Twitter For Beginners
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March 2010
Created by Jack Dorsey in 2006
The goal was to mimic an online
SMS (short message service)
using a maximum of 140
characters
in an open-source platform!
First Tweet was sent on March
21, 2006 by Jack
Official launch of Twitter was in
March 2007
a texting service
where we publish instant messages in a maximum
of 140 characters
a micro-blogging platform
where we can share content with like on a blog but
with a maximum of 140 characters
a social network
where we make friends (followers) and follow friends, conversations and topics
70,000 Twitter applications
these applications are created by Web Developers from the open-source Twitter API Key
Applications are either free or at a cost ($)
source = Wikipedia
50,000,000 Tweets per day (600 tweets per second)
1,400,000,000 Tweets in February 2010
75,000,000 members (December 2009)
6,000,000 new members in January and February
2010 (2.3 new members / second)
25% of Twitter accounts have no followers
40% of Twitter accounts have never sent a Tweet
80% of Twitter members have tweeted less than 10 times
http://themetricsystem.rjmetrics.com/2010/01/26/new-data-on-twitters-
users-and-engagement/
The content
The vocabulary
The essential Tools
Followers
Following
ReTweets
Direct Messages
Hashtags
Follow Friday
Jeudi confession
Twitter Lists
Security
Manage your profile
Manage your
connections
Link Twitter to Facebook, LinkedIn and
your Blog
Twitter personalities
Do’s and Dont’s
« Choose your words, a small URL and get to the point. This Tweet has 111 characters.
Why 111? http://bit.ly/w1fQZ »
ANSWER : If you want people to ReTweet your
tweets, leave some space to add RT @dianebourque + a small comment (usually
around 20 characters)
http://tinyurl.com http://bit.ly
Make sure to shorten all URLs that you post on Twitter!
http://tweetphoto.com
http://twitpic.com
http://yfrog.com
Take photos with your cellphone and post them directly on Twitter!
http://12seconds.tv http://twitc.com
Take videos with your cellphone and share them on Twitter.
http://www.twitvid.com
a tweet (n) what you send in 140 characters
to tweet (v) the act of sending a tweet
tweeple (n) people who tweet
retweet (v) the act of sending someone’s tweet
direct message a private message
followers tweeple who follow you
following tweeple you follow
hashtag a keyword in Twitter with #
follow friday (FF) a practice in Twitter on Fridays
twitterholic are you one?
http://tweetmeme.com http://hootsuite.com
http://twitter.com
People who follow you are your followers – you don’t choose
them – they choose you
How to they find you?
The basic rule = you follow me, I follow you
How and why to block some
followers
do you agree?
You can follow:
• people or profiles that you know; and/or
• people or profiles that you find interesting
http://search.twitter.com http://hashtags.org http://twitdir.com/
These services will help you find tweeple that say things that are of interest to you.
send a ReTweet by adding « RT @dianebourque »
major don’t = never ReTweet a tweet without using the
ReTweet
ReTweets are a good way to find followers and spread
your presence in Twitter
ReTweet is a convention in Twitter whereby you add RT when retweeting a tweet from another tweeple.
engage into a private conversation with another
tweeple through direct messages
only available if you follow the person and the person follows you back
similar to sending a private e-mail, but in 140 characters
The Direct Message if a private conversation between you and a person you follow. The person must follow you in order to send him/her a DM.
http://hashtags.org
to add a hashtag, simply add # with the keyword such as
#wordpress #cnn #haiti
you can create as many
hashtags as you want
check-out existing hashtags at
A hashtag is a keyword that we add at the end of a tweet in order to start or follow an existing conversation. It always start with #
on Fridays, tweeple take a moment to say Thanks, to
recognize people they like, to say hi by using the Follow
Friday convention
#FF @dianebourque @pierre @melanie @stephanie
#FollowFriday @mymother @mysister @myfriends
Follow Fridays is a Twitter convention whereby tweeple take a moment on Friday to mention other tweeple by adding #FF or #FollowFriday before their tweet.
On Thursdays on Twitter, we confess and we add the
hashtag #jeudiconfession at the end of our tweet
Jeudi Confession is a Twitter convention whereby Tweeple make a confession on Thursday of any kind and add #jeudiconfession in their tweet. It sometimes makes a good read.
create Twitter Lists by adding people that you
follow on various lists
follow Twitter Lists that
are of interest to you by going to =
http://listorious.com
Yes, your Twitter account can be hacked. Most often, the hacker will use your account to send Junk Direct
Messages to your followers. This is more annoying that serious.
What to do if this happens to you?
• immediately change your Twitter password, and
• revoke access to your Twitter connections
It’s important to add a photo of you, to add your website, your location and a good bio of yourself. This information will be used by connecting Twitter applications and services. Make it good!
You can add as many applications as you wish but you need to manage them once in a while. Remember there are 70,000 Twitter apps and sometimes one of them screws them up!
http://twitterfeed.com
Share your blog content automatically on Twitter with Twitter Feed.
Share selective tweets on your Facebook profile with Selective Tweets (in Facebook).
Share your tweets on LinkedIn with the Tweets application (in LinkedIn).
bring an added vaddludde to your tweets by sharing
relevant information
Where to find this information? On Twitter! On your favorite blog! On Facebook! Anywhere on the Web!
say thanks to people who retweet your tweets
use capital letters and proper punctuation
always shorten your URL with bit.ly or another service
always use numbers like 1st, 100, 3M to save on
characters
take a moment on Fridays to do some #FF
remember that everything that you post on Twitter
stays on the Web
maintain a ratio between your followers and the
people you follow
never tweet under the influence of alcohol or other substances that might affect your judgment
try to maintain a rhythm in your tweets
verify your URL links before posting your tweets
be careful with personal information that you share on Twitter
take a deep breath before bitching about something
follow and unfollow tweeple at ease and without
excuses
answer your own questions « What is your favorite Montreal Restaurant? Mine is Pho Bang New York on
Saint-Laurent »
answer questions that people ask or retweet the
question if you feel like it
leave room for your personality and creativity on Twitter and have fun with it!
http://mashable.com/
guidebook/twitter
http://twitter.com/help/start
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