Doing a “search” after you have an account set up.
First see what people are saying all over Twitter!
We are not to “Re-tweets” yet which is one way to get your candidates info out, but this is a great way, once you have your Twitter account set up, to see what others are saying about your candidate.
I’m posting Twitters directions for a Twitter search below, but it’s really easy to do.
In my own words, once you have a Twitter account and have signed in, you’ll be on your home page.
You probably won’t have much there since you are not “following anyone” (kind of like Facebook friends or Facebook likes” nor is anyone following you yet.
But when you are signed in and on your homepage, go to the top where you have a little search box, and type in something you might like to see people are talking about, find out what they are saying.
Twitter is NOT like Facebook in that so long as your search input is tweeted by someone, you’ll see it there.
So, let’s try a search.
Sign in and go to the search box. Write in something like “ gop debate “ into that search box. Whalla. You’ll see a bunch of people’s tweets in front of you, and you can see what people are saying AND seeing links to articles and blog entries which people are promoting all over Twitter.
Here’s what Twitter says about doing Twitter searches now.
You can find others on Twitter by:
Typing a name into the search box on your homepage or on the Who To Follow page
Typing a Twitter username directly into your browser (e.g. http://twitter.com/oprah)
Browsing lists of accounts related to your interests (e.g. Sports, Science, Politics...)
Importing contacts from your email address book to see who’s on Twitter
Browsing suggestions we’ve generated for you
To Find People by Name
The easiest way to find people is by typing their name into the search box at the top of your Twitter homepage. Results for your search will show up at the top right of your page, followed by a “view all” link, as seen below in a search for Oprah:
You can also search for people directly on the Who To Follow page. Type a name into the search box, results will appear in list form, below the search box:
To Browse Accounts by Interest
You can also find cool new accounts to follow by browsing lists containing the best accounts related to a subject. To do this:
At the bottom of the Who to follow recommendations on your homepage, click view all.
From the landing page, click Browse Interests, or point your browser to: https://twitter.com/#!/who_to_follow/interests
If you see a category you think looks interesting (e.g. travel), click it. You’ll be shown a list of accounts you can follow from that page.
You can also browse by interest using the search box on the Who To Follow page. Type in a topic (like “comedy” or “basketball”) or a descriptive phrase (such as “flamenco dancer” or “theoretical physicist”) and you’ll see a list of account results for that search term.
To Find Friends Using Your Email Address Book
Entering your email information on the Find People pages can look up who in your address book is on Twitter. It’s a good way to find a bunch of your friends quickly. To do this:
On the Who to Follow page, click the Find Friends link.
On the next page, click which email provider you use.
Enter your email address and password (or grant third party access) to securely connect to your email address book and click submit.
From the next page, you can follow users individually, or click to follow all.
To Browse Our Suggestions
Twitter can suggest accounts we think you would like to follow based on who you’re already following and what interests you specify. To peruse these suggestions, follow these steps:
At the top of the Who to follow recommendations, click the view all link.
You’ll be taken to a page that lists suggestions we’ve generated for you.
Click follow to follow any user, or click their username to learn more about them.