Navigating Twitter for Developing a LSMN starfishexpo 2012 Presenter: Gunnar Simonsen

starfish expo #sfexpo Post pictures Post quotes from the presentations Post a video taken from your smartphone interviewing an attendee, speaker or of a presentation Add/follow new friends, start a group or community Post your thoughts, make a comment, ask a question, or respond to a post Follow and engage updates from these profiles before, during and after expo: Facebook.com/HISGroup Facebook.com/IDRNetwork Facebook.com/BDINetwork Twitter.com/HISG_News Twitter.com/IDRN_News Twitter.com/BDIN_News * Use #sfexpo at end of all your Tweets during the event and add to the conversation. #SocialMediaTips

Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co– workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent messages. People write short updates, often called "Tweets" of 140 characters or fewer. These messages are posted to your profile, sent to your followers, and are searchable on Twitter search. Getting to know Twitter

When you create an account, you can search for people by name or user name, import friends from other networks, or invite friends via . If you don't want to do that, follow some of the people Twitter suggested. Once you've found your friends, follow them to start getting their updates. How do I find my friends?

My Twitter username For example:

Following someone simply means receiving their Twitter updates. When you follow someone, every time they post a new message, it will appear on your Twitter home page. New messages are added to your home page as people post them, so you always get the updates in real time. When you log in, you can see what the latest updates are. Twitter offers other ways to follow people too: you can get updates from certain people on your phone! What does it mean to follow someone on Twitter?

To follow someone, when viewing their profile, simply click follow.

Four things I look for before I follow someone: ①Do they have a profile picture ②Does their bio seem interesting ③Are they tweeting interesting content ④Are they engaging others

Twitter sends you an when someone new follows you. Set up your preferences to notify you when you have a new follower. The 'Followers' link on your profile page or home page's sidebar will also tell you how many followers you have. How do I know who is following me?

It's up to you. Your followers read your updates, and anyone else who comes across them in a search. Your Tweets are public by default; if you're hesitant to have strangers read your updates, protect your Tweets to approve followers and keep your updates out of search. Who reads my updates?

is a public message sent from one person to another, distinguished from normal updates by prefix. If a message begins we collect it as Reply publicly to any update on Twitter by using format. Following is not necessary to reply to someone, and directed to you are visible in the Mentions tab on the Connect page. What

Direct messages are personal messages sent from one Twitter person to another; they do not appear in the public timeline, like or mention. You can only send a direct message to a person who follows you. When you receive a direct message, we save it in your direct message inbox, accessible by clicking on the person icon and selecting Direct messages from the drop down. You can also set your preferences to notify you by mail if you have a new message. What are direct messages?

A Retweet a re-posting of someone else's Tweet. Sometimes you will see the initials RT in a Tweet. Sometimes users add RT somewhere in a Tweet to indicate that part of their Tweet includes something they're re-posting from another person's Tweet, sometimes with a comment of their own. What are Retweets (RT)?

Definition: The # symbol, called a hashtag, is used to mark keywords or topics in a Tweet. It was created organically by Twitter users as a way to categorize messages. Hashtags: Helping you find interesting Tweets People use the hashtag symbol # before relevant keywords in their Tweet to categorize those Tweets to show more easily in Twitter Search Clicking on a hashtagged word in any message shows you all other Tweets in that category What Are Hashtags ("#" Symbols)?

Trending? It’s what people on Twitter are talking about the most at any given time. This can be done by most cities by selecting the “change” option. By clicking on a trending topic, it will then show all tweets with the trending topic in them. Warning – some can be for mature audiences only Promoted tweets are tweets purchased to promote by businesses

The New Header for Profile

Step 1 Click this Step 2 Click Settings

Step 3 Click Design

Step 4 Scroll Down Page Step 5 Click Change Header

Step 6 Click Choose Existing Image

Step 7 Choose photo from your desktop Step 8 Click choose

Step 9 Adjust placement of Photo and click save

Show us your header, what’s your

Twitter Daily Discipline What are the first things I do when I log onto Twitter?

Twitter Daily Discipline A.Who mentioned me B.Who retweeted me C.Who direct messaged me D.Who followed me I respond accordingly and timely.

To view who mentioned you, retweeted you, and who followed you, click “comment”

Scroll through feed to see mentions, retweets, and follows

Twitter Daily Discipline A.Read the Feed B.Check my Lists C.Tweet Something D.See what’s Trending I engage by replying and retweeting.

Access lists here Trending Topics Post Tweet here Tweet Feed

Replying to another users tweet As Twitter users post tweets, often times, you want to respond to their tweets and add to the discussion. In clicking reply on a selected tweet, your response will be public as well as alert the poster that you have replied.

To reply to a tweet, hover over the tweet with your cursor. This will prompt the words: expand, reply, retweet, favorite to appear. Click reply.

This pop up window will appear with the twitter users handle and a text box. After the the Twitter handle, begin typing your message and click the Tweet button. * All tweets only get 140 characters

When you clicked the Tweet button, that tweet then entered the public tweet feed as well as alerted the Twitter user that you replied. * Not all replies are instant. Reply in feed

Retweeting another users tweet As Twitter users post tweets, often times, you will find something you like and want to share with your followers. You can do this by retweeting that tweet.

To retweet a tweet, hover over the tweet with your cursor. This will prompt the words: expand, reply, retweet, favorite to appear. Click retweet.

This pop up window will appear with the tweet you want to retweet to your followers. When using Twitter via twitter.com, simply click the retweet button. * Twitter.com does not currently allow to make a comment with your tweet. However, other Twitter clients like Hootsuite, Tweetdeck, and Smart Phone apps do.

Retweet in feed When you clicked the retweet button, that retweet then entered the public tweet feed as well as alerted the Twitter user that you retweeted them.

Mention another Twitter user Twitter is all about engagement. Often times, I like to reach out to other users publically and say hello, ask a question, compliment, or even with a business… sometimes voice a concern.

For the other Twitter user to see your tweet, it must include their Twitter handle in it which begins with symbol

Direct Message another Twitter user Twitter is all about engagement. Often times, you will want to take that engagement offline by sending another Twitter user a private message.

To send a direct message, click this icon, scroll down, click direct messages

When you click direct messages, this pop up window appeared. To respond to a direct message, click the message you want to respond to. A pop up window will appear. Type your response and click send message.

When you click direct messages, this pop up window appeared. To send a new message, click new message.

When you clicked new message, this pop up window appeared. Simply type in the twitter handle of who you want to message, type your message, and then click send message.

Geographic Search Benefit: Identify, follow, and engage Twitter users that have common interests or showcase specific characteristics that represent potential prospect by location.

Geo Search Step 1 Type keyword into search box and hit return

Geo Search Step 2 Click settings icon for drop down menu to appear and click advanced search.

Geo Search Step 3 Enter in city, state in “Near this place” box. Set mile radius. Click search.

Geo Search Step 4 Click “top” to view most viewed tweets per search specifics. Click “all” to view all tweets per search specifics. * When you clicked search, this page appears showing all tweets with the specific search term you requested by Twitter users who have set their geo location per your said location parameters.

Building Lists on Twitter Benefit: Categorize Twitter users by interests, geography, associates, etc.

Why Build Lists? I build lists to categorize my Twitter feed in a more manageable fashion by specific topics or location. One of my favorite lists that I engage daily is with those I regularly converse with on Twitter. I check it often throughout the day and reply or retweet accordingly as I find interesting tweets.

Building Lists Step 1 Type keyword into search box and hit return.

Building Lists Step 2 A new screen will pop up that shows a twitter news feed of everyone on Twitter that recently tweeted with the “keyword” you searched for in it.

Building Lists Step 3 I like to scroll through the feed to look for interesting people to follow or list. When I find someone interesting, I click their name.

Building Lists Step 4 Click head icon. Click add/create list * When you clicked their name, this pop up window appears.

Building Lists Step 5 Check which list you would like to add user to, or click create list. When checking pre-existing list,”x” out of page to save when done. Create List Button X out

Building Lists Step 6 Type list name and save list

View Lists To view lists, click the head icon for drop down menu to appear. Then click “lists” Head Icon I know, I know… I got to check my DMs

View Lists Your list page will now appear. Click on the list you would like to view.

Tools

Twitter Tools Schedule tweets to post when your followers are most likely to be logged onto to Twitter. Timely.is

Twitter Tools Twitter dashboard that puts everything on one screen. Also, create columns for specific keywords.

Twitter Tools Follow everyone who most recently tweeted a specific keyword at once.

Twitter Tools How may impressions did that tweet get? Will calculate the last 50 tweets free per search term.

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