Kauai Chamber After Hours Event

Taken at Courtyard By Marriott Kauai Coconut Beach

NOTES FOR INTERMEDIATE TWITTER CLASS MARCH 12

Intro to Twitter

Instructor: @LindaSherman @KauaiTalk

Avatar: square
Twitter Header specs:
520px x 260px
Maximum file size of 5MB

Bio: 160 characters with spaces

Tweet
120 characters (140 allowed)
Shorten links
Attach photos

RT (Retweet)

DM (Direct Message)
d twitterhandle

Reply @Mention

# Hashtag

Twitter Lists

Favorite: Favstar.fm

Twitter.com:
Connect
Discover

Chrome/Firefox Extension

Klout extension for Chrome

Hootsuite:
Schedule Tweets
Shorten links to Ow.ly

Email Notification Setting

Boxcar (iPhone only)

Creating a Twitter Network
Linda Sherman’s post on how to participate in a Twitter chat.
Mack Collier is the host.

Twitter Tips from the Pros Videos

Useful articles on building your Twitter presence
ReviewznTips

Huffington Post Vala Afshar 100 thought leaders on Twitter

Photos and Twitter
Don’t post photos through Hootsuite. Do directly on Twitter.com
3 MB maximum

Article by Linda Sherman on Klout and Twitter
Good people to follow on Twitter on Kauai. Make sure to connect Facebook to your Twitter.

Tweeting Tips
Be careful not to type something right in front of an @name or it won’t hyperlink.
You wouldn’t type I like@JoeSmith – it won’t link

Why people put a dot in front of an @name at the beginning of a tweet
.@KilohanaLihgt is fantastic –
What this does is allow all of my followers to see the tweet

If I tweet
@KilohanaLight is fantanstic
ONLY followers of @KilohanaLight will get it in their Twitter feed.

Ways to RT.
Hootsuite – is classic RT – make a comment before
Great Vid! RT @JoeSmith here is a vid of my cat

Native RT is from Twitter.com (with the classic RT extension you have this option)
Tweeting from THEIR ICON

VIA is the another option – use at the end of the tweet.

MT – modified tweet

Comment on their blog, then tweet the link with a comment. For this purpose you should sign up for Gravatar, Disqus and Livefyre. Gravatar will give you an avatar when you comment. Signing up in advance for popular commenting platforms Disqus and Livefyre will make it easier to comment.