Why Use Twitter
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why use twitter?a slideshare presentation
by lauren pressley
that’s a common question lately
…with no easy
answer…
twitter is different for different people
a place to hang out
stay online throughout the day:
• find out what people are thinking about
• learn what your friends do in moments of down time
• laugh at brand-new memes• share photos and blog posts
in real time
a place to meet people
lots of people use twitter!
• old friends
• classmates
• colleagues
• family
• potential friends
a place to network
follow colleagues!
• find out what’s going on in colleagues’ work lives
• share ideas and brainstorm
• find out who will be at conferences
• find people to co-present or write with
a human search engine
add enough people and you have your own search engine!
• ask for recommendations on products
• ask if people have tried your idea
• ask for input for presentations
a window to what people are thinking
twitter has a tracking feature that lets you see what people are saying about your topic of interest!
track a word like “library” and see every time the word is mentioned!
a way to bridge internet and phone
you can see your messages on the internet and on your phone!
• see family members and close friends on your phone and everyone else on the web
• if you’ll be away from the web, you can get all your tweets on your phone
standard rates do apply
a place to experiment
twitter is still fairly new, you can come up with new uses!
• try an account for marketing purposes
• see how it works for business communications
• see if you think the text message feature is useful
• share your successes with the twitter community!
what could it be for you?
you’ll have to give it a go to find out!
photo credits• Question:
http://flickr.com/photos/mworrell/266913194
• Rubic’s cube: http://flickr.com/photos/bitterlysweet/33358201/
• London: http://flickr.com/photos/olivierclaurent/764482764/
• Cheers bar: http://flickr.com/photos/itodd76/750818704/
• Meet: http://flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/253927535/
• Network: http://flickr.com/photos/beija-flor/194769725/
• Human Search Engine: http://flickr.com/photos/c2k2e/108326319/
• Windows: http://flickr.com/photos/marioraffin/368414252/
• Internet & phone: http://flickr.com/photos/daviddmuir/407164501/
• Experiment: http://flickr.com/photos/malingering/1337570468/
• Lady: http://flickr.com/photos/meredithfarmer/464784222/
• Twitter whale: http://flickr.com/photos/injelea/2116719153/