SOCIAL MEDIA FOR FESTIVALSSetting up your first Twitter Account

THINK CAREFULLY!

Think about the resources your festival will need to make a presence on Twitter work

Have you decided what the ‘Voice’ of your festival will be like?

Where will you use Twitter? How often will you check your account? Do you have support from your committee? What will you use Twitter for? Beware of the soapbox! This is your event/

festival not your personal account.

DON’T LET THIS BE YOU ON TWITTER

FOLLOWERS HAVE EXPECTATIONS!

SIGN UP FOR A TWITTER ACCOUNT

Navigate to Twitter.com and you’ll find a sign-up page

BEFORE YOU START, CHECK!

Full Name = UserName you will be called on Twitter e.g. “LovelyFest” & can only be 15 characters!

Email = the email you use for your event

If you don’t have an email for your event, may need to create one?

FIRST STEPS

Think about your interests What are your goals? Set out your stall in your Twitter

Profile Remember to have some fun!

ELEMENTS OF A TWITTER PROFILE

HOW TO EDIT YOUR PROFILE

PHOTO AND LINKS ON PROFILE

EDIT YOUR PROFILE

SEND YOUR FIRST TWEET

140 CHARACTERS – EXPRESS YOURSELF

Compose an all-text first tweet, no links

Asking questions encourages others to respond

Don’t worry about it, everyone had to start somewhere

WHERE CAN I GET HELP?

https://support.twitter.com/ - there is extensive help text on the Twitter Help Center which should answer many of your questions

https://support.twitter.com/groups/31-twitter-basics - this has links to all the basic information which you’ll need to get started

GET BUSY, GET SOCIAL

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