Presentation for my online students to introduce them to the valuable learning tools on Twitter!

1. Twitter for
Beginners
An online course
by Shelly Terrell

2. How Can Twitter Help Me?

3. Agenda
Review some of the basics!
Discover how to gain and keep
followers!
Answer questions!

4. Chat box question:
How often do you use
Twitter?
A. Only 1 time
B. 1 to 2 times a week
C. 3 to 4 times a week
D. Daily

5. Getting Started

6. How to Update
Click update!

7. Chat box questions:
What should you update?
How often should you
update?

8. You should:
Include links! (www….)
Ask questions!
Start conversations! (@bob)
Use hashtags! (#iranelection)
Be on topic! Be interesting!
Retweet! (rt@bob)

9. You should not:
Be vulgar or rude!
Forget to give credit for a link!
Always market yourself!
Always DM! (direct message)
Forget to reply!

10. How to Reply!

11. Write your reply!

12. How to direct message (DM)!
You put a “d” in front! No @!
Then username!

13. How to Retweet (RT)!
Find a good link or quote!

14. 1. Write RT in front of the username
2. Copy & paste!
3.Click update!

15. Nice Profile!! Twitbacks.com

16. Useful tools
Search
Trending topics
Hashtags
Ex.
#musicmonday

17. Chat box question:
What questions do you
have about Twitter?

18. Thank you for
attending!
Please leave
feedback!