3. 1 Build an
account
and immediately start
using Twitter Search to
listen for your name, your
organisation's name,
words that relate to your
space. Listening always
comes first.
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4. 2 Add a
picture of
yourself
People want to see you.
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15. 12 Have more
than one
tweeter for
your
organisation
.People can quit. People
take vacations. It’s nice to
have a variety.
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But maybe not
this many!
16. 13 When
promoting
a blog post
ask a question or
explain what’s coming
next, instead of just
dumping a link.
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20. 17 When
you DO
talk about
your stuff,
make it
useful.Give advice, blog posts,
pictures, teaching tips
etc.
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21. 18 Share the
human side
of your
organisation
.If you’re bothering to tweet, it
means you believe social
media has value for human
connections. Point us to
pictures and other human
things.
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26. 22 You don’t
have to reply
to every
@tweet sent
to you.
Try to reply to some,
but don’t feel guilty.
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27. 23 Use direct
messages for
1-to-1
conversations
if you feel there’s no
value to Twitter at
large to hear the
conversation.
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28. 24 Use
services
like Twitter
Search
to make sure you see if
someone’s talking
about you. Try to
participate where it
makes sense.
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29. 25 3rd party
clients
like Tweetdeck and
Hootsuite make it a lot
easier to manage
Twitter.
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30. 26 If you
tweet all
day
while your fellow
teachers are busy, you
ARE going to hear
about it.
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32. 28 Learn
quickly to
use the URL
shortening
tools
like Bitly and all the
variants. It helps tidy up
your tweets.
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33. 29 If anyone
says you’re
using twitter
wrong, forget
it.
It’s an opt out society.
They can unfollow if
they don’t like how you
use it.
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45. 40 Twitter
opens the
organisation
up to more
criticism
and griping.
“Don't base your
decision on the
opinions of those who
don't want to see you
grow.”
― Yvonne Pierre
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50. 44 Twitter at
events helps
people build
an instant
“back
channel.”
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51. 45 Twitter
often breaks
news faster
than other
sources
Especially if the news
impacts online
denizens
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52. 46 Twitter
lets you find
teachers
with similar
teaching
interests
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53. 47 Twitter brings
great minds
together, and
gives you daily
opportunities to
learn.
If you look for it, and/or
if you follow the right
folks
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54. 48 Twitter
gives your
critics a
forum
but that means you can
learn about them them.
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57. Inspired by an
original post by
Chris Brogan
50 Ideas on Using Twitter for Business
http://www.chrisbrogan.com/50-ideas-
on-using-twitter-for-business How are YOU
using Twitter?
Comment on our post at
http://cooper-taylor.com/2016/08/50-ideas-on-using-twitter-for-teachers/
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