Here are some steps you can take to jump into Twitter. It's never too late!

1. Weekly Twitter Steps
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Jen Lee Reeves
Social Communications Trainer

2. Using Twitter to the Fullest
• Personal
– Talk to people
– Meet people
– Share with each other
• Professional
– Connect with new audience members
– Build a more personal relationship
– Share and gather information quickly
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3. Using Twitter to the Fullest
• Gather information quickly
– #hashtag conversations
– Lists to follow
– Post updates/share your work
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4. Using Twitter to the Fullest
• Best tip for following Twitter
– Use a tool
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5. Week One
• Each person in the office should find and
follow at least 5 Twitter accounts
• Share those accounts with everyone else
• Take the time to listen!!
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6. Week Two
• Have at least one conversation with a person
on Twitter.
• If you don’t know who to talk to, talk to Jen
Reeves: @jenleereeves
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7. Week Three
• Build at least one list
• Subscribe to one list
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8. Week Four
• Pick a topic you are interested in
• Search around to see the conversations
• Follow a
#hashtag
that is focused
on that topic
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9. Week Five
• Try a Twitter management tool
– Hootsuite
– Tweetdeck
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10. When You Join Social Spaces
• Join the Yammer Social
Communications group
• Share links to your
profiles
• Tweet @aarp to give
the Social Comm team
the heads up
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11. Twitter App Tips
• Jen’s favorite iPhone/iPad Twitter apps
– Twitter
– Tweetbot
– Hootsuite
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12. Stay in Touch with Jen
• @jenleereeves
• jlreeves@aarp.org
• jenleereeves.com
• facebook.com/jenleereeves
• pinterest.com/jenleereeves
• delicious.com/jenleereeves
• about.me/jenleereeves
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