A very short introduction to Twitter

1. BASICS
Retweets
Hashtags
DM
@reply
How to find people on Twitter
Mentioning others
David Lavenda
Adding pictures
@dlavenda
davidl@harmon.ie
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2. Retweets
A retweet is someone else's Tweet
that you chose to share with all of
your followers.
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3. Hashtags
The # symbol (hashtag), is used to
mark keywords or topics in a Tweet. It
is a way to categorize messages.
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4. DM – Direct Message
A direct message (DM) is a private message
sent via Twitter to one of your followers. You
can only send a direct message to a user who
is following you; you can only receive direct
messages from users you follow.
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5. @reply
1. Find the Tweet you want to @reply to.
2. Hover over the Tweet and click on Reply.
3. A Tweet box will pop up with the @username of the
account you are replying to already added at the
beginning of the Tweet. Complete your @reply and
click Tweet to post it.
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6. Mentioning Others
1. Type your Tweet as you normally would, but
replace any names you include with that
person's @username. For example: "I love
@Twitter!"
2. Click Tweet to post.
3. Twitter recognizes and links to the @username
in the Tweet.
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7. Inserting Images
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8. For more information
contact
Email: davidl@harmon.ie
US: (845)913‐7240
Intl: +972.54.223.9006
Twitter: dlavenda
LinkedIn: http://il.linkedin.com/in/dlavenda
Slideshare: www.slideshare.net/dlavenda
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