How Tweet it is: Creating a Following on Twitter

What is it?

What is it?

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/magazine/15-07/st_thompson

IT SOUNDS:

a.SILLY!

b.WASTE OF TIME

c.BORING

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What do you think?

Because

there’s

MORE.

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EVEN

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And have others rebroadcast it:

Ask for advice:

Discover

Discover

Build

“One of the strengths of non-profit organizations is access to bipartisan statistics, in-depth studies and content-rich research on their particular subject that the average user may not have access to or know how to find. Highlight new, pertinent information.”

As you can see, it’s a collaborative effort

So power & empower your supporters

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Examples

Examples

Examples

Examples

Examples

Examples?

Stamp Out Hunger

Phones for Fearless

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Directory

http://darmano.typepad.com/logic_emotion/2009/01/pleas-help-us-help-daniellas-family.html

#daniela

Getting Started

Your first tweets shouldn’t contain:

Picture

Picture

Bio

Don’t toss out grammar

Link/Sidebar

Backgrounds

Background

Background

Find/Follow/Search

Find your contacts

Find someone by name

List yourself & Find

You can subscribe to all:Then follow w/Autopack

Directories

Directory

Directory

Directory

Find /Follow /Search

Find /Follow /Search

Recommendation Tools

Recommendation Tools

Recommendation Tools

Search for Information

Search for keyword

Other Tools

Thread your conversations

Or “digest” them

Poll

Twitterfall

Back up

Don’ts

Nothing is Private

Don’t: slag

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Be Safe

Be Safe

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Bots/Spammers

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Get caught up in the game:

Dos

Lend a Hand

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Participate

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Be Unboring

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Spread the Joy

Learn

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Be Personal

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Remember: it takes work

And onto the voting:

New Poll:

And the results are:

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