Are you a young researcher new to Twitter, in particular #EconTwitter ? Here's a short thread of all the tips, guides, help, advice we could find on how to use Twitter to make your life better not worse
First up @JoshuaSGoodman has tips for young researchers! Share your own research, others research and golden advice "Self promotion only works when you have research to promote so spend 1% of your work time on Twitter and 99% on research" https://www.dropbox.com/s/3h6npr0gwsus8i8/Twitter%20tips%20for%20young%20researchers.pptx#
Next @mattsclancy has advice for those new to #EconTwitter, great advice on how to write a clear bio, who to follow and what to tweet (answer- whatever you want!)and some best practices! https://medium.com/@mattclancy/a-beginners-guide-to-econtwitter-d237a3a4608b
On who to follow supplement all the above lists with the much needed list from
@MacroPru which has a list of female economists on Twitter you should follow!
https://twitter.com/i/lists/786945084113686528
@MacroPru which has a list of female economists on Twitter you should follow!

https://twitter.com/i/lists/786945084113686528
Next @anne_m_burton on how she uses #EconTwitter, great advice here on setting up Twitter, navigating the settings to use optimally and example tweets!
https://annemburton.com/assets/burton_econtwitter_slides.pdf
https://annemburton.com/assets/burton_econtwitter_slides.pdf
Some stellar advice worth highlighting from @anne_m_burton "Twitter makes it very easy to fire off your hot takes, but just because you can fire off a
take doesn’t mean it’s in your (or anybody else’s) best interest to do so"

Next @SarahJacobsonEc has honest advice on using Twitter to network, the reality of trolls, making #EconTwitter a joyful experience and the importance of following joyful accounts like @dog_rates
https://asheweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/HEOReport-Fall-2018-v4-Final.pdf
https://asheweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/HEOReport-Fall-2018-v4-Final.pdf
And @JustinWolfers has advice in fittingly the form of tweets! Using #EconTwitter for influence on teaching, policy, engaging with non-economists, media and advice on tweeting and cupcakes!
http://users.nber.org/~jwolfers/papers/Comments/TwitterforEconomists.pdf
http://users.nber.org/~jwolfers/papers/Comments/TwitterforEconomists.pdf
Finally this @AEACSWEP @AEACSMGEP video featuring our Twitter favourites @ShellyJLundberg @jenniferdoleac @Marietmora @dynarski @SarahJacobsonEc @mhugolopez with some stellar advice!

And if all else fails, we always have this foolproof Twitter strategy from @jodiecongirl https://twitter.com/jodiecongirl/status/757679337332154368