Twitter is a very influential communicative tool in contemporary society and for this very reason it is an ideal tool for Public Relation practitioners. Your Twitter page has the potential to be seen by millions of other people so its existence can influence. Not only is this website good for those trying to get a message out or to promote it is also good for those that are looking to get some feedback, for this reason Twitter is a valuable tool in the world of Public Relations. In one of our workshops we were asked to create a Twitter account and to associate ourselves with the applications and tools available.
With a 140 word limit what is said on twitter needs to be direct and brief, Twitter enables you to hashtag (#) a topic, this means that anyone interested in a particular topic may search for that subject and will receive information relevant to it. That way everyone looking into that particular topics are linked together.
Twitter has a segment entitled trending topics, here you can find out the most talked about topics in the Twitter world. This information may be useful for some
Tags: PR, public relations, twitter
December 8, 2009 at 5:09 am |
I think Twitter has potential. I think this blog is onto something.
December 17, 2009 at 12:14 am |
Hey cool looking blog but it’s a little funky looking in my K-meleon browser. Looks good otherwise!