dipit sharma

#KEEPTWEETING

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The first tweet was sent on March 21, 2006!

FURTHER ADDITIONS

The company set up 51 inch plasma screens and broadcasted tweets! In 2007!

Twitter has changed the way we receive news!

The first celebrity to gain 1 million followers was Ashton Kutcher!

SOME OTHER CELEBRITIES WITH MILLION FOLLOWERS

Global Expansion

By 2011, Twitter had expanded into 7 different countries and languages!

Today, it is present in almost every corner of the world except a few countries where it is yet not sanctioned, like China!

IMPACT ON GLOBAL EVENTS

It played a major role in the 2012 presidential elections.

It had enormous impact on campaigns and communication with voters.

Twitter went global in 2013 and raised 2.1 billion dollars!

Nowadays, twitter operates in 35 languages!

Competitors

Founded in 2005

Earlier known as “twttr”

Hashtag, Retweet, Direct Messaging were added later

Became viral after the flight 1549 incident

Popular among celebrities

Globally known everywhere

TWITTER BY THE NUMBERSFirst made 2.1 billion in 2013 when it went global

Now operates in 35 languages

Over 500 million registered users

250 million active users

400 million tweets per day

DISCLAIMER

Created By Dipit Sharma, MIT Manipal, in a marketing internship by Prof. Sameer Mathur, IIM Lucknow.