Best practices to help developers improve their Twitter accounts and get more followers, using practices tested and proven successful on Java Twitter account - @Java

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Twitter for Developers!
Yolande Poirier (@java)

2. 1. Content

3. Profile is not about you but about how you can help others

4. Share information that
others can use
(It is not about me or Oracle)
It is about how people use Java

5. Easy to share content

6. Use spaces and write easy to read tweets - Write less

7. Simple graphics with Canva!

8. Concise, straightforward, informative ….

9. Types of content to grow your channel
● Pinned tweet
● Original tweets, tweets with quotes and retweets
● Good third-party technical content (blogs, tutorials,...)
● Your content should be 1 tweet out of 10 third party tweets
● Local, international content depends on your audience
● Engaging content: discussions, quizzes, challenges…
● Popular content
○ Trends: #AI
○ Humor
○ Daily trends

10. How to find good content quickly
● Twitter lists using hashtags
● Subscribe to other people’s lists -
○ @Java has a list of Java Champions
● Follow bloggers, publications (Dzone), Java Champions, @Java ...
● Find content with RSS feeds, Google alerts or Feedly ...

11. 2. People to follow

12. Accounts to
Follow

14. 3. Tools

15. Choose the right tools for you

16. Choose the right tools for you