Twitter for

Beginners

An online course by Shelly Terrell

How Can Twitter Help Me?

Agenda

Review some of the basics!

Discover how to gain and keep followers!

Answer questions!

Chat box question:How often do you use How often do you use

Twitter?Twitter?A. Only 1 timeB. 1 to 2 times a weekC. 3 to 4 times a weekD. Daily

Getting Started

How to Update

Click update!

Chat box questions:

What should you update? How often should you

update?

You should: Include links! (www….) Ask questions! Start conversations! (@bob) Use hashtags! (#iranelection) Be on topic! Be interesting! Retweet! (rt@bob)

You should not: Be vulgar or rude! Forget to give credit for a link! Always market yourself! Always DM! (direct message) Forget to reply!

How to Reply!

Write your reply!

How to direct message (DM)!

You put a “d” in front! No @! Then username!

How to Retweet (RT)!

Find a good link or quote!

1. Write RT in front of the username

2. Copy & paste!

3.Click update!

Nice Profile!! Twitbacks.com

Useful tools

SearchTrending topics

HashtagsEx. #musicmonday

Chat box question:

What questions do you have about Twitter?

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