From the course: Social Media for Graphic Designers
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Posting GIFs on Twitter
From the course: Social Media for Graphic Designers
Posting GIFs on Twitter
- [Instructor] Out of all the social media platforms, Twitter is by far the easiest to post a GIF on. So let me show you how to go about posting GIFs on Twitter. We're going to go ahead and go over and click the Tweet button again and compose a new post here. Now, other platforms make using GIFs a little problematic. Some just outright ban it, like LinkedIn won't let you use GIFs on LinkedIn and sharing a GIF on Instagram isn't super easy either. On Twitter, it couldn't be easier. So we're going to click on the picture icon in the bottom left, and we're going to locate the GIF I want to share. This one, the Emmet Walsh, by the way, one of the best character actors of our time. You can see the animated preview here and we're going to choose that. And it immediately works as soon as you put it in. That's how easy it is. You don't have to do anything. It just works great. I wish all the media platforms were this easy…
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Understanding Twitter11m 32s
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Setting up profile and cover images5m 16s
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How to say a lot in 280 characters6m 48s
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Using conversation threads and retweeting7m 20s
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Posting images on Twitter8m 18s
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Posting videos on Twitter8m 54s
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Posting GIFs on Twitter4m 55s
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Using hashtags on Twitter5m 21s
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Using Advanced Search6m 27s
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Engaging with potential clients and other creatives11m 48s
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