SharePoint Twitter Crash Course

Name: Joel OlesonTitle: Sr. Tech Prod MgrCompany: Quest Software

Who is SharePoint Joel?

8 year SharePoint Veteran…First SharePoint Admin!Sr. Technical Product Manager - SharePoint team Launch of SharePoint Server 2007Top IT SharePoint Blog

Blog: http://www.sharepointjoel.comTwitter: @joeloleson

Audience PollNot Yet on Twitter?More than 1 year experience?Confused About Twitter?Thinks it will change the way we live?

Twitter HR Test

Tough Trivia Question…

SharePoint Question…

Poll – How many answers and what kind of answers will we get???

Twitter Parody

http://current.com/items/89891774/supernews_twouble_with_twitters.htm

Session Overview

Interactive & Demo, Demo, DemoStoriesBasic TerminologyApps

Using twitter to do things…

Good Twitter Stories

Andrew Connell’s ClassGuy in EgyptEarthquakeHotel upgradeSPSAT Boston

Mixed - Mumbai

What is Twitter?

140 Characters – Status (Or less even better!)Is that it?Isn’t it just noise? Distraction?

Why am I not getting anything out of it?How can it benefit me in the SharePoint CommunityThe Future of STATUS – Who wants to be a millionaire

Terms

TweetRT - RetweetTwitterverseTwitFollow/Following/FollowersHashtag #spsdc #SharePointReplies/MentionsDM – Direct MessageAPIFavorites

Popular uses of twitter

Personal & Blog Marketing – twitterfeed.comFeedback – Is my blog/site working? Like my last post? (PR)Referrals Direct TrafficNews (Not just friends) See - @breakingnewsCommunity – twibe.com/sharepointLive Coverage - ConferencesCustomer NotificationUpdates/Changes

Top 10 Twitter Clients1 (1) web 28.08 % 3.42

2 (2) TweetDeck

16.58 % 3.48

3 (3) Tweetie 9.46 % 2.82

4 (4) twitterfeed

5.29 % 2.77

5 (5) twhirl 3.87 % 3.50

6 (8) TwitterFon

3.05 % 2.27

7 (6) txt 2.44 % 1.54

8 (9) TwitterBerry

1.93 % 2.63

9 (13) mobile web

1.83 % 1.78

10 (16) HootSuite

1.83 % 2.39

Client API Percent of Users1 web 28.08 %

2 TweetDeck 16.58 %

3 Tweetie 9.46 %

4 twitterfeed 5.29 %

5 twhirl 3.87 %

6 TwitterFon 3.05 %

7 txt 2.44 %

8 TwitterBerry 1.93 %

9 mobile web 1.83 %

10 HootSuite 1.83 %

http://twitstat.com/twitterclientusers.html

AppsClientsTwhirl – IM likeTweetdeck – Outlook likeMobile

Twitpic, URL Shortening tinyurl, bit.lyDon’t start with twitter.comhttp://mashable.com/2008/07/15/twhirl-tweetdeck-comparison/

The Future of Technology

Twitter vs. Google

The Acquisition Question

The Money Question

Q&AQuestions?

ResourcesTechnical Communities, Webcasts, Blogs, Chats & User Groupshttp://www.microsoft.com/communities/default.mspx

Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) & TechNet http://microsoft.com/msdn http://microsoft.com/technet

Trial Software and Virtual Labshttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/downloads/trials/default.mspx

Microsoft Learning and Certificationhttp://www.microsoft.com/learning/default.mspx

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