TWITTER 101 LATISM 11

By: Laurita Tellado @Laurita86

INTRODUCTION TO TWITTER

Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text -based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as tweets.
-from Wikipedia

Microblogging is a broadcast medium in the form of blogging. A microblog dif fers from a traditional blog in that its content is typically smaller in both actual and aggregate file size. Microblogs allow users to exchange small elements of content such as short sentences, individual images, or video links.
-from Wikipedia

LOGON TO WWW.TWITTER.COM

GET SIGNED UP!

ADJUST YOUR SETTINGS

ADDING YOUR AVATAR (IMAGE)

WRITE YOUR FIRST TWEET

PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT YOU!

When other Twitter users are talking about or to you, its called a Twitter mention. To mention someone on Twitter, simply use @ in front of their username. My main Twitter username, or handle is Laurita86. So to Tweet me, write @Laurita86 somewhere in the message, and write the rest of your message.
Example: Hola @Laurita86! It was awesome meeting you at the Twitter 101 workshop.

WHAT ARE #HASHTAGS?

Hashtags are active links that are created when you precede any word or phrase with the # symbol on Twitter. They are used to help organize Tweets by specific topics. When you click on a hashtag, you are directed to a list of real -time search results of Tweets using that particular phrase. The most popular current hashtags are usually displayed under Trending Topics. Using hashtags in a Tweet makes it easier for others to find your Tweet when searching for Tweets of a particular topic. Example: the hashtags when Tweeting about the LATISM 11 conference are #LATISM11 and #LATISM. (Lets help make these Trending Topics, eh?)

SOME NOTORIOUS MOMENTS IN TWITTER HISTORY

The death of artist Michael Jackson on June 25, 2009, sent the social media world into a frenzy. The extremely popular Mashable.com, the largest independent news source dedicated to covering digital culture, social media and technology, reported that same day that at least 30% of Tweets were somehow related to Jacksons passing. The influx of MJ-related searches on Twitter caused the sites servers to crash temporarily.

SOME NOTORIOUS MOMENTS IN TWITTER HISTORY (CONT.)

Osama bin Ladens death
On May 1, 2011, a single Tweet was responsible for breaking the news that Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, responsible for the terrorist attacks on 9/11/01, was dead.
from www.forbes.com

Keith Urbahn, chief of staff for former Secy. Of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Tweeted the following:

SOME NOTORIOUS MOMENTS IN TWITTER HISTORY (CONT.)

On October 5, 2011 , Apple founder and former CEO Steve Jobs passed away, af ter an 8 -year battle with pancreatic cancer. His death came the day af ter Apples long -awaited introduction of the iPhone4S.

In the 12 hour s following Jobs death, people from all over the world posted a staggering 2.5 million Tweets all related to Jobs, Apple, his death, etc.
Popular hashtags included: #RIPSteveJobs and #iSad

ANY QUESTIONS?

Please feel free to E -mail me with any questions or concerns, or if you need some extra help, at laurita.tellado@gmail.com . Im happy to help you!
Also, dont forget to follow me on Twitter: @Laurita86. Tambin puedo ayudarles en espaol.