A brief presentation to help people get started on Twitter.

2. Getting Started on Twitter

3. Getting Started on Twitter
(or what to do on Twitter without being a jerk,
spammer, or someone else people will find annoying,
bothersome, or down right frustrating)

4. Proper Twittequette

5. Proper Twittequette
• Add value to the conversation.
• It’s okay to be random.
• Be mindful of your follower/following ratio.
• Don’t carry on lengthy discussions publicly.

6. Complete Your Twitter Profile

7. Complete Your Twitter Profile
• Add a good picture of yourself
• Link somewhere, even if company website
• Give a general location, i.e “Nashville, TN”
• Have a good, descriptive bio

8. Learn How To Shrink Links

9. Learn How To Shrink Links
• Most popular link shortener: Bit.ly
• Another popular one: Tiny URL
• Personal favorite: Bud URL (has analytics)

10. Don’t Be One of These People

11. Don’t Be One of These People
Name: Awesomists
Location: You wish you were here.
Bio: My life is awesome.
What are you doing? Sipping a skinny
mocha latte and watching whales from
my celebrity friend’s yacht.

12. Name: Unoriginals
Location: Where you were yesterday.
Bio: My tweets are your tweets. I don’t
have anything interesting to say myself.
What are you doing? RT the latest thing
to come across my Twitter feed.

13. Name: Hypsters
Location: Who cares. You just need to
buy what I’m selling.
Bio: Buy my stuff. Hire me. Make six
figures in 12 hours. I’m going to make
you famous.
What are you doing? The same thing I
tweeted an hour ago...links to my blog
about secrets to business success.

14. Name: Philosophacators
Location: I’m too busy thinking to
notice where I am.
Bio: I’m pretty smart...and deep...and
sensitive...and don’t forget smart too.
What are you doing? Never milk a cow
with only one udder.

15. Name: Minutiaists
Location: Latitude and longitude of my
exact location right now.
Bio: My day, all day, everyday, 140
characters at a time.
What are you doing? Woke up at 6:42.
Did number 1. Got a shower. Water
took longer to warm than usual.
Shampoo, no conditioner. Same towel as
yesterday.

16. 5 Other Questions to Answer

17. 5 Other Questions to Answer
• Instead of answering “What are you doing?”
Try something a little more interesting:
• What did you learn?
• What made you laugh?
• What do you need an answer to?
• What are you thankful for?
• What ticks you off?

18. Use Twitter Search
• http://search.twitter.com - Are people
talking about your company, leaders,
products, services, or competition?

19. Ease In!
• Set up a personal account to learn the
culture and ways to interaction.
• Start monitoring what people are saying for
awareness.
• After you’re comfortable with Twitter, set
up your business account.
• Add value to every conversation.

20. Bill Seaver
Twitter: billseaver
Email: Bill@microexplosion.com
Blog: MicroExplosion.com
Phone: 615-473-0396