How to talk twitter

@mikebarzacchini • twitter.com/mikebarzacchini • [email protected]
How to talk twitter
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Tweet: A 140-character message.
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Retweet (RT): Re-sharing or giving credit to someone else’s tweet.
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Feed: The stream of tweets you see on your homepage. It’s comprised of updates from users
you follow.
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Handle: Your username.
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Mention (@): A way to reference another user by his username in a tweet (e.g. @mashable).
Users are notified when @mentioned. It’s a way to conduct discussions with other users in a
public realm.
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Direct Message (DM): A private, 140-character message between two people. You may only DM
a user who follows you.
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Hashtag (#): A way to denote a topic of conversation or participate in a larger linked discussion
(e.g. #AmericanIdol, #TasteofChicago). A hashtag is a discovery tool that allows others to find
your tweets, based on topics. You can also click on a hashtag to see all the tweets that mention it
in real time — even from people you don’t follow.
Source: Mashable.com/2012/06/05/twitter-for-beginners
Learn more at the Twitter Glossary: https://support.twitter.com/articles/166337-the-twitter-glossary
Twitter links and resources
• support.twitter.com/
• Twitter Basics: support.twitter.com/groups/31-twitter-basics
• mashable.com; search “twitter,” “twitter guide”
• marketingprofs.com
• hubspot.com
• 11 Top Professionals to Follow on Twitter: http://mashable.com/2012/04/17/twitter-professionals/
• 16 Creative Ways to Use Twitter for Business: http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/twitter-forbusiness/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
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• Third-party sites that can assist with background design: TwitBacks (http://www.twitbacks.com),
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Creating a custom Twitter background:
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• http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/27216/How-to-Create-a-Custom-Twitter-BackgroundWith-Video.aspx
• http://www.twitip.com/custom-twitter-backgrounds/
• http://www.twitbacks.com/
Posting photos to Twitter: https://support.twitter.com/articles/20156423
• Also, check out Twitpic and Instagram.
Posting video to Twitter: https://support.twitter.com/articles/75603