Twitter is the future?
„Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.‟ – John Wooden
„Breakfast‟ vs. Fast Break
Zach Braff (on DVR) talking Twitter w/ Ellen – „I don‟t care what you had for breakfast.‟ Meanwhile, I get an email alerting me to a tweet from a potential client … while I‟m watching Ellen ;-)
How did @dwferrell choose me?
It could have been this tweet:
But that tweet was too old to be found in Twitter‟s search. So it was more likely my bio:
… which has served me well on multiple fronts.
Quotable Tweet Length = 140 - 4 - UN
When Twittering, think about leaving yourself some room to be easily quoted.
For example, RT @OatesTom is 12 characters, so he should stop at 128 characters max.
…Room for comment is even better!
By keeping the tweet even shorter @OatesTom gives @MurrayComm room to chime in too.
While much of Twitter is about promotion and marketing, it‟s wise to remember opportunities for conversation too.
Don‟t worry about making mistakes
“If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.” – John Wooden This is good, because I‟ve certainly made a few…
„Crowdsourced curation‟ of your Tweets
Above: A Widgetbox widget that pulls in an RSS feed of tweets repurposed through Yahoo! Pipes. Left: A search.twitter.com list of tweets containing RT and @chadrem
Not everything, just the echos
Don‟t worry about catching everything that‟s going on in Twitter. It‟s an echo chamber. Just make sure you can catch the echoes. Big-deal items get circulated quickly and on a massive scale.
Easy Twittering without an iPhone
I added entries for Twitter (40404) and TwitPic as the first two entries in my address book.
Then, when I want to Twitter via text, it‟s just a little bit quicker.
Use TweetLater in your newsletter
TweetLater is a service that lets you (surprise!) schedule tweets for later. But it does so much more. Including sending you HTML updates of @ replies. So, why not use them in your own web publishing?
„Instant‟ notes at conferences
Target smaller, “breakout” sessions Set up a post on your blog ahead of time.
Pre-populate with details about session Link to its individual page (if it has one).
Take comprehensive notes OFFLINE
Each note should make you say "hmmm" or "aha" to yourself Don't try to get everything
„Instant‟ notes at conferences (cont‟d)
Spell check.
Seriously.
Post to your blog. Grab the link / shrink the URL.
Firefox add-on for http://is.gd or others
Tweet with link to your post AND THE HASHTAG for the event.
And I am out of time …
Thank you for yours
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