Maximize Your Marketing Efforts With This Twitter Cheat Sheet [INFOGRAPHIC] Branding With Twitter: 11 Steps To Building Your Brand On Twitter. Posted by John Paul Aguiar in Branding, Twitter, Twitter Marketing Building Your Brand With Twitter Now more than ever is a great time to get focused on Twitter and start building a strong brand around your business, your blog or your name.
Why now? Thanks to the stats from Global Web Index, “Twitter is now the fastest growing social platform” and from what the numbers say and what I see, Twitter isn’t planning to stop that massive growth anytime soon. Twitter. Twitter Video. Tweet to Learn. Using Twitter Lists. I don’t know whether it’s a symptom of the mid-semester crunch, or a social media version of cleaning out one’s closet for spring, but over the last couple of weeks, several people in my tweetstream have mentioned that they are feeling overwhelmed by how many people they are following.
Several have started culling their lists and issuing general apologies for any hurt feelings caused by unfollowing. Now, I’m all for clearing clutter and sometimes trimming your social media lists on Twitter, Facebook, or other sites is a good idea, particularly if your usage of these services has changed over time. But if you’re feeling overwhelmed but don’t want to unfollow anybody, you can use Twitter’s built-in list feature to help you manage an unwieldy number of tweets. Lists can also help you deepen your areas of interest so that Twitter remains fresh and engaging. How did I get here? Then someone followed you, so you followed them back. 10 Ways Teachers Can Use Twitter for Professional Development. This is our third consecutive post on Twitter.
Now that you have a roadmap on how to use Twitter in your classroom and after you have identified with the different educational hashtags you need to follow as a teacher, let us share with you some ideas on how to leverage the power of this social platform for professional development purposes. Talking about using social networking to grow professionally brings to mind LinkedIn. This is an undeniably powerful network that is more professionally focused ( you can read more about the educational uses of LinkedIn HERE ) but Twitter has also its own attraction that we can not ignore.
It a huge base of users and is probably much known among teachers and educators than LinkedIn. I personally use both of them with a slight preference of Twitter over LinkedIn. 1- Create a strong profile page The first thing to do is to let people know about you and your interests. 3- Proper use of etiquette As an educator , etiquette should not be an issue at all. A Visual Guide To Twitter For Beginners.
You may have a Twitter account that you don’t use very often.
You may tweet once in blue moon. You may just use it to ‘lurk’ during hashtag chats you enjoy. ( Check out our list of Twitter hashtags for to get started with that!) But you may not be a full-fledged Twitter user … yet. This dense and highly visual approach to understanding Twitter is just great. From the fine folks at Twiends , it lays out all the vocabulary you need, actions you can perform, and even gives a rough idea of what you should expect from Twitter. Building a Personal Learning Network (PLN) by Jane Bozarth.
“Simply showing up is not enough.
As with most things in life, you get back what you put in. If you want to build a Personal Learning Network, then you must be an active part of that network; it’s not a spectator sport.” Since Social Media for Trainers was published I’ve fielded lots of questions about incorporating social media tools into workplace learning endeavors. Another question that comes up relates to the developmental needs of trainers and instructional designers: What are some strategies for building or extending your own Personal Learning Network (PLN) via social media tools? Here are a few ideas. Who? My interests are in e-Learning, instructional design, social learning, and social media.
Where? My best time investment all week is the Twitter-based #lrnchat, which happens twice each Thursday (11:30 am ET with questions repeated at 8:30 pm ET). What else? The value of the PLN? It’s primarily about learning. To build Twitter followers: Join the conversation, tweet often, be yourself. August 20, 2012 by Steve Buttry Journalists often ask me how to build a following on Twitter.
It’s really pretty simple: Tweet frequently.Have something interesting to say.Livetweet events and breaking news.Find and follow people who share your interests.Join the conversation.Give more than you ask for.Join tweetups and Twitter chats.Be yourself. I was tempted to end this post right there, because this really is simple. But I’ll elaborate, with the acknowledgment that even with elaboration it’s all simple.
Let’s start by addressing the notion of “followers.” The Ultimate Twitter Guidebook For Teachers. 5 Twitter Rules Every User Should Know. We love to do stories on Twitter and how it’s helping teachers and students connect like never before. Many of our fellow bloggers publish stories on Twitter every day! So I thought it might be worthwhile to share the official Twitter logo and brand guidelines. They’re relatively simple and straightforward but worth knowing about. Twitter is a major company worth a lot of money.
Their branding is important. See Also: The Ultimate Guide To Using Twitter In Education For the full list of guidelines (there’s plenty more – definitely check out this page . Rule #1 You can’t imply that your event, book, website, or other publication is endorsed or sponsored by Twitter. Rule #2 Don’t use any of the below versions of the Twitter logo. Rule #3.