twitter 101 part ii: everything you always wanted to know * but were afraid to ask

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TWITTER 101 Part II: Everything You Always Wanted To Know * But Were Afraid To Ask

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Part II of Twitter Basics Workshop: What is a Hashtag? What is a ReTweet? Who do I follow? Still don’t get Twitter? More and more this micro-blogging network is becoming a very useful tool for finding out what's going on with the people and things that matter to you the most, news and world events, pop culture and business trends. Strengthen your current knowledge of Twitter for the most success.

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  • 1. TWITTER101Part II: Everything You AlwaysWanted To Know * But WereAfraid To Ask

2. RecapName the types of Tweets.What is an RT?What is a Favorite?What are some ways to findinteresting people to follow? 3. What do all of those lettersand symbols mean? 4. What is a # Hashtag?Adding a pound symbol # before a word isa great way to specify the content of atweet and also make it more searchable.You also can look for trending Hashtags inthe Search feature. 5. Try not to use more than twoHashtags in one Tweet. 6. #AvoidReallyLongHashtagsAtAllCosts! 7. What is a DM?A DM is the acronymfor Direct Message.DMs are privatemessages sent viaTwitter to one of yourfollowers. 8. Twitter is not reallydesigned for privatemessaging, so use theDM sparingly. The DMis most often used ifyou need to sharepersonal informationthat you do not want toshare publicly. 9. In response to: @socialcandy Do youprefer #Twitter or #Facebook? I use both.Twitter and Facebook both have theirbenefits. 10. In response to: @IAMJohnSparksTweet me! What is your favoritecandy? 11. Don't worry about yournumber of followers.Focus on being part ofconversations. 12. Using the @Mention in your Tweets willincrease your engagement. 13. Jody Krasner GladsteinJKG Social MediaFollow me: @jkgsocialmediaLike me: facebook.com/jkgsocialmediaLink me: linkedin.com/in/jodykgladstein