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18 Tweetable Twitter Tips for Newbies

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For those of us who’ve been using Twitter for a while, we sometimes forget that there are new adopters of the network every day. Trying to figure out Twitter back in the day was bad enough; can you imagine what it’s like these days? So here are 18 tweetable Twitter tips for newbies (check out that alliteration!).

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How To Use Twitter For PR

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When I first started writing this post, I was going to call it “How I Use Twitter.” ” Then I thought again, because a) I’m not as frenetically active on Twitter these days as I used to be, and b) who the heck cares how I use Twitter? Where Twitter for PR usually begins… and ends.

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Elevator Pitch or Twitter Pitch?

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While I believe most journalists these days are using Twitter, the PR industry, at least in India, is still catching up to that platform. “Now that we have social media, how about replacing that with a Twitter pitch?” Elevator Pitch or Twitter Pitch? Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Elevator Pitch or Twitter Pitch?

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Twitter and Television: A Match Made In Heaven

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My experience is that Twitter has become very intertwined with primetime television. So when NBC Universal Research Chief Alan Wurtzel had this to say about Twitter and the Olympics , I was shocked. Twitter and Television: A Match Made In Heaven is a post from: Waxing UnLyrical. Image: David Ross via Flickr CC 2.0.

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An Unkindness of Ravens: Thoughts on Twitter Communication

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” So #4 got me thinking about #3 – how “Twitter,” as an anthropomorphic name, perfectly describes that chaotic, disparate, competitive, showboating raucousness of #1. An Unkindness of Ravens: Thoughts on Twitter Communication is a post from: Waxing UnLyrical. There’s a lot of shouting, and not a lot of listening.

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Tweet All The Twitters [pic]

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Some days you just need to tweet all the Twitters. Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn Tweet All The Twitters [pic]. Off with you. Have a great weekend! Author information Shonali Burke President & Grand Poobah at Shonali Burke Consulting, Inc. Based in the Washington, D.C., Based in the Washington, D.C.,

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Two Twitter Accounts: An Update

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I wrote a blog post last year about my decision to keep two Twitter accounts. You might recall that I had an anonymous “casual” Twitter account and a professional one. I DMed these people with my professional Twitter information and encouraged them to keep in touch. Two Twitter Accounts: An Update.

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