The document provides an introduction to Twitter, explaining key terms like tweets, retweets, handles, hashtags, and direct messages. It outlines the basic steps for using Twitter, including signing up, following others, engaging in conversations, direct messaging, retweeting, and using hashtags. The summary encourages building a community by following a variety of accounts and keeping an engaging feed of tweets.

1. The Basics of

2. Welcome to
“The Basics Of
Twitter"
Presenting you your guide through this presentation-
Twee Twee

3. Let me tell you about me…
 I am a micro blogging service
 Came out of egg in 2006
 Used for sharing short messages
(<140 characters)
 tweet, follow & retweet (if you
want)

4. In my “tweeting” language
 Tweet: A 140-character message
 Retweet (RT): Re-sharing or giving credit to other‟s tweet
 Feed: the stream of tweets seen on your homepage
 Handle: your username
 Mention (@): A way to reference another user by his handle
 Direct Message (DM): A private short message between two
users
 Hashtag (#): A way to denote a topic in a larger linked
discussion, or for a group chat type tweet sequence.

5. Wanna be a pro ? ??
Go through these steps
1. Sign Up & Log in
2. Following & Followers
3. Enter the Conversation
4. Direct
communication
5. Retweeting
6. Hashtags

6. 1. Sign Up & Log in
 Go to Twitter.com and
create a handle
 Fill up your bio
 Choose a profile pic to upload
 You are ready to enter my
community

7. 2. Following & Followers
 Seek out people to follow
 Start with people you know
 Explore people your friends are following Twee Twee
is a Twitter
 Search for personalities you want to catch Celeb
up
 People may be following you too
 You can “unfollow” people or “block” your
followers anytime.

8. 3. Enter the
Conversation
 Post a tweet and hope someone
sees it
 Or better, reply to a fascinating
tweet.
 Use @ before the person‟s
handle to increase the chances
of the person seeing your reply

9. 4. Direct
communication
 You can message directly to your followers (only)
 Direct Messages (DM) are private
 Be sensible and sensitive while DMing.

10. 5. Retweeting
 Saw something interesting on a tweet?
Share it via a Retweet(RT)
 Hit the Retweet button when you hover
a tweet
 Or use „RT @handle‟ in your own tweet
before copying the tweet.
 Eg:This is cool. RT @appy |Coke is
rewarding random Fb fans with a
“Certified Consumer” certificate

11. 6. #Hashtags
 # denotes a topic or subject matter
 Words after # become searchable
 Discussions on a #topic can be tracked
 No spaces between words in hashtags
 Create your subject or join an existing hashtag

12. Build a community
 Follow a variety of tweeters
 Build a list of followers
 Keep tweeting

13. To be my good friend
 Be sensitive while tweeting or
DMing
2AM 1AM
 Do not OVERTWEET 3AM
4AM

14. Join me & start speaking
my language…TWEET TWEET
twitter.com

15. References
 mashable.com/2012/06/05/twitter-for-beginners/
 twitter.com
 All the pictures and logos are properties of their
respective owners and have been used here only for
educational purpose without any intention to infringe
their copyrights.

16. Follow me
@theyogee
E-mail to:
yashitak@hotmail.com
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facebook.com/y0gee