Updated Jul 01, 2011 @ 02:07 PM
Twitter Basics webinar given June 30, 2011, by Jean Hodges, manager of content development for GateHouse Media News & Interactive Division.
Here is the PowerPoint and other supporting materials for the Twitter Basics webinar given June 30, 2011, by Jean Hodges, manager of content development for GateHouse Media News & Interactive Division. If you have ways you've used Twitter successfully that you want to share, shoot me an email or respond in comments.
Twitter Basics PowerPoint
Instructions for using Twitter in Zope
10 Twitter Basics Takeaways
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Get a Twitter account
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Follow news organizations, industry experts
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Follow everyone they follow
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Use limited Twitter feed (set up Twitter section in Zope to create feed)
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Supplement with human posts: tweet & retweet
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Try Zope’s new feature: Tweet from Zope
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Don’t bombard followers with Tweets
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Promote Twitter online, print
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Use Twitter as a reporting tool
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Check ghnewsroom.com for resources, links
Twitter resources, tools
Twitter for Journalists
Twitter glossary
SocialMedia411
Hashtags.org
HootSuite
TweetDeck
URL shortener Bit.ly
URL shortener Goo.gl