This computer course covered how to initiate your Twitter account and utilize the tips, tricks, and secrets to tweeting and following. Participants set up their own accounts during the session and learned about key Twitter lingo, applications, searching Twitter conversations, and using Twitter strategically for their business or organization. Prepared by Christie L. Goodman, APR.

1. By Christie L. Goodman, APR

2. Comcast is using Twitter to respond to customer-service related tweets. The Red Cross is using Twitter to send emergency updates to communities experiencing a disaster and universities are using it to notify students about emergencies. Small businesses are using Twitter to drive traffic to their web sites and generate sales. Individuals are getting questions answer ed quickly. At least one charity non-profit has been formed by Twitter users in response to a woman’s honest tweets about her breast cancer diagnosis (see Frozen Pea Fund). Southwest Airlines uses Twitter to let customers know about deals. Journalists discover news tips on Twitter first on a regular basis and they use it to solicit interview questions via Twitter. A professor uses Twitter to communicate with his students between classes. Conference speakers instruct audience members to submit questions via Twitter and monitor Twitter traffic to get immediate feedback on their event.

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9. Use Twitter with Your Mobile Phone

10. Set Your Preferences for Notices

11. Create a Your Background

12. Start Tweeting

13. Replying and Referring

14. What “Following” Means

15. Retweeting (Forwarding)

16. Send Direct Messages

17. Use Hash Tags

19. Twitter Applications Aps for accessing Twitter Connecting with other social media sites

20. Twitter Applications URL Shorteners Photo Sharing

22. Twitter Search Search.Twitter.com Sessmic Tweetscan Twubs Tweetie on iPhone Not yet ready for primetime BingTweets Scoopler CrowdEye TweetFeel Topsy

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