How to : Twitter

1. How to : Twitter Presented by Mia White

2. Our Objectives • Learn how to create and use a Twitter account • Learn how to navigate the Twitter website • Discuss some ways Twitter has been utilized

3. Twitter Facts • Launched in July of 2006 • Over 465 million accounts have been created • Over 175 million tweets a day • Currently 1 million accounts are created daily • Lady Gaga is the most popular user on Twitter with over 19 million followers Source:http://infographiclabs.com/news/twitter-2012/#more-722

4. Getting Started

5. Important twitter lingo • Follow • To subscribe to a users Tweets and updates • Follower • A Twitter user who has followed you • Tweet • Anything posted on Twitter that is 140 characters or less • ReTweet • Forwarding a tweet to all of your followers

6. Important twitter lingo • Favorite • Mark a Tweet as a favorite by clicking the star icon • Promoted Tweets • Tweets that businesses have paid to promote at the top of search results • Hashtag # • The # symbol is used to mark keywords or topics in a Tweet • Ampersat @ • The @ symbol is used to call out usernames and link to a Twitter profile

7. Twitter toolbar Tour • Home • Connect • Discover • Me • Search Field

8. HOME 

9. HOME 

10. Shorten links in your tweet

11. Shorten links in your tweet

12. CONNECT 

13. DISCOVER 

14. ME 

15. SEARCH BAR 

16. The Varied Uses of Twitter • Obama Answers #My2k Questions On Twitter • Social Media Sparked, Accelerated Egypt’s Revolutionary Fire • Relying on Twitter During Hurricane #Sandy

17. Resources • http://storify.com/whitehouse/president-obama-answers-my2k-questions-on-twitter • http://www.wired.com/business/2011/02/egypts-revolutionary-fire/ • http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pietro-rea/twitter-hurricane-sandy_b_2059980.html • http://infographiclabs.com/news/twitter-2012/#more-722 • https://support.twitter.com

18. Questions?