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Twitter 201

Twitter recently filed for it’s long-awaited IPO and has finally matured beyond an unprofitable, volatile startup to a mature, profitable (barely) media powerhouse. Boasting more than 218 million active users, Twitter has become the source for breaking news and unfiltered direct access to information and opinion around the world.

Despite this meteoric rise I still get as many questions today about Twitter as I did back in 2008 when it first broke into the mainstream consciousness.

If you still don’t get Twitter, or are afraid to approach it due it’s open-ended nature, here are some practical ways and helpful links to get started:

Register

Either register online with your desktop at Twitter.com or download the official Twitter app to your smart phone or tablet.
https://twitter.com/signup

Follow Friends, Public Figured and Brands:

Follow anyone you know already, including public figures and favorite brands/organizations. I use Google to find accounts by searching for their name followed by “Twitter”. Many websites will also include links to their Twitter account which will link you to their feed.

Twitter Search

Twitter has a great search tool which returns Tweets and users which match your search term. Try cape cod or your business name and see what comes up. The newest tweets will be at the top.
https://twitter.com/search-home

Follow, Favorite Retweet and Reply:

Based on your search results or a Tweet already in your feed, you can then follow, favorite, retweet or reply to users who interest you. Here’s a breakdown of each term and what is means:

Based on your search results or a Tweet already in your feed, you can then follow, favorite, retweet or reply to users who interest you. Here’s a breakdown of each term and what is means:

Follow

Similar to becoming friends on Facebook, to follow someone is to subscribe to their tweets, which then show in your feed. Unlike Facebook friending, users can follow another user without requiring that the user follows them back.
http://support.twitter.com/articles/162981-following-people-on-twitter

Favorite

Favorite is similar to Facebook’s like button and allows you to compliment another Twitter user on a Tweet without it showing in your feed. The user who posted the Tweet is notified and it’s great way to flatter someone and get noticed.

Retweet

Retweeting is the action of taking something another Twitter user Tweets, and sending it out on your own feed. You also have the option of commenting on the Tweet before it gets published. This allows you to add a small comment/opinion and engage that Twitter user in conversation.
http://support.twitter.com/articles/20169873-retweeting-another-person-s-tweet

Reply

Replying and retweeting are very similar and sometimes crossover in function. Sometimes called mention, to reply to a Twitter user it to include their Twitter name in your tweet. Whereas retweeting is mostly repeating what someone else says in your own feed, replying or mentioning is more for sending a direct response to another user’s Tweet or making sure the user mentioned sees your Tweet. The response may or may not include the original tweet, Twitter will connect the two tweets and keep them in a conversation thread for others to follow.

Mentioned above but worth mentioning again is the ability to use Twitter on your smartphone or tablet. This action alone will allow you to interact with Twitter in a more seamless and immediate nature and will decrease the energy and attention required to participate.

The best way to learn something is to jump in and and …listen. Twitter makes that easy with the ability to follow anyone you choose and start absorbing information without having to Tweet anything until you are ready!

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