15 things you should do on twitter

15 things youshould do on Twitter (but probably don’t)Chris Snider | Drake University | @chrissnider

Use lists

• Create lists to organize people you follow

• Add people to lists without following

• View/subscribe to others’ lists

• See where people are listed to find similar people

On anyone’s Twitter profile page, you can see what lists they have created and subscribed to - as well as lists they area a member of.

There’s no need to create your own list when you can subscribe to someone else’s list.

Then bring those lists right into Hootsuite or Tweetdeck.

Use Embedded Tweets• Easily add any public Tweets to a website.

Click “More,” then “Embed Tweet” and then copy the code.

In Wordpress, just click the timestamp and copy/paste the URL into your post.

Use .@ at the start of a Tweet•When you start a

Tweet with @, Twitter thinks that’s a (somewhat) private conversation and doesn’t show that Tweet to all of your followers.

More info: http://momthisishowtwitterworks.com/

See by all of Oliver’s followers

See only by people who follow both Chris and Oliver

See by all of Oliver’s followers

Join Twitter chats• Twitter chats are a great way to connect with people who

have similar interests/jobs and to share your expertise.

• Or just sit back and learn.

Big list of Twitter chats: http://tweetreports.com/twitter-chat-schedule/

Use all four tabs

• The Connect and Discover tabs will help you get more value out of Twitter.

Connect tab

• Connect is the place to see who has followed or mentioned you, retweeted or favorited one of your Tweets.

• It helps you keep the conversation going.

Discover tab• Under Discover, you’ll

see results reflecting your interests—based on your current location, what you follow and what’s happening in the world.

• As you use Twitter more, Discover gets even better at serving up more content just for you.

Check your analytics

• Go to ads.twitter.com and click on “analytics” to see:

•Mentions, follows and unfollows broken down into 6-hour increments

• Recent Tweets including number of clicks, favorites, retweets and replies

Analytics (cont’d)

• Info about your followers, including growth over time, locations, interests and gender.

Analytics (cont’d)• Info about other people linking to your

website via Twitter.

Download your Tweets• Go to Settings > Account to download your

entire Twitter archive, organized by month.

Use Keyboard shortcuts

• Use these shortcuts to do everything faster at Twitter.com.

Get E-mail notifications• Go to Settings > Email notifications to

decide when Twitter can email you info, including:

• Tweets you favorite

• Tweets that mention you

• Retweets of your Tweets

• Replies to your Tweets

•New followers, direct messages and more

Create Widgets• Go to Settings > Widgets to create custom

widgets for your website.

•Widgets can pull from your timeline, favorite tweets, a list ora search.

Create Buttons• Go to http://twitter.com/about to create

buttons for your website.

• Buttons help people share a specific link, follow an account or mention a hashtag or user.

Use a capital “T”• It’s Twitter and Tweet.

•With a capital T.

• Find out more branding requirements for Twitter at http://twitter.com/logo.

Use Twitter apps

• Twitter is built on open source software, and many people build third-party apps for Twitter (including Hootsuite, BufferApp, etc.)

• Search for and use apps to get more use out of Twitter.

• Learn more at http://dev.twitter.com.

But check your apps• Go to Settings > Apps to see which apps

you’ve let access your Twitter account.

• Revoke access to anything suspicious.

Protect your account• Ever gotten a spammy direct message on

Twitter? Of course you have.

• Twitter offers two way to protect your account under Settings > Security and privacy...

Follow the money

• Know how Twitter makes money.

• Promoted Tweets

• Promoted Accounts

• Promoted Trends

More on this:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/09/12/twitter_ipo_social_network_files_for_initial_public_offering_of_stock.html

http://www.businessinsider.com/how-twitter-makes-money-2013-9

http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/23/twitter-amplify-partnership-cbs/

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