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 Congratulation to all busy twitterer.
2009 is the first Formula SAE/Student year all interests over the world could follow live the competions via twitter. Informations about first stickers, weights, failures, spins, overtaking, lap times and first results were published. But what benefits a twitter account can have for a Formula SAE/Student team? Not every news is enough content for a extra article in the news section of your website. With the help of twitter you can publish these immediately. Sponsors, University-member, alumni, friends, fans and press enjoy your current process from the workshop, office or event. Do better public relations and get more visitors to your teams website. For a better understanding at the moment the top traffic sources for FStotal.com are: - searchengines
- twitter
- FSAE.com
- Facebook
Additionally these days google and bing reports that they will implement twitter updates in their results. Twitter also helps you to stay in contact with other teams and organisers from the events. Feel confident? Here are some tips for a profitable twitter account: 1. SettingsAdd your full team name, website, location and leave some keywords("On Line Bio") like Formula SAE/Student and name of the University. Upload an easily recognizable avatar and background. 2. Content
Think about your target group what informations could be interesting? Tweet a description for your newsarticles and set a link. Write about what happens in your team. Publish regularly updates. Don´t use it only for the competitions. Be careful everybody can read your tweets -> do not post from the event: "shit, no more beer available!" 3. Special commands
#Formula_SAE
Hash Tag -> helps to find topics better other people searching for. You got two or more words use a format like that: #Formula_Student_Germany. 
@FormulaSAEItaly
Reply -> The message shows up in the user`s replies page on twitter. If you start a tweet with: @FStotal -> only people can see this who follow both accounts. Otherwise, you start with something else and put then @FStotal only your own followers can see the message. 
See the example DARTRacing ist telling us that they got the sticker for tech inspection. RT @FormulaStudentG
ReTweet -> You think a tweet from another person can be interesting for your followers? Repeat it.
4. URL shorteners
You just got 140 signs for your informations! If you will add to your news a link to promote your website or other stuff you are getting in trouble. With URL shorteners you got more place for the real information. 5. ImplementShow your tweets! Implement your your twitter updates at your website via application or RSS-Feed. Formula SAE/Student related twitter accounts: Please leave a comment and we add your twitter account!
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Thank you