1. Tweet With Purpose

• Twitter portion of the social-media-in-less-time presentation 2/10/2011

Author and Editor Sandy Lender presenting

http://twitter.com

twitter.com/sandylender

(at left: Daisy, Lutino Indian Ringneck Parakeet)

2. Your Twitter Account

What are you marketing?

• Use that in your name

• Keep it short, concise (reasons)

• Brand yourself/service

Truncated bio; use keywords

• Freelance journalist? (journalist, stringer, reporter)

• Photo skills? (photographer, videographer, flickr account)

• Novelist? (fantasy author, etc.)

3. Following

Tweetgrader.com lets you check out the quality of a twitter account

Tweetadder.com

Twitoria.com (see whos gone inactive)

Twitterless.com (see whos stopped following you)

WeFollow.com (see who likes the same stuff you do)

Jos article will be in the conference goodie bags with TONS more references.

4. The Art of Tweeting

140-character limit means u have 2 lrn ur shortcuts (think in terms of retweeting, too)

http://twictionary.com

http://thenextweb.com/TwitterKeys/keys.php(to put symbols in your tweets)

BE RELEVANT

5. The Art Of Retweeting

Retweets mean others are making your content more visible; going viral is good

ReTweetRank.com (ranks your account based on #of retweets)

Use less than 140 characters (-15 to -25 is good) so users have room to retweet you

Birgits tinyurl discussion works here, too

RT (tweetdeck is awesome for retweeting)

6. Hashtags In Your Tweets

#word

Trending topics, Twitter parties

The Naples Press Clubs Writers Conference hashtag is #NPCWC (learn it, use it, promote it PLEASE!) (and TY!)

#FollowFriday, #WineWednesday, #TuneInTuesday, #EditorChat (?)

7. Suggested Relevant Content & Connections

#FollowFriday @npcscoop

#FF @sandylender and @bph

#npcwc (our writers conference hashtag)

http://tinyurl.com/NPCWC(takes them to thehttp://authorsandbooksfestival.orgwebsite)

8. Dont Txt IRL

Adopt shortcuts and text language for Twitter and facebook parameters, but dont let it take over your writing. This editor hates it.

9. Come to the Conference!

April 9-10, downtown

Three tracks

Pitch sessions

Writers contest

tinyurl.com/NPCWC

Celebrity Luncheon Sat., April 9 at 11:30 at Vergina on 5 thw/Nancy J. Cohen