A very relaxing session here with Kiar! It’s a full-house and I am currently sitting on the floor, but that’s just how relaxed it is.
We started out the session by helping people setup their Twitter accounts. I’m glad that I am not the only one who can never read the messed up word phrase when you sign up for a new account! Just about everyone is all set up now, so there will be a whole new group of Northeast Wisconsin Tweeps to start following. I’ll try to grab some of their @twitterhandles by the end of the session.
On a related topic, a question from the crowd… “How do we find our audience that we are looking for on Twitter?” @macdesign13 suggested using Twellow and Search.Twitter, but also reminded the everyone that one needs to ‘promote’ your own Twitter handle if you are reaching out to one large targeted audience, like the students of St. Norbert College.
We’ve moved on to a little bit of a random tangent including how to RT, what hashtags are, explaining #smrockgb, and a few of the related Twitter programs like Tweet Deck and HootSuite. Another good question from a young lady from the back row… “who makes the hashtag and how do they become the known hashtag?” The answer: Go to hashtags.org to find what hashtags are being used for a particular event or topic. Anyone can make a hashtag, just make sure there isn’t one already and just start tweeting it! Like #kiariscool.
Random side note: my legs have fallen asleep, and have started to do that pin needle tingle thing.
New topic: 140 characters, or ’short attention span theater.’ Explaining how to get your message out in a short phrase by including links and getting to the point of things. “It’s like a text message, but not really.” There are no Twitter specific short codes, but some Twitter language you should know. Check out this Mashable post.
ALRIGHT! It’s time for everyone to get tweeting! Here are some tweetbies and Twitter veterans who you can checkout and to start following:
@bobbiann1953, @advanceincubato, @StruesRxBay, @michelleschlies, @bigelowCO, @optivision, @oplan, @kvandenhouten, @wfrv5, @coinopgames, @colcantwell, @fratellosresturant, and @aloftgb
