2. Twitter Chats Table of Contents: What are Twitter Chats How Do They Work Tools For Following Chats Why Use Twitter Chats Where To Find Twitter Chats Creating Your Own Twitter Chat
3. What Are Twitter Chats? Hashtags(#) are used for a specific topic, theme, or interest. A recurring discussion is run by a moderator based on a topic, theme, or interest Generally run for about an hour
4. How Do They Work Happens at a specific time and day using a hashtag (#) to help participants follow the conversation Chats are lead by one or multiple moderators Participants are encouraged to engage in the conversation Some chats have rules on how you can engage. Be sure to read them before engaging First time participating, introduce yourself Try not to Tweet links unless it is absolutely necessary. Be sure to thank your moderator(s) when the chat session has ended
5. Tools For Following Chats 3 tools that will make Twitter chats easier: Hootsuite TweetDeck TweetChat TweetChat is the easiest to use for participating in Twitter chats, but if you already use one of the others no need to switch.
6. Why Use Twitter Chats Connect with people in your industry Gain Followers Brand Building Learn a ton of information in a short amount of time
7. Where To Find Twitter Chats Over 360+ Twitter Chats and growing http://bit.ly/aLJAJK
8. Creating Your Own Twitter Chat Pick a time, day and hashtag(#) Choose a format for how you will moderate: Single topic, questioned based Multiple topics, questioned based Single topic, free flow Q&A Free For All Launch The Chat
9. Creating Your Own Twitter Chat Tips for helping your Twitter chat become successful: Have special guests participate Be open to changing your chat format Try to have regular participants on your chats Take your Twitter chat outside of Twitter Be consistent Take on multiple moderators