1. Twitter Power Tools for Health Activists
Presented by Shwen Gwee
(@shwen)
July 9th, 2009
Hosted by WEGO Health
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3. Twitter – Basic Functions:
Post
@ Reply
+
Follow
Direct Message (DM) Unfollow
Favorite
4. Welcome to the…
http://www.briansolis.com/2009/05/gazing-into-twitterverse
5. Agenda:
I. Search
II. Twitter Search: Hashtags
III. Twitter Trends
IV. Finding & Following People
V. Various Twitter Tools
VI. Twitter Management Tools & Apps
VII. TweetDeck: Live Demo
VIII. Mobile Twitter Apps
IX. Question/Answer
11. Twitter Advanced Search
Search tweets for specific
terms that:
- Contain ANY of the words
- Contain EXACT phrases
- Contain ALL the words
- EXCLUDE certain words
Search tweets by FROM, TO,
or MENTIONING specific
people (e.g. @wegohealth)
Search tweets by people
who are from/near a location
(based on bio)
Search for tweets within a
range of dates
Search for tweets with a
POSITIVE or NEGATIVE
attitude or asked as a
question (?)
Search for tweets that
contain URLs/links
16. Twitter Search: Hashtags
#Hashtags:
- “Hashtags are a community-driven convention
for adding additional context and metadata to
your tweets.”
- “They're like tags on Flickr, only added inline
to your post. You create a hashtag simply by
prefixing a word with a hash symbol:
#hashtag.”
- Acts like a reference label
- e.g. #health20 for the Health 2.0 Conference
63. TweetDeck:
TweetDeck: Live Demo
Resource:
http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/tutorials/learn-how-to-use-tweetdeck-effectively-and-save-time
(shortened to: http://bit.ly/1uyqqF)
72. Twitter Power Tools Checklist:
Listen to the community
Join the conversation through RT, @reply or DM’s
Establish reputation and expertise through “tweets”
Manage Tweets through TweetDeck or HootSuite
Search keywords via Twitter Search
Follow people with similar interests – Directories, etc.
Pose questions to the community – use TwtPoll
Use URL Shorteners – Offer full text elsewhere
(e.g. a blog or website)
Plan and Manage events using TwtVite
Attend TweetUps
74. Twitter Power Tools for Health Activists
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