Twitter & WordPress resources for TECH 621

TWITTER

Setting up your account, finding people to follow
Twitter use tips
Advice on how to twitter

WORDPRESS

Setting up your WordPress blog
WordPress TV help

Also, if you need help with Google reader, see these posts.

How to find people to follow on twitter

Need help building your network on twitter? See this post full of twitter advice at my PR Connections blog.

Students live twitter class

It’s long overdue, but here is my post about the PRinciples class session that was live-twittered.
I started class with these instructions for students:

Unprotect updates (settings)
Use Web interface & reload page often
Use #principles hashtag – twemes
Tweet: Important ideas, Links, Comments

Then I set them free and started lecturing about social media: What it is, and how it [...]

How do you feel about twitter?

So, how’s twitter working for you?
How do you feel about it?
What do you get/not get?
Who are you following?
Why are you not following more people? What are the barriers that prevent you from spreading your wings and networking with the PR world?
Use the comments to let me know what’s going on, so I can figure out [...]

Advice on how to twitter

This morning before class I asked the people who follow me on twitter to welcome you by finishing this sentence:
GOOD tweets are…
Below is a screenshot of their replies to me. Pay attention to their advice, and when you do follow them back, thank them for the welcome.
Please take a few days to use twitter just [...]

Twitter

You know how to use the tool, but you also need to learn how to use it appropriately and effectively. Here are some tips:

Guide to twitter for PR students, by UGA PR professor Karen Russell (@karenrussell)
Twitter for beginners: 5 things to do as a new twitter user.
7 Tips for new twitter users from Shel Israel [...]