SOCIAL MEDIA FOR FESTIVALSNext steps with Twitter – creating Tweets
HOW TO CREATE TWEETS
Plain text (see Setting up a Twitter Account) With a link With a photograph RT others – what to check first Direct Messages
SEND A TWEET WITH A LINK
COMPOSE THE TWEET
HOW DOES IT LOOK ON TWITTER?
USING A LINK SHORTENER
USE A LINK SHORTENER: GOO.GL
TWEETING A PHOTOGRAPH
SEE THE PHOTOGRAPH ON TWITTER
TWITTER HOME PAGE – SEE IMAGES
YOUR IMAGES ALSO IN A SLIDESHOW
RETWEET GOOD CONTENT
Look at this post to decide if you will RT
SHORT LINK – OPENS WEB PAGE
Twitter shortens any links you may include in your Tweet
You can also track which Tweets are effective using stats for your link
Beware, not all links are good
If you are suspicious, don’t click through
THIS LINK LED TO AN ARTICLE
GOOD QUESTION! HOW OFTEN?
You will find your own style Depends on your objectives Once a day? Once an hour? At particular times of the day/week? Start Tweeting, and work out what works for
you
DIRECT MESSAGING (DM) ON TWITTER
Direct messages can be sent to people if they follow you
Way of having conversations which you wish to take out of the public eye
Example “DM me your email address” Also used by some to auto-message new
followers Must be wary of spam messages with bad
links
DIRECT MESSAGES FROM TWITTER
DIRECT MESSAGES (2)
WRITING DIRECT MESSAGES
BEWARE!
Which of these DMs would you delete immediately?
Spam spreads through people clicking on bogus links
GET BUSY, GET SOCIAL
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