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Slide 1: Twitter 101 Jessica Miller-Merrell
Slide 2: What is Twitter?    Concept Created in 2006 by Obvious Corp. Called Twttr. 4-5 Million users as of Nov. 2008.  $57 million in secured funding.
Slide 3: What is Twitter?    A microblogging community where members post answers to a question, “What are you doing?” in 140 characters or less. 6K firms join daily. Source for information, marketing, networking, & business
Slide 4: Twitter as a Business Strategy Whole Foods Jet Blue Starbucks Home Depot    
Slide 5: Twitter Basics Bio Following vs. Followers Tweets Retweet or RT
Slide 6: Twitter Basics Direct Message or DM @ Reply
Slide 7: Now What?        Add a picture. Join the conversation daily. Follow those that interest you. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. Execute your Twitter Marketing Plan. Develop offline relationships. Non-business tweets.
Slide 8: Twitter for Business     Direct Indirect Internal Inbound Signaling
Slide 9: Twitter Applications    Twitter Search Tweet Later Third Party Applications   TweetDeck Twirl   Tiny URL Twitpic
Slide 10: Resources    Twit Tips Blog: twittip.com Chris Brogan Marketing Blog Slide Share (keyword search: Twitter)
Slide 11: Questions? Jessica Miller-Merrell, SPHR Follow me on Twitter @blogging4jobs www.bloggingforjobs.blogspot.com