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6/3/2009 9:15:00 AM | Women's Basketball
DURHAM, N.C. ? Want to follow Duke women's basketball's Head Coach Joanne P. McCallie but you're not always around your computer or at your favorite web site, GoDuke.com? Now the Duke Sports Information Office has made it easy to follow Coach P anytime you want with an exclusive Coach P page free on Twitter.
You can find Coach P's page on Twitter by going to http://twitter.com/CoachPDuke. Coach P's Twitter page will be updated throughout the year with “Tweet” (messages sent via Twitter) that contains information from Coach P herself on what she is doing, where she is traveling and different things about her family and Duke women's basketball.
You can receive updates via Twitter through the web at Coach P's official Twitter page, on your mobile phone with text messages, via instant messaging (IM) or through e-mail. Whichever way you choose, you will always stay up to date with the Blue Devils!
Women's Basketball fans can add Coach P's Twitter page to their own blog, Facebook page or other social networking site. More information on how to do this can be found here.
Joanne P. McCallie On Twitter
Question: What is it?
Answer: A free micro-blogging service that provides Duke fans with up-to-date info and insights on the Blue Devils.
Question: Where can I find Duke on Twitter and how often will it be updated?
Answer: Head to Twitter.com and search for “CoachPDuke” or go to this site http://twitter.com/CoachPDuke. It will be updated throughout the day.
Question: How will I receive the information?
Answer: Via the Web, text messages, instant messages, e-mail, RSS feeds, etc.
Question: What is Twitter?
Answer: Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users' updates (otherwise known as “tweets”), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length.
Question: How do I sign up to follow Coach P on Twitter?
Answer: Signing up (called “following” in Twitter lingo) for Coach P on Twitter is very easy. Just go to the following site http://twitter.com/CoachPDuke or log on to Twitter.com and search “CoachPDuke.” Alternatively, you can go directly to the Duke Twitter page by clicking here. Either way you go about accessing Coach P's Twitter page, you will need to click on the button in the upper-left hand corner of the page that says “Follow.” This will allow you to instantly access up-to-date news about Duke's Coach P via Twitter.
Question: How is it different from www.GoDuke.com?
Answer: Twitter updates will provide more unique information and quicker information than GoDuke.com. It provides a better source of feedback and discussion. Followers can receive updates any way they choose: at Twitter.com, via cell phone, on Facebook or any other social networking site.
For those that are new to Twitter and have questions, here is a link to a help page.
http://twitter.zendesk.com/forums/10711/entries
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