If you’re attending a conference use the conference hashtag (e.g. This will make your tweet part of a bigger conversation, meaning you might reach an even wider audience for your research. Include hashtags that your intended audience are using, spend time doing a little research on Twitter beforehand to find the best ones to use.Tweets are limited to 280 characters per tweet, so be concise and to the point. Engage with your audience by asking them questions linked to the content of the article. Do not use the article title as the entire social media copy. Aim to ‘edutain’ – teach them something useful in an enjoyable way. Ensure your post describes the article or topic accurately.For Twitter you can post multiple times a day. funder and institution, and anyone else you think might be interested in your paper. Announce your published work along with a link to your article.You can use the Twitter list functionality to group accounts you’re interested in and create a mini-feed so it’s easier to keep up-to-date with their latest tweets. Then think more widely: follow people you admire, organizations you have an interest in, media outlets, and researchers working on related areas to you. You are bound to have a list of colleagues who already use Twitter, so you can start with these. Link to your blog or website too, so people can explore more, and try to add a photo so people can recognize your tweets immediately on their feed.įollowing the right people and organizations automatically personalizes your Twitter feed (the list of tweets that come up on your home page), and helps Twitter tailor the recommendations it makes to you. Use your profile to tell people about your research and experience, what you teach, and what your interests are. Your username can be your own name (e.g., or something a bit more esoteric (e.g., Remember though, if you use your own name it may be easier for others to find you. Your profile page is effectively your “shop window” so try to make it unique, something that says who you are and what you do.
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How to sign up to Twitter and create your profile Read our case study for an example of how a topic, an active academic, and the use of social media can come together to raise the profile and impact of their research.
How is using Twitter going to benefit me?Ī search in Google will come up with a long list of academics explaining how Twitter has benefited their research, before and after publication.
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