Twitter Advertising Ecosystem. Are You Really A Ninja? How To Rock Your Twitter Bio As Hard As Hillary Clinton. Evil Internet nerd.
Travel lover. Extreme organizer. Professional pop culture junkie. If you spend a lot of time on Twitter, you'll quickly recognize these few clever words as someone's Twitter bio. In this case, they don't belong to an actual real person but are instead randomly chosen from the Twitter Bio Generator: an online tool that pokes fun at how we describe ourselves on the world's most popular micro-blogging site. Let's face it, we tweeters spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about how to craft the perfect tweet. However, few of us think much about the 160-character impression (the bio) gives new Twitter followers. While quality tweets are important, those critical words that describe what we do can propel someone to click, to follow, or to click away.
@hillaryclinton Wife, mom, lawyer, women & advocate, FLOAR, FLOTUS, US, Senator, SecState, dog owner, hair icon, pantsuit aficionado, glass ceiling cracker, TBD… His bio couldn't be more on brand. How Twitter Is Reshaping The Future Of Storytelling. Every five days, a billion tiny stories are generated by people around the world.
Those messages aren’t just being lost in the ether, like the imaginary output of monkeys randomly attempting to produce the works of Shakespeare. Instead, the tweets are being archived by the Library of Congress as part of the organization’s mission to tell the story of America. The archive now includes 170 billion posts and counting. The patterns of human life will be stored in this Twitter archive like a form of digital sediment. Every meme and revelation will leave an imprint in the record constructed of posts by half a billion Twitter users around the world (and over 150,000 more signing up every day).
How has the future of storytelling been influenced by Twitter? Sparking the Imagination Writer and actor John Hodgman recalls how derisive many people were about Twitter when it first entered the public consciousness. A Future Biography Prolific novelist Joyce Carol Oates recently tweeted: 12-step guide on how to live-tweet an event. TweetTweet Twitter co-founder Evan Williams live-tweets on stage at the TED conference.
Learn how Twitter can help you make the most of your next conference This is part of our series on how nonprofits can get the most out of Twitter and the first in a series of guest posts from content partner Movements.org. Guest post by Susannah VilaMovements.org Whether you are hosting an event such as a fund-raiser or a conference, or you are signed up to attend one, Twitter can help you to expand the event’s reach, grow your organization’s audience and connect with potential collaborators or partners.
One effective technique is to take advantage of Twitter’s viral power during an event or conference — your own or someone else’s. 1Choose a hashtag or find the hashtag that the organizers have picked. Tip: You don’t need to be at an event to join in on the hashtag stream. Tip: Which tool will you be using to engage with the Twitter conversation during your event? 24 best practices for nonprofits using Twitter. Image by Rosaura Ochoa on Flickr Use this guide to take stock of your organization’s Twitter routine Target audience: Nonprofits, NGOs, cause organizations, social enterprises, businesses, brands, bloggers, social media managers, individuals.
This is part of our series on how nonprofits can get the most out of Twitter. Please check back weekly for the next installment. By Kyria Abrahams and J.D. There are scads of Twitter guides, cheat sheets and how-tos floating around the Web. Actually, Twitter is not that complicated. Below we’ll outline some basic practices about how to use Twitter, especially if you’re just getting started with the platform. Here are 24 basic best practices with Twitter that every nonprofit should know. The Beginners Guide to Running a Social Media Contest. The real gold medal will go to whichever platform works best for you.
But Facebook definitely gets negative points for it’s tougher restrictions. So you’re ready to launch your first social media contest on Twitter, Facebook or Pinterest. This is a great way to engage more with your customers and enhance your online profile. There’s nothing worse than having your competition sink into obscurity. Here’s a step-by-step guide to social media contest success: 1. Here are some examples of the types of contest you could hold on each platform: Pinterest Pinterest is primarily a visual site, which makes it great for photo-based contests.
See some good examples of Pinterest contests here. Twitter Twitter works well for the following types of contests: With a Twitter contest it is essential to use hashtags and mentions to track contest entries. More info in Mashable’s HOW TO: Launch a Successful Twitter Contest, and this post from Jeff Bullas blog goes into more depth about the types of Twitter contests.