@mikebarzacchini • twitter.com/mikebarzacchini • mbarzacc@harpercollege.edu How to talk twitter ■ Tweet: A 140-character message. ■ Retweet (RT): Re-sharing or giving credit to someone else’s tweet. ■ Feed: The stream of tweets you see on your homepage. It’s comprised of updates from users you follow. ■ Handle: Your username. ■ Mention (@): A way to reference another user by his username in a tweet (e.g. @mashable). Users are notified when @mentioned. It’s a way to conduct discussions with other users in a public realm. ■ Direct Message (DM): A private, 140-character message between two people. You may only DM a user who follows you. ■ Hashtag (#): A way to denote a topic of conversation or participate in a larger linked discussion (e.g. #AmericanIdol, #TasteofChicago). A hashtag is a discovery tool that allows others to find your tweets, based on topics. You can also click on a hashtag to see all the tweets that mention it in real time — even from people you don’t follow. Source: Mashable.com/2012/06/05/twitter-for-beginners Learn more at the Twitter Glossary: https://support.twitter.com/articles/166337-the-twitter-glossary Twitter links and resources • support.twitter.com/ • Twitter Basics: support.twitter.com/groups/31-twitter-basics • mashable.com; search “twitter,” “twitter guide” • marketingprofs.com • hubspot.com • 11 Top Professionals to Follow on Twitter: http://mashable.com/2012/04/17/twitter-professionals/ • 16 Creative Ways to Use Twitter for Business: http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/twitter-forbusiness/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter @mikebarzacchini • twitter.com/mikebarzacchini • mbarzacc@harpercollege.edu 285&(6 More Twitter links and resources ERVED. • Third-party sites that can assist with background design: TwitBacks (http://www.twitbacks.com), MyTweetSpace (http://www. mytweetspace.com), FreeTwitterDesigner (http://freetwitterdesigner.com), and)RUPRUHLQVLJKWIXOLQIRUPDWLRQRQ7ZLWWHU0DUNHWLQJFKHFNRXWWKHVH0DUNHWLQJ3URIVUHVRXUFHV TweetStyle (http:// tweetstyle.com). 7ZLWWHU6XFFHVV6WRULHV KWWSZZZPDUNHWLQJSURIVFRPVWRUHSURGXFWWZLWWHUVXFFHVVVWRULHV"DGUHI WZWHWOQNSGI 7ZLWWHU6HYHQ7LSVIRU(IIHFWLYH0DUNHWLQJ KWWSZZZPDUNHWLQJSURIVFRPDUWLFOHV WZLWWHUVHYHQWLSVIRUHIIHFWLYHPDUNHWLQJ"DGUHI WZWHWOQNSGI 7RS:D\VWR0DNH7ZLWWHU<RXU%UDQG·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reating a custom Twitter background: 18 • http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/27216/How-to-Create-a-Custom-Twitter-BackgroundWith-Video.aspx • http://www.twitip.com/custom-twitter-backgrounds/ • http://www.twitbacks.com/ Posting photos to Twitter: https://support.twitter.com/articles/20156423 • Also, check out Twitpic and Instagram. Posting video to Twitter: https://support.twitter.com/articles/75603