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Ashley Fondren, MS, CHESMississippi State University Extension

Twitter: @FFFCoPEmail: anp44@fsnhp.msstate.edu

What can Twitter do?

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How do you want to use Twitter?

• Inform clientele…• Interact with clientele…other professionals• Correct misinformation• Promote your programming• Promote your online content• Address questions• What else?

TwitterTwitterverse, Twittersphere

• Twitter.com

~ 600 million searches per day

Microblog

• 140 characters

UsernameRetweet

Hashtag

Short UrlAvatar

Anatomy of a Tweet

Twitter Conversational VocabularyTerm What to Tweet Purpose

General Any 140 characters Inform or ask

Mention @username + remaining characters

Talking to or about another user•Acknowledge user•Refer to a user

Retweet RT @ username + remaining characters

•Pass info from another user onto your audience

•Credit the source

Direct Message D @username + remaining characters

Private Message to those that follow you back

Via Karen Jeanette

Let’s get started…

• Search Twitter…• If you want to join the conversation, you need

to create an account!• Let’s go to Twitter! http://twitter.com • Building your Profile…• Use an email address you check, write an

informative bio, link your Twitter account to your website & other social networks

OK, I have a Twitter account…why isn’t anyone following me?

• Tweet personality-building “first impression” tweets

• Follow others in your area…• http://wefollow.com/ • Search keywords and hashtags (#)• Follow who others follow• “Who to Follow” on Twitter Toolbar

Personalize Your Twitter Experience

• Custom backgrounds• www.worldsbestbackgrounds.com• www.twitrbackgrounds.com/• www.twitrounds.com/• www.twitbacks.com/• And many, many more!

Perfect Your Twitter Experience

• Mobile Twitter Apps - http://twitter.com/#!/download

For Expanded Twitter Needs…

– Multi-user per Account:

• CoTweet http://cotweet.com/• Hootsuite http://hootsuite.com/

– Scheduling:• HootSuite http://hootsuite.com/• CoTweet http://cotweet.com/• Tweetdeck http://www.tweetdeck.com/

– Twitter chat/hashtag management:

• Twubs http://twubs.com/• Tweetdeck ttp://www.tweetdeck.com/

Desktop Clients - Tweetdeck

http://support.tweetdeck.com/entries/129001-what-s-new-in-tweetdeck-v0-34

So, how can you use Twitter?

• Sharing relevant information (even easier with social media “share” buttons)

• Engaging your audience• Interacting with other experts• Having conversations around certain topics

using hashtags (#)• Others: _____________________________

Hashtags and Chats

Shown here http://twubs.com/

Measurement Tools

• Tweetreach – http://tweetreach.com/ • Klout – http://klout.com/

Learn more about Twitter

• eXtension Professional Development: Twitter– http://about.extension.org/wiki/Recordings_of_eX

tension_Professional_Development_Sessions#Twitter• Taming Twitter:

http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p80633984/

• Twitter in Plain English video:– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddO9idmax0o