that all the followers will see it, so plan for the effect that is expected.

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