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By: Twitter Journalism » 10 Tips For Making The Most Of Twitter

Twitter Journalism » 10 Tips For Making The Most Of Twitter — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:36:15 +0000

[...] Tips For Live Tweeting An Event Live tweets from an event are a great way to catch people's attention and build a following. Especially if they're done right. I've live tweeted several events, most notably Barack Obama's Inauguration… [...]

By: خالد

خالد — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 06:55:08 +0000

nice tips thanks

By: Liz Pullen

Liz Pullen — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:39:35 +0000

Good advice! I've seen events where there were four different hashtags being used. So, then some people started including more than one in a Tweet, taking up valuable characters.

By: Akinoluwa Oyedele

Akinoluwa Oyedele — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:15:32 +0000

Excellent tips, thanks!

Want to add that before you hashtag, you should search for the event on twitter to make sure that you don't get a new one going; for example, you may use #worldcupfinal, but tweeps all over the world may already be using #wcfinal, which gives your hashtag a far less audience.

By: Akinoluwa Oyedele

Akinoluwa Oyedele — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:15:29 +0000

Excellent tips, thanks!

By: sueatkins

sueatkins — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 03:44:38 +0000

What great advice – I particularly like the use of all the senses to create the whole feel, sound and pictures of the event. It's like word painting and a great discipline to do it in only 140 characters ! That keeps it edgy and exciting and builds a sense of buzz. It also really helps you to feel part of an event and genuinely makes you new friends with like minded interests. I felt that buzz when people were tweeting about the Downing Steet Tweet Party for the White Ribbon Alliance Million Mums Campaign that I went to last Christmas.
It's also a very useful article for my son, who wants to be a sports journalist, to learn as this is obviously the way things are going alongside traditional excellent writing

By: ckanal

ckanal — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:24:28 +0000

Great additions here. Love your points. It's true that it's a great way to add color, but also that you should hold yourself to the same high standards you would for any published copy.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:39:40 +0000

The best thing about live tweeting from a sporting event is that you have the ability to paint a richer picture by highlighting details that you can't fit into a print story (due to space constraints and deadline). If the football team busts into the electric slide during their warmups or the hot dog stand catches on fire, those things might not go in a gamer but they're fun to tweet about.

When I live tweet, I absolutely also subscribe to the rule that I won't tweet anything I wouldn't print in the paper. I might say “the coaching staff is animated,” but I'm certainly not going to put that the coach is screaming obscenities at a particular player.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:39:40 +0000

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