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140 Characters or LessAn Intro to Twitter

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What is Twitter? • Twitter is a “real-time” messaging

platform that allows you to send and receive information in 140 characters or less.

• Currently, there are more than 500 million accounts on Twitter worldwide.

Source: http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/30/analyst-twitter-passed-500m-users-in-june-2012-140m-of-them-in-us-jakarta-

biggest-tweeting-city/

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Why should I use Twitter?• Expand your social/professional network

• Monitor/participate in conversations with key industry influencers

• Stay on top of industry news with little effort

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How do I create an account?

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How do I create an account?

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How do I follow someone?

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How do I tweet?

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Reply using @

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How do I retweet?

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What do I share?

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Questions? Angela DicksonAAMA’s Marketing ManagerE: adickson@aamanet.orgP: 714.596.3574

Sam SinkhornAAMA’s Communications CoordinatorE: ssinkhorn@aamanet.orgP: 847.303.5858 x224