Twitter Fundamentals

What are doing?

In 140 characters

For fun

For breaking news

For breaking news

For doing good

A LOT of good

…she raised over $2500 in just

90 minutes by challenging highly connected geeks to tap into their extensive Twitter networks.

For networking

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For business

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Giveaways

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First, let’s talk etiquette…

Cocktail Party Rules of Engagement

First, let’s talk etiquette…

Cocktail Party Rules of Engagement

– Don’t talk all about yourself

– Find the people who interest you

– Try to add value to the conversation

– Follow up with your new friends

Speaking the language

RT @xtofer LOL GMTA, FTW! #SXSW #WTF

Twitter Translator

Replies

• @ denotes a tweet sent to another Twitter user.

• @xtofer @sloane See you in the park.

Retweet

• To repost something that's already in the Twitter stream to give credit to the original poster.

• RT @adeletiblier Tiffany is a rockstar.

Direct Message

• DM is a private message that you can only send to those who follow you.

• D Adeletiblier Tell @tiffanystarnes not to retweet compliments

Hashtag

• # makes a term into a keyword that is searchable

• @tiffanystarnes we’ll be by the L6 pole #jazzfest

FAIL

• When something goes horribly awry.

Profile Fail

Follow Fail

Spam Fail

Concise Fail

Wait, nevermind.

(I don’t want to FAIL)

What are doing?

In 140 characters

Sign Up

Fill out your profile

Find and Follow People

Manage

A Few to Follow

• @CNNbrk- Breaking news• @Project3090- local festival• @VisitNewOrleans- tourism• @NOLAnew- Nola.com• @nakedpizza- local pizza• @TiffanyStarnes (that’s me!)

Resources

Pistachio Consulting: http://pistachioconsulting.com/

TweetBeeps: http://tweetbeep.com/

Social Brand Index: http://www.socialbrandindex.com/

TweetDeckhttp://www.tweetdeck.com/beta/

Thank You.

Tiffany Starnes504.894.8011tiffany@fabresmithcoco.comwww.fabresmithcoco.com