TWITTER – QUICK AND EASY

Presented to the RCPL Board of Trustees, 1/13/10

Twitter Explained Twitter is a social networking site that

allows you to answer the question “What are you doing?”

Allows for informal and quick information sharing.

Sends short messages 140 characters in length, called “tweets”, to your friends or “followers”.

Conversational – Similar to sending short, fast emails, IMs, or text messages.

Why is Twitter Useful? Broadcast New Releases and services.

Library News and Events Exchange information

Snowing! Reminder that you can check SD road conditions Interact with patrons or customers.

We are open this weekend and on Monday. In fact we have Discovery Days for the kiddos on Mon and Tues since schools are closed!

Promote social networking sites (blogs, podcasts, etc.) Rapid City Public Library Strategy UPDATE! What is the Library

doing for Rapid City? Listen to our Director to find out. Conversation, communication and community

Sanford Lab

Twitter Goals Personal Branding – The library as an

information resource. Instant Feedback – Do our patrons enjoy

our services? How can we improve? They will let you know and quickly.

Direct Traffic – Bring people to the resources they need or are interested in.

How to get started? Visit Twitter website Click “Sign Up Now” Click on “settings” to upload a picture

and design your page. Follow us -

www.twitter.com/RapidCityPubLib

Twitter Main Page

Personal Twitter Home Page

Mentions

Direct Messages

Trending Topics and Hashtags (#)