A webinar created for the #pmv Project Management webinar on March 25, adapted for the first year Algonquin PR students

1. Twitter.com

2. What others see when on your page www.twitter.com/krusk

3. What you see when you login (home)

4. 11 Things to Remember to Succeed with Twitter…

5. 11. Build a profile Who would you rather follow?

6. 10. Find people to follow Until you build up some Twitter cred.. Avoid following people you don’t know! (Once you have some tweets & followers it’s all good)

7. 9. Get used to 140 Characters URL Shortening services: http://idek.net (tracks links) http://is. gd (makes shortest!) See, this is exactly 140 Characters. It's actually not that much when you've got a lot to say and it can be a challenge to edit your tweets.

8. 8. Listening vs. tweeting Think of the 80/20 Rule: Spend 80% of your time on Twitter listening--reading other tweets… And 20% writing your own.

9. 7. Ask yourself: “Who cares?” Oddly enough… this person only has 10 followers…

10. 6. Put yourself out there! (don’t protect updates) If you *want* to keep your tweets private, go right ahead… … but you won’t get many followers!

11. 5. Promote cool stuff (and not just your own)

12. 4. Join the conversation Reply to another user: type @ before user name: Add a short tag with # to join a group discussion

13. 3. Learn three ways to tweet Stuck on what to say? Try these common types of tweets Ask a question… Share a resource or wisdom… Report on news and/or events…

14. 2. Try some Twitter Apps

15. 1. Be yourself & have fun!

16. Kelly Rusk @krusk [email_address] http://www.web2dotwhat.com