#HarShivHumsafarsS2 *TT in India AND Dubai* p4 / Twitter Tutorial p6 - Page 5

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Posted: 10 years ago
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As promised, I'm getting a tutorial prepared on how to create a twitter account, how to trend, and what preferences to change on twitter in order to trend effectively...

stay tuned 😊
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Posted: 10 years ago
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Tutorial 1: How to make a Twitter Account, edit your profile, and follow other users on twitter.
NOTE: this is an image heavy post. Please wait for the page to load.

STEP 1) HOW TO MAKE A TWITTER ACCOUNT


Get onto the internet. In your address bar, search up www.twitter.com.


Now that you're on Twitter, you will see a page similar to this:


Click "Sign up for twitter"


On the next page, type in your full name (or any name you wish to use), your email, a password, and a username of your choice


You will be asked a few things to get started, such as to follow people. To make it easier, I like to skip these steps. In order to skip these initial setting up steps, simply refresh the page, or exit the tab. Open another tab, and search up www.twitter.com again. Now that you've come back to the site, log in using the username and password that you chose while registering.



You're officially logged in! Your twitter account should look something like this:




Once you're officially logged into your account, Twitter will ask you to confirm your email. You don't really need to do this, but it's best to. To confirm your email, log into the email account that you used to make your twitter account and go to your inbox. You should get an email from twitter regarding "Email confirmation." Click that email, and then click the link in the email.
If you do not get this email from twitter in your inbox, go to your spam folder. Sometimes these emails like to hide there.




STEP 2) HOW TO CUSTOMIZE YOUR TWITTER ACCOUNT





Get started by customizing your account. In order to do this, click the little photo of an egg at the top right hand of your screen. There will be an array of options to choose from. Click "view profile"


You will get to your profile, which will look like this:



Add a cover photo, a user photo, and edit your bio
On the right side of your screen, near the middle, click "edit profile".



Upon doing this, your screen will turn into this:


Simply click the (+) on "Add header photo" and "Add profile photo" to change your profile and header photos. The images you want to use for your profile and header photos must already be saved on your PC/Mac/Phone.
There's something different with adding a profile photo than there is with adding a header. Click the (+) to add a profile photo. Upon clicking this, it will have 2 options: Uploading or Taking a Photo. Choose which one you'd like to do. Taking a Photo means you'll be taking a selfie from your computer camera.


Upon uploading headers and profile photos, you can reposition them on the screen to your preferences. Once you have repositioned them (that is, if you'd like to) click "Apply"



the above image shows how to save changes to a header photo after the repositioning option


the above image shows how to save changes to a profile photo after the repositioning option


You can also edit your bio, location, and website if you choose to do so. This is not necessary, but it's a nice added touch

Click "Save changes" on the same right hand side, in the middle.

And voila! Your twitter profile has now officially been created! 👏





STEP 3) HOW TO FOLLOW USERS ON TWITTER


If you'd like to follow people, simply go to the top right hand of your screen. Beside your updated profile photo (or the photo of the egg as per these screenshots) is a search box. Type in the account username you'd like to follow. Then, click the username that corresponds to your search. I will add a few usernames that you can follow at the end of this post. I am following my own account from this new step-by-step account for the sake of this tutorial 😆




Upon visiting their profile, click "follow"

It should now show that you are following that person. Meaning, their tweets will appear on your timeline, which is pretty much the equivalent of your friends on Facebook showing up on your Home wala news feed



And that's it! The next post will show you how change your location to India, so that way we can trend our topic in India, since that is where Humsafars, 4Lions and the cast and crew originate from.



A few accounts to follow during trending:
ChopdaHarshad
ShivyaPathania
SehbanAzim
GorkyMax
HarneetSin
4lionsfilms
officialgulkhan
aakaashberry

A few users who have been actively trending that you'd perhaps like to follow:
SaAz_HarShivFC
SahirsBeard
eshaaax3
xamtxlovesyoux
kamaldadhamal
ilovepixies
aliayesha23
celinapooja


You can follow more trenders by going on these user's "following" or "followers" lists. I will post more usernames when I get the time 😊




Edited by SahirsBeard - 10 years ago
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Posted: 10 years ago
#43
Tutorial 2: How to change your location to India in order to actually have your tweets get counted during trending day, and how to change your trend location to Mumbai India.


Changing Location

In order for the hashtag #HarShivHumsafarsS2 to trend, we need it to be set to a precise location. By changing your location (of your account) to India, you are essentially participating in the trending topics for India. This, in turn, will help our topic and hashtag (which is a specialty topic on twitter, basically) trend in India, as we want, so that way 4Lions, and our beloved cast and crew can see our support and love, as can the rest of India's twitter world.


I CANNOT emphasize how crucial it is to change your location in order to trend. Your tweets WILL NOT COUNT if you don't have your location set to India. Thus, your efforts will go to waste. And none of us want that to happen!
Note: you can ONLY change your location on twitter from PC/Mac, or any computer desktop. Apps for twitter and mobile sites do not support this option, from what I know.


So, in order to change your location, I will use my own account, SahirsBeard, rather than the account above, for timing purposes. The photos and account name are the only things that are different.



Step 1: Log into twitter, if you haven't already.


Step 2: Click your profile photo on the upper right hand side of the page. You did this before, to view your profile. We are going to the same place. However, instead of clicking "View profile," click "Settings" instead


Step 3: Once you have gotten to the settings page, look at the left side of the page. There is a list with a number of privacy, security, and account settings topics. The one you will be clicking is near the top, and is the FIRST option, called "Account."


Step 4: After clicking "account," look at the middle of the page. Search for the option called "Country." Beside it will be your real country location, if it is not India already. Click the country preset, and a drop menu will show. On this drop menu, find "India" and click it.




Step 5: scroll to the bottom of the page. You will see a button that says "Save changes." Click this. You might be required to put in your password to save changes. Do this, press enter, and your new location will be saved.




Changing trends to Mumbai on twitter

On the right side of your screen, it will show your location and a bunch of hashtags (about 10) underneath that. These are the currently trending topics of your region. We want to change your region to India so you can see the top 10 trending topics in Mumbai. The aim is the get #HarShivHumsafarsS2 on this top 10, in Mumbai.



As an example, I changed my region back to Canada. So beside Canada trends (yours may be different depending on your location in the world) Click "Change"



A new window will pop up with a search box in it. In that search box, search up "Mumbai, India" and press enter. Mumbai should appear in a little box in the middle of the new pop up, under "Recent Locations"




Press Done, and your trends region has been changed.





Next post will be regarding how to tweet, as well as how to tweet the hashtag #HarShivHumsafarsS2 properly.


Edited by SahirsBeard - 10 years ago
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Posted: 10 years ago
#44
Tutorial 3: How to tweet, the hashtag, and tricks and tips of trending.
How to tweet:
Step 1: This is how your twitter dashboard relatively looks like. See that box in the middle, with "what's happening?" written in it in grey? Click that. That is where you tweet from.



Step 2: Simply add desired, meaningful text in the "what's happening?" box. Include the hashtag at the end of your tweets.



Step 3: You can add photos to your tweet! To do so, click the "Add photo" box underneath your white box and upload an image from your computer.



An added image will pop up as a small, icon preview underneath your tweet in the same place as where it said "Add photo".
Note: adding photos eats more into your character count. Meaning, you will have to make shorter tweets if you add images. Yet, adding images to your tweets does help make them more meaningful, so it's encouraged 😊


Step 4: If you'd like, you may also tag users in your tweets. To do so, click "Who's in this photo?" on the right side, underneath your tweet. You can tag up to 10 twitter users. For the purposes of this tutorial, I tagged a few cast and crew members of the show.


Step 5: Press "tweet" when you're done!


Your tweet should now show up on your profile, as well as your timeline, and the timelines of those users who follow you on twitter.



The Hashtag
Pay attention to important features of the tag:

--> H, S, H, S are all CAPITALIZED
--> The number 2 is used. Variants like "two" and "too" DO NOT count to the trend
--> There has to be a hashtag at the beginning of the tweet.




Tips on trending:
1) Try to make your tweets meaningful. Do not spam with tweets like #HarShivHumsafarsS2 1, #HarShivHumsafarsS2 2, #HarShivHumsafarsS2 3, etc.
2) Try expressing your feelings about SaAz HarShiv, the show ending, and how your experience was watching it, how much you love the cast and crew, how much you'd like a season 2, etc... but all under 140 characters, including the hashtag!
3) Try to retweet tweets more than favourite.



How to retweet and how to favourite tweets?
There is this symbol underneath all tweets:
Simply press that button, and it will turn from grey to green. That's how you know you retweeted.
Beside the retweet button is a star, for favouriting. That turns from grey to yellow when you've favourited a tweet. -->





Another tip: you can tag, or mention verified accounts at the end of your tweets to promote discussion. To mention someone you simply use the symbol "@" and type in their username

For example, if you were to mention Barack Obama on twitter, you would use: @BarackObama at the END of your tweets. It is crucial that you add the mention at the end, because this shows that you're mentioning someone, rather than continuing a conversation.







Verified accounts are identified with a blue check. Essentially, these are the accounts of VIPs, celebs, and big businesses.




Remember: you only have 140 characters, some of which will be taken up by the hashtag and by mentions. Tweet wisely, but tweet well.




And that's all for tutorials. Welcome to the wonderful world of twitter, SaazBaaz's 😃
Edited by SahirsBeard - 10 years ago
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Posted: 10 years ago
#45
updated all tutorials. If there are any questions, do not hesitate to PM me or post here 😳
Edited by SahirsBeard - 10 years ago
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Posted: 10 years ago
#46
Thanks for sharing really helpful... so all the silent readers come and join the effort... see how easy it is... happy twittering :)
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Posted: 10 years ago
#47
Veeru you're a darling!
hope everyone understands now!!
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Posted: 10 years ago
#48
omggg veeru ... that was some hard work ...
proper in details!!! 👏
hope every1 understands now!!!!
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Posted: 10 years ago
#49
Just sign in Twitter from india 😊
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Posted: 10 years ago
#50
my pleasure, all! 😳
Thank you for the feedback. I hope these hours of work in making tutorials actually ended up being helpful for silent readers. We need you all on Friday! So please come and help!😳


Edited by SahirsBeard - 10 years ago

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