Technology
#cpd23 Twitter tips
Lots of CPD23 participants are joining Twitter or taking another look at it this week as part of Thing 4: Current Awareness. I've gathered together the Twitter tips that were shared on the #cpd23 hashtag this week.
- Lots of great advice on following people, getting followers, joining in etc.
MT @Girlinthe Put some info in your bio to give people an idea of why they might want to follow you! #cpd23- MT @samanthahalf Post photo, bio & few tweets before following people, more likely to get followed back #cpd23
- MT @theREALwikiman @samanthahalf @Annie_Bob I AGREE! (http://thewikiman.org/blog/?p=1658) #cpd23 (Ned's blog=excellent source of Twitter tips)
- (By the way MT means modified tweet. It's good practice to use this instead of the usual RT (retweet) if you change anything in the tweet - for example adding a hashtag or shortening the tweet. See below for more Twitter acronyms!)
- MT @abbybarker don't be afraid to join in conversations, even if you don't "know" the people, if it's relevant, butt in! #cpd23
- MT @MyWeeklyBook You can follow a few accounts and 'lurk' - no pressure to start Tweeting yourself until you feel ready. #cpd23
@Annie_Bob #cpd23 pick few good/prolific tweeps to follow & chip into the conversations, then you'll build up followers & get on a roll
@Annie_Bob #cpd23 I would recommend joining a few people at a time and going back and unfollowing ones you find turn up too often!- There are several solutions for linking your blog to your Twitter account (so that new blog posts are automatically tweeted)
As it's #cpd23 Twitter week, did you know you can automatically post your new blog posts to Twitter? I use twitterfeed.com.- @bibliosuk you can set it up so your blog posts automatically get tweeted, I use twitterfeed.com for that.
- @bibliosuk or for a more advanced tool which can link all kinds of things together ifttt.com is fantastic.
@Girlinthe WordPress has the "Publicize" feature that pushes posts to Twitter and/or FB if you tick the right boxes. #cpd23
@Girlinthe also if you use Wordpress you can use various tools to automatically share your blog posts to Twitter bit.ly/LxJ8fC #cpd23- To lock or not to lock?
- MT @MyWeeklyBook a locked account might seem attractive but really does strip out a lot of useful features, go public if at all poss #cpd23
- Because of the 140 character limit, acronyms abound on Twitter:
- MT @wiley9000 MTs + RTs (+comments) are good way to get involved in even if you feel you have nothing to say (seems common anxiety?)! #cpd23
- Tweets that start with an @ are only seen by you, the person you mention, and people who follow both of you. If you want others to see the tweet, make sure you put something before the @ (a . is the most unobtrusive but it can be anything).
