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By: AJ Wilcox

AJ Wilcox — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 22:11:09 +0000

Excellent tips. I have to say, I participate in a couple Twitter chats, and I absolutely hate being a follower of anyone who participates in them. Twitter is not conducive to chatting because it clogs followers' streams. The chats are infinitely valuable to those participating, but participating is sure to get you unfollowed. So, here are my 2 tips:

1. When joining a Twitter chat, let your followers know you are joining so that they can A. prepare to be flooded and B. join in if interested.
2. If you are participating or hosting, DO NOT retweet everything that has been said. If your followers are interested, they will join the chat. If they are not interested, they do not want to see your retweets. This is especially the case with those who miss the chat and want to read the transcript later. It's awful trying to read a transcript where everyone is repeating what everyone else said.

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By: Swan

Swan — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:46:52 +0000

Thanks for the shoutout to the Twitter Chat Schedule. I am finding that many chats are starting to use http://twebevent.com as a homepage of sorts for their chat. It creates a page that merges the moderator's Twitter brand/avatar with the title and date/time of the chat with any overview info down the left side and of course the chat itself in the main part of the window. It even shows you how many views the page is getting. twebevent is working on series functionality so that hosts will not have to keep coming in to update the date/time. twebevent is free so just enjoy. To create an event just put your hashtag without the "#" after http://twebevent.com/ eg. http://twebevent.com/MCRchat

By: Melina

Melina — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:03:15 +0000

Thanks for the great blog post Cathy! There's lots of great tips here. I'm just getting familiar with these chat features and they just keep reminding me of the AOL chatroom days, although we've come a long way from those days! But it's funny how it's essentially the same kind of idea, just much more evolved!

By: kseniacoffman

kseniacoffman — Tue, 25 May 2010 19:00:13 +0000

Cathy, thanks for including my tip ~ we just had a situation on one of the chats where a crazed (?) person was participating in our discussion. So people appreciated the ability to block them.

Chats are my favorite part of twitter. I use them as virtual round tables – to learn new trends, best practices, and interact with the great variety of people.

As Marc Meyer said in an earlier comment, there's nothing preventing you from starting your own chat, especially if there's none on the topic that interests you. That's why I (with a group of like-minded people) started #b2bchat (http://wthashtag.com/B2bchat)

By: Brenda Young

Brenda Young — Tue, 25 May 2010 14:12:22 +0000

Tweetchats can also be a great way to involve people at a meeting or event who cannot attend. A little planning can make this a valuable part of the event and as curated information later. Send out a document describing the meeting or event with some topic questions to consider ahead of the event. It’s not exactly like being there but, it can give people an inside look at the event in real time and in many cases encourage knowledgeable participants to join in and add value to the conversation. @4byoung

By: CASUDI

CASUDI — Tue, 25 May 2010 05:02:16 +0000

My tip relates to getting started participating in a chat ~ some people are naturals but many of us are not. Watching and learning is not the same as doing. So look around and find a friendly hat or savvy avatar and observe what they are discussing. Your very first tweet can be something like this ~ repeat in different words something already said ~ "@CathyWebSavvyPR I agree with what you say about small biz needing to focus on one thing well #" Then progress to asking a question "@CathyWebSavvyPR Do you really think it important to focus on only one thing ?#"

Once you have engaged a couple of people and had a direct conversation, you are well into gaining your chat legs and will not ever look back! I suspect we lose quite a few potential participants who would add value, but never get beyond the watching and lurking phase. So if you are new on twitter or chats and find me on one of my favorite chats, be sure and @CASUDI

By: Mark Alves

Mark Alves — Tue, 25 May 2010 03:13:16 +0000

Thanks for including me in #1. Another tip is to find transcripts from previous chats by looking up hashtags on http://wthashtag.com.
@markalves