It’s not for the birds!

Cindy Donaldson
@brookhollow
• Twitter (n) “a service for friends,
family, and co–workers to
communicate and stay
connected through the exchange
of quick, frequent answers to one
simple question: What are you
doing?”
• Twitter is a combination of email,
instant messenger, blogging, and
platforms like Facebook or
LinkedIn
• The difference – it’s limited to
140 characters!
 Why you should join the My personal Twitter @brookhollow
Twitterverse…
www.twitter.com
A few Twitter facts as of 09/2010
•Twitter has 175 million registered users.
•95M tweets are written per day.
•They have 300 employees & are hiring

Cool things you can do with Twitter

• Follow current news trends
• Share files such as pictures, videos, music
and slide shows
• Send a Twitter Business Card #twtBizCard
• Support charities – and raise money!
• Be political – make things happen
• Find a job
•Brand your company
• Increase your personal and business
network
•Connect with like minded individuals
•Become a Twitterer!
 To follow or not
to follow…that
is the question!

• How to follow people

– Search key words, names, locations.
– Find someone who has a lot of followers that you think
might interest you and click on their follow and followers
lists
– Go to a “list” and see people following that list
– Geo-location tools www.twellow.com
 How to get followers
• You need to follow in order to be followed – unless you are
famous.
• Have something useful to say!
• Be creative
• Be a master at retweeting
• Tweet links from high profile bloggers and sites
• Put “Share this” links on blogs, websites etc
http://sharethis.com/publishers/get-sharing-button
Twitterspeak
• @Username – your name on Twitter
• Tweet – the 140 character update you
post
• Tweeple – people who use Twitter
• RT – Retweet
• DM – Direct Message
• # - Hastag to track topics ie #topic
• Twitterverse - the world of Tweeple!
• Tweet-up – a real live human to
human meeting of Tweeple
• Favorite – Star Icon –these will save
certain tweets
• Lists – are groups of Tweeple
• Mention – this is when someone
“mentions” your @username in their
tweet(s)
 Fun Twitterspeak…
• dventuritter: an adventurous twitterer
• beetweet: a buzzing tweet; a “hot” tweet
• co-twitterer: a partner that tweets on your Twitter account.
• dweet: tweet sent while intoxicated
• drive-by-tweet: a quick post inbetween tasks
• friendapalooza: a quick burst of friend-adding
• mistweet: a tweet in which one later regrets
• neweeter: a new tweeter
• occasionitter: an occasional tweeter
• politweeter: a political tweeter
• politweet: a political tweet
• qwitter: a tool used to catch twitter quitters- UseQuitter.com
• reportwitters: reporter style twitterers
• sweeple: sweet twitter people
• twadd: to add/follow someone to your Twitter account as a friend.
• twaffic: Twitter traffic.
• twaiting: twittering while waiting.
• twalking: walking while twittering via text.
• twapplications: Twitter applications.
• twead: to read a tweet from a fellow twitterer.
• tweepish: feeling sheepish or regretful about something you tweeted.
• tweeple: Twitter people, Twitter members, Twitter users.
• tweeps: Twitter people that follow each other from one social
media/network to another.
• tweetaholism: the continued use of Twitter as an addiction that is difficult
to control.
• tweetaholic: someone addicted to Twitter, so much so that it may be an
actual problem.
• tweet-back: bringing a previous tweet conversation or reference back
into the current conversation.
• tweet-dropping: eavesdropping on someone else’s home page in friends
mode.
• tweeter: a user of Twitter.
• tweeterboxes: twitterers who tweet too much.
• tweetheart: that special tweeter who makes your heart skip a beat.
• tweetin: when a group of twitterers agree to get together at a set time to
twitter.
• tweet(ing): the act of posting to Twitter.
• tweets: posts on Twitter by twitterers.
• tweetsulted, tweetsult: what do you think it means, you dumb twitterer?
• tweetup: when twitterers meet in person – a Twitter meet up.
• twideo-cronicity: when you’re watching someone’s videos and they are
simultaneously leaving a comment or tweet for/at/about you.
• twiking: biking while twittering via text.
• twinkedIn: inviting friends made on Twitter to connect with you on LinkedIn.
• twis: to dis a fellow twitterer. very bad form.
• twitosphere: community of twitterers.
• twittastic: fantastic, wonderful, superb.
• twittcrastination: avoiding action while twittering, procrastination enabled by Twitter
use.
• twittduit: If you need to tweet a friend that does not follow you, post a twittduit
asking your followers to pass a message.
• twittectomy: an unfollowing of friends.
• twitter-light zone: where you are when you return to Twitter after any time away and
feel disoriented and lost.
• twitter stream: a collection of tweets often times in alphabetical order
• twitosphere: the community of twepple.
• twitterati: The A-list twitterers.
• twittercal mass: a community that has achieved a critical mass of twitterers.
• twitterer: a user of Twitter (compare: tweeter).
• twittering: to send a Twitter message.
• twitterish: erractic behavior with short outbursts.
• twitteritas: women who play with their twitters.
• twitterness: a person’s contribution to the twitosphere.
• twitterfly: being a social butterfly on Twitter evidenced by extreme usage of @ signs.
• twitterject: interject your tweet into an existing tweet stream of conversation.
• twitter-ku: those who either post on both Twitter and Jaiku or load their Twitter feed
into Jaiku.
• twitterlinkr: a service collecting the best links posted through Twitter.
• twitterlooing: twittering from a bathroom.
• twitterloop: to be caught up with friend tweets and up on the conversation.
• twittermob: an unruly and ragtag horde of people who descend on an ill-prepared
location after a provocative Twitter message.
• twittermaps: a mashup technology that lets Twitter users find each other using google
maps.
• twitterpated: to be overwhelmed with Twitter messages.
• twitterphoria: the elation you feel when the person you’ve added as a friend adds you
back.
• twitterage: rage at a twitter post.
• twitterrhea: the act of sending too many Twitter messages.
• Mashable’s Suggested Additions
• Twegosearching: Something we never, ever do. Every 5 minutes. All day.
• Twitophant / Twitophantic: One who repeatedly tweets the Top 100 in an attempt to
gain more followers. Actually pretty smart.
 Twitterspeak - RT

• Retweeting is an
integral part of the
Twitter experience.
The retweet (or
“RT”) allows Twitter
users to share the
best links, tweets,
and gems they find
from others using
the service.
 Twitterspeak - DM

• DM= Direct Message. This will send a

message directly to another Twitter user. The
rest of the Twitterverse will NOT be able to
see it.
• In order to DM someone they must be
following you!
• D @brookhollow – Hi Cindy!
 Twitter Lists
How to create a List:
Click on Lists
Create List
Give it a name, description and hit Save List
 Twitter Lists..the facts

– 20 lists per user

– List names cannot begin with a numerical
character
– List names cannot exceed 25 characters
– Maximum of 500 accounts on each list
 What to use Lists for
According to @mashable (follow Pete!)
• Create a Group – Because Twitter Lists create grouped tweet
streams of the people that are on them, you can use Lists to
organize your tweeps into groups based on anything you want.
For example, we’ve created a list of everyone at Mashable. By
viewing or following this list, you easily see what all of
Mashable’s employees are tweeting about. You could do the
same thing with your co-workers, family, or friends, or just
group Twitter users based on location, subject, or anything else
you can think of.
• Recommend Cool Tweeps – One of the other intended
purposes of Twitter Lists is to allow people to recommend other
users to follow. You can create a public list of people you think
other Twitter users should follow, then anyone else can visit that
list and follow the people on it (or follow the list).
• Follow People You Aren’t Following – When you follow a
Twitter List, you’re not actually following every user on the list,
but following the entire list — those users’ tweets aren’t added
to your main stream. You can then visit that list and view its
tweet stream. That’s why you can also use Lists to follow people
without really following them. For example, if there are users
Social media guru Pete Cashmore whose tweets you’d like to follow, but whom you don’t
necessarily want in your main Twitter stream (perhaps they
@mashable on Twitter tweet too often for your liking), you can add them to a list and
then check up on their latest tweets every once in a while by
www.mashable.com viewing your list.
How to find cool lists or be a cool list!

Applications that help you

create lists and find cool lists:
• Listorious
http://listorious.com/top/lists
• Twibes www.twibes.com
 50 Most popular Lists
1 Team curated by Twitter 76,486 followers
2 All curated by NBCOlympics 12,729 followers
3 Social Media curated by Pete Cashmore 9,141 followers
4 Most Influential In Tech curated by Robert Scoble 8,849 followers
5 Tech News Brands curated by Robert Scoble 6,569 followers
6 Marketing curated by Pete Cashmore 5,695 followers
7 Top 50 Funny curated by Favstar.fm 5,446 followers
8 Quotes curated by Marcin Mrowca 5,431 followers
9 Tech News People curated by Robert Scoble 4,137 followers
10 Design curated by Roger Byrne 4,002 followers
11 Tech curated by Pete Cashmore 3,856 followers
12 Media curated by Pete Cashmore 3,555 followers
13 Best of Photography curated by PetaPixel 3,414 followers
14 Creatives To Watch curated by Behance 3,089 followers
15 Weapons for Entrepreneurs curated by Robert Scoble 2,993 followers
16 Founders curated by Robert Scoble 2,991 followers
17 venture_capitalists curated by Robert Scoble 2,984 followers
18 Twitter Stars curated by Pete Cashmore 2,817 followers
19 iPhone and iPad curated by Robert Scoble 2,665 followers
20 Brands curated by Pete Cashmore 2,621 followers
21 News curated by Pete Cashmore 2,577 followers
22 Staff curated by The New York Times 2,374 followers
23 Web curated by Pete Cashmore 2,321 followers
24 Tech Company Executives curated by Robert Scoble 2,313 followers
25 Non-profits curated by Pete Cashmore 2,281 followers
26 Top Web Designers curated by carsonified 2,252 followers
27 Web Innovators curated by Robert Scoble 2,190 followers
28 More @Twitter Accounts curated by Twitter 2,145 followers
29 Celebrity curated by Pete Cashmore 2,129 followers
30 Design curated by Pete Cashmore 2,113 followers
31 Top 50 Tech curated by Favstar.fm 2,037 followers
32 Tech Startups curated by Robert Scoble 2,012 followers
33 Tech Pundits curated by Robert Scoble 1,929 followers
34 Journalism curated by Pete Cashmore 1,929 followers
35 Best mindcasters I know curated by Jay Rosen 1,924 followers
36 Haiti Earthquake curated by The New York Times 1,842 followers
37 End Slavery curated by ashton kutcher 1,800 followers
38 Haiti curated by TIME.com 1,789 followers
39 Music curated by Pete Cashmore 1,754 followers
40 CMO curated by Miles Jennings 1,751 followers
41 Dancers curated by Britney Spears 1,695 followers
42 Health curated by Pete Cashmore 1,694 followers
43 A-List curated by Rob Ford 1,676 followers
44 Twitter Tools and Devs curated by Robert Scoble 1,663 followers
45 Food curated by Pete Cashmore 1,623 followers
46 Top Web Devs curated by carsonified 1,588 followers
47 Verified Accounts curated by Verified Accounts 1,560 followers
48 Thought Leaders curated by Josh Weinberger 1,558 followers
49 reserved_word curated by ムーロン(ゆ台) 1,527 followers
50 Technews curated by Tim O'Reilly 1,493 followers
Time Management – using social media dashboards

• Tweetdeck www.tweetdeck.com
• Hootsuite www.hootsuite.com
 People you should follow
@ChrisBrogan

@GuyKawasaki

@LizStrauss

@Mashable (Pete Cashmore)

@brookhollow and @FoundersGroup
(That’s me!)
Twitter for business
• Put your Twitter feed on
your website
• Tweet what you blog and
blog what you tweet
• Link Facebook, LinkedIn
and Twitter
• Follow people you want to
do business with
My business Twitter Page
@FoundersGroup
 About me
Director of Marketing & Personal Lines Sales
Founders Insurance Group
cdonaldson@foundersgrp.com
cdonaldson62@gmail.com

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