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How to use Twitter for Business Part 6: Learning the Lingo
Often times the most difficult or challenging part of learning a new technology is understanding the lingo. When you don’t understand the jargon, it can seem as though what you’re reading is in a completely different language.
If you’re not familiar with Twitter, Part 6 of the 2009 Minnesota BBB Focus Seminar presentation, “How to Use Twitter for Business,” will help you learn the foreign tongue of Twitter lingo. And once you’ve mastered the lingo, it will be much easier to go about using your business twitter account.
The Language of Twitter
- Tweet – Update or post
- DM – direct message
- RT – retweet
- @username – public reply (dialogue)
- #keyword – hash tag
- Tinyurl.com, Bit.ly or is.gd – url redirects (used to shorten and track urls)
Watch Part 6, “Learning the Lingo” now to get a handle on the jargon Twitter uses. And be sure to check back again next week for more useful tips on using your business Twitter account.
