What can I do with Twitter?

July 8, 2011 by Arthur

For a little while now I have been working on a project called “The Power Of Twitter” which aims to help people explain what Twitter is to those who don’t understand its logic. This is how I came up with the idea of creating cards aiming to represent the main things you can do with Twitter. These cards are not made to be self explanatory but to help someone who wants to explain the main principles of the service to an other person.

This is a first version, I hope to have feedback so that I can improve the cards and make them even better!

Follow people you think are interesting and listen to everything they say. This way you know in real time the best news in the topics you are passionate about.

Discuss topics that you are passionate about and let people listen to you. This way you participate to sharing interesting information with the community and get to be known.

Add a theme to what you say and get more people listening to you. This way you get more exposure and you make sure people listening are interested in what you say.

Listen to communities talking about specific themes. This way you get a perfect overview about what people say on a given subject.

Mention people you are talking about and give them more exposure. This way your followers discover new people which gives them an opportunity to follow them.

People are notified when you mention them. This way you can easily start a conversation with people you don’t know but you think are interesting.

Amplify what others say by quoting them. Spreading their words to your followers gives them more exposure.

Add interactive information to what you say to give more value to your content. This way people can better understand what you share and easily re-use it

So, how was that? Let me hear from you!

This article follows a serie of articles on the project The Power Of Twitter :
1. Launching “The Power Of Twitter”
2. The Power Of Twitter: Filter
3. Twitter Cards (1)
4. Twitter Cards (2)