Come "Tweet" with Sugar Creek

What would you get if you took a blog, instant messenger, and a Facebook and threw them in a blender? Our guess is that you would get something very similar to Twitter: a mini blogging service that lets you update your friends on what you are doing at that moment. Twitter allows posts of only 140 characters, which can be a challenge for those that are long-winded! These messages are then sent out through the web or via cell phone so that your friends can see them.

Why Should I Use Twitter?

Twitter is a great way to keep in touch with friends and family all over the world. You can look at updates quickly and not get wrapped into opening many different web pages or programs.

This tool will allow you to hyperlink URL's so that your followers can see webpages you find interesting. You can also use an application called TwitPic to attach photos.

Once you have signed up and created a user name, you'll notice two things common about the Tweets that you see. When someone is referring directly to another Twitter user, they will refer to them with the "@" sign before their username. For example, @DaveRamseyLIVE will be visible to everyone, but will let readers know that you are referring to Dave Ramsey specifically.

The other symbol you will see is the hashtag "#". This symbol enables topics to be searched more easily. Take the topic of "Olympics", for instance. If you wanted to see what everyone was tweeting about the Olympics, using #Olympics makes that possible.

Here are a few people that you might consider following after setting up your account:

http://twitter.com/sugarcreek - Sugar Creek Baptist Church
http://twitter.com/PatConner - SCBC Children's Ministry Director
lhttp://twitter.com/lyfstudents - Sugar Creek Student Ministry
http://twitter.com/garetrobinson - SCBC Young Married Adults Pastor
http://twitter.com/bobbychandler - SCBC Creative Communications Director
http://twitter.com/stephanieclick - SCBC Creative Communications Specialist
http://twitter.com/davegrumme - SCBC Creative Communications Pastor
http://twitter.com/rfisher91 - SCBC Student Ministry Pastor
http://twitter.com/cherrelll - SCBC Creative Communications Admin Asst.
http://twitter.com/annadances - SCBC Creative Communications Ministry Asst.
http://twitter.com/jbenjamin85 - SCBC Creative Communications Asst. Technical Director
http://twitter.com/pacomontoya - SCBC Creative Communications Graphic Designer
http://twitter.com/audiojunky - SCBC Creative Communications Technical Production Associate
http://twitter.com/timstanley - SCBC Creative Communications Director of Internet Communications
http://twitter.com/chris_scbc - SCBC Creative Communications Director of Information Technology
http://twitter.com/radiantfirst - SCBC Creative Communications Creative Media Producer
http://twitter.com/ossmac - SCBC Creative Communications Director of Technical Production
http://twitter.com/dwaybright - SCBC Love and Lead Pastor

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

Top 12 Reasons To Twitter - http://tr.im/k98P
Beginners Guide To Twitter - http://tr.im/k97z
Why Twitter? - http://tr.im/k98P
How to Find People to Follow on Twitter - http://tinyurl.com/556fsw

Twitter is, as defined by Wikipedia....

Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read other users' updates (known as tweets), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length. Updates are displayed on the user's profile page and delivered to other users who have signed up to receive them. Senders can restrict delivery to those in their circle of friends (delivery to everyone being the default). Users can send and receive updates via the Twitter website, SMS, RSS (receive only), or through applications such as Tweetie, Twitterrific, Twitterfon and Feedalizr. The service is free to use over the web, but using SMS may incur phone services provider fees.