Tag Archives: twitter

10.06.13
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What’s on your twitter bio?

It’s only a few short lines  but can be fundamental in whether people decide to follow you or not.

Here’s an article from the New York Times looking at the twitter bios of various celebrities and what they really say .

So what do you have on your twitter bio? Do you agree that Hilary Clinton’s is the best around or have you seen better?

 

10.05.13
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To follow or not to follow?

So you’ve started a twitter account and you know the difference between a hashtag and a retweet, but you can’t get anyone to follow you?

The folks at Mashable have pulled together a list of why people decide not to follow profiles on Twitter.

This is why no one follows you

What do you think are you guilty of any of these? What makes you choose to follow someone or not? Or what makes you hit the unfollow button?

10.04.13
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The beginners guide to Twitter

If you’re new to twitter it can be a bit daunting. Firstly there’s a whole glossary of jargon to get your head round, what exactly is a “hashtag” and why are One Direction “trending”?

The folks at mashable.com have compiled a handy beginners guide which should help you get a handle on twitter.

Twitter a beginners guide

 

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08.23.13
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Tweeting cops

Some interesting analysis of the follower counts of various Police twitter accounts by @LessCrime.

Police Scotland hasn’t made it into the top ten most followed forces yet, but a number of the ‘basic command units’ are up there.

tweetingcops

No-one from Police Scotland is among the most followed police individual accounts.  Are we missing that ‘big voice’ in social media in Scotland?  How has the change to a single force changed the relationships built up by previous ‘tweeting cops’ in Scotland?  For better or for worse?

Might be interesting to look at the tweeting style of the 86 Police Scotland accounts to see which ones get the most followers, but, more importantly, the most meaningful engagement.