Navigating Twitter for Developing a LSMN

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Presenter: Gunnar Simonsen

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Post pictures

Post quotes from thepresentations

Post a video taken from your smartphone interviewing an attendee, speaker or of a presentation

Add/follownew friends,start a groupor community

Post your thoughts,make a comment,ask a question, or respond to a post

Follow and engage updates from theseprofiles before, during and after expo:

Facebook.com/HISGroupFacebook.com/IDRNetworkFacebook.com/BDINetwork

Twitter.com/HISG_NewsTwitter.com/IDRN_NewsTwitter.com/BDIN_News

*Use #sfexpo at end of all yourTweets during the event and addto the conversation.

#SocialMediaTips

Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent messages. People write short updates, often called "Tweets" of 140 characters or fewer. These messages are posted to your profile, sent to your followers, and are searchable on Twitter search.

Getting to know Twitter

When you create an account, you can search for people by name or user name, import friends from other networks, or invite friends via email. If you don't want to do that, follow some of the people Twitter suggested. Once you've found your friends, follow them to start getting their updates.

How do I find my friends?

My Twitter username is: @GunnarSimonsen

For example:

Following someone simply means receiving their Twitter updates. When you follow someone, every time they post a new message, it will appear on your Twitter home page.

New messages are added to your home page as people post them, so you always get the updates in real time. When you log in, you can see what the latest updates are. Twitter offers other ways to follow people too: you can get updates from certain people on your phone!

What does it mean to follow someone on Twitter?

To follow someone, when viewing their profile, simply click

follow.

Four things I look for before I follow someone:

①Do they have a profile picture②Does their bio seem interesting③Are they tweeting interesting content④Are they engaging others

Twitter sends you an email when someone new follows you. Set up your email preferences to notify you when you have a new follower. The 'Followers' link on your profile page or home page's sidebar will also tell you how many followers you have.

How do I know who is following me?

It's up to you. Your followers read your updates, and anyone else who comes across them in a search. Your Tweets are public by default; if you're hesitant to have strangers read your updates, protect your Tweets to approve followers and keep your updates out of search.

Who reads my updates?

An @reply is a public message sent from one person to another, distinguished from normal updates by the @username prefix. If a message begins with @username, we collect it as an @reply. Reply publicly to any update on Twitter by using the @username format. Following is not necessary to reply to someone, and all @replies directed to you are visible in the Mentions tab on the Connect page.

What are @replies?

Direct messages are personal messages sent from one Twitter person to another; they do not appear in the public timeline, like an @reply or mention. You can only send a direct message to a person who follows you.

When you receive a direct message, we save it in your direct message inbox, accessible by clicking on the person icon and selecting Direct messages from the drop down. You can also set your email preferences to notify you by mail if you have a new message.

What are direct messages?

A Retweet a re-posting of someone else's Tweet.Sometimes you will see the initials RT in a Tweet. Sometimes users add RT somewhere in a Tweet to indicate that part of their Tweet includes something they're re-posting from another person's Tweet, sometimes with a comment of their own.

What are Retweets (RT)?

Definition: The # symbol, called a hashtag, is used to mark keywords or topics in a Tweet. It was created organically by Twitter users as a way to categorize messages.

Hashtags: Helping you find interesting Tweets

People use the hashtag symbol # before relevant keywords in their Tweet to categorize those Tweets to show more easily in Twitter Search

Clicking on a hashtagged word in any message shows you all other Tweets in that category

What Are Hashtags ("#" Symbols)?

Trending?

It’s what people on Twitter are talking about the most at any given time.

This can be done by most cities by selecting the “change” option.

By clicking on a trending topic, it will then show all tweets with the trending topic in them.

• Warning – some can be for mature audiences only

• Promoted tweets are tweets purchased to promote by businesses

Navigation & Usage

The New Header for Profile Pages

@GunnarSimonsen

Step 1Click this

Step 2ClickSettings

Step 3ClickDesign

Step 4ScrollDownPage

Step 5ClickChangeHeader

Step 6ClickChoose ExistingImage

Step 7Choose photo

from your desktopStep 8Click choose

Step 9Adjust placement of Photo and click save

Show us your header, what’s your handle?

@GunnarSimonsen

Twitter Daily Discipline

What are the first things I do when I log onto Twitter?

Twitter Daily Discipline

A.Who mentioned meB.Who retweeted meC.Who direct messaged meD.Who followed me

I respond accordingly and timely.

To view who mentioned you, retweeted you, and who followed you, click “comment”

Scroll through feed to see mentions, retweets, and follows

Twitter Daily Discipline

A.Read the FeedB.Check my ListsC.Tweet SomethingD.See what’s Trending

I engage by replying and retweeting.

Access lists here

Trending Topics

Post Tweet here Tweet Feed

Replying to another users tweet

As Twitter users post tweets, often times, you want to respond to their tweets and add to the discussion. In clicking reply on a selected tweet, your response will be public as well as alert the poster that you have replied.

To reply to a tweet, hover over the tweet with your cursor. This will prompt the words: expand, reply, retweet, favorite to appear.Click reply.

This pop up window will appear with the twitter users handle and a text box. After thethe Twitter handle, begin typing your message and click the Tweet button. * All tweets only get 140 characters

When you clicked the Tweet button, that tweet then entered the public tweet feed as well as alerted the Twitteruser that you replied.

* Not all replies are instant.Reply in feed

Retweeting another users tweet

As Twitter users post tweets, often times, you will find something you like and want to share with your followers.You can do this by retweeting that tweet.

To retweet a tweet, hover over the tweet with your cursor. This will prompt the words: expand, reply, retweet, favorite to appear.Click retweet.

This pop up window will appear with the tweet you want to retweet to your followers. When using Twitter via twitter.com, simply click the retweet button. * Twitter.com does not currently allow to make a comment with your tweet. However, other Twitter clients like Hootsuite, Tweetdeck, and Smart Phone apps do.

Retweet in feed

When you clicked the retweet button, that retweet then entered the public tweet feed as well as alerted the Twitteruser that you retweeted them.

Mention another Twitter user

Twitter is all about engagement. Often times, I like to reach out to other users publically and say hello, ask a question, compliment, or even with a business… sometimes voice a concern.

For the other Twitter user to see your tweet, it must include their Twitter handle in it which begins with the @ symbol

Direct Message another Twitter user

Twitter is all about engagement. Often times, you will want to take that engagement offline by sending another Twitter user a private message.

To send a direct message, click this icon, scroll down, click direct messages

When you click direct messages, this pop up window appeared. To respond to a direct message, click the message you want to respond to.

A pop up window will appear. Type your response and click send message.

When you click direct messages, this pop up window appeared. To send a new message, click new message.

When you clicked new message, this pop up window appeared. Simply type in the twitter handle of who you want to message, type your message, and then click send message.

Geographic Search

Benefit: Identify, follow, and engage Twitter users that have common interests or showcase specific characteristics that represent potential prospect by location.

Geo Search Step 1

Type keywordinto search boxand hit return

Geo Search Step 2

Click settings icon for drop down menu to appear and click advanced search.

Geo Search Step 3

Enter in city, state in “Near this place” box. Set mile radius. Click search.

Geo Search Step 4

Click “top” to view most viewed tweets per search specifics. Click “all” to view all tweets per search specifics.

* When you clicked search, this page appears showing all tweets with the specific search term you requested by Twitter users who have set their geo location per your said location parameters.

Building Lists on Twitter

Benefit: Categorize Twitter users by interests, geography, associates, etc.

Why Build Lists?

I build lists to categorize my Twitter feed in a more manageable fashion by specific topics or location.

One of my favorite lists that I engage daily is with those I regularly converse with on Twitter. I check it often throughout the day and reply or retweet accordingly as I find interesting tweets.

Building Lists Step 1

Type keywordinto search boxand hit return.

Building Lists Step 2

A new screen willpop up that showsa twitter news feedof everyone onTwitter that recentlytweeted with the “keyword” you searched for in it.

Building Lists Step 3

I like to scrollthrough the feedto look for interesting peopleto follow or list.

When I find someoneinteresting, I clicktheir name.

Building Lists Step 4

Click head icon.Click add/createlist

* When you clicked their name, this pop up window appears.

Building Lists Step 5

Check which listyou would like toadd user to, orclick create list.

When checking pre-existing list,”x” out of page to savewhen done.

Create List Button

X out

Building Lists Step 6

Type list name andsave list

View Lists

To view lists, click the head icon for drop down menu to appear.

Then click “lists”

Head Icon

I know, I know… I gotto check my DMs

View Lists

Your list page willnow appear.

Click on the list you would like to view.

Tools

Twitter Tools

Schedule tweets to post when your followers are most likely to be logged onto to Twitter.

Timely.is

Twitter Tools

Twitter dashboard that puts everything on one screen. Also, create columns for specific keywords.

www.tweetdeck.com

Twitter Tools

Follow everyone who most recently tweeted a specific keyword at once.

www.followblast.com

Twitter Tools

How may impressions did that tweet get? Will calculate the last 50 tweets free per search term.

www.tweetreach.com

It’s BETTER Together!

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