By Jill Renwick

CoveritLive uses Twitter's real-time streaming API in order to provide fast, reliable Twitter integration. As of March 5th 2013, Twitter requires authorization for all API requests and as a result, CoveritLive users must now be logged into a Twitter account before using any Twitter-related features.

Linking your Twitter account with CoveritLive also logs you onto Twitter, which allows you to use Twitter functionality seamlessly within your live events. Here's some additional information that we hope is helpful:

 

• Linking your Account let's Twitter know that you want access to the real-time Streaming API -- which means faster, more reliable Twitter content for your live events.
• You can "link" or "unlink" your Twitter account at anytime from your My Profile page or during the event from within EventStudio.
• "Linking" an account does NOT automatically show Tweets from that Twitter Account in your event. Linking a Twitter account is only required to "activate" the Twitter features. (Once linked you can use Auto-Tweet to pull in tweets from any Twitter user you specify, just as you always have).
• More then one CiL user can link to the same Twitter account, so it's perfectly ok if you and your coworkers are linking to the same Twitter corporate account. (You will of course need the credentials to authorize access).
• If the event owner links a Twitter account, Producers in the same event can immediately use the Auto-Tweet feature. The Twitter Search feature however must be activated individually (so your Producer will also need to link to a Twitter account to use this option). Producers can link their own individual Twitter accounts from their My Profile page, or during the event from within EventStudio.
• If you don't have a Twitter account but want to use the CiL-Twitter functionality we recommend simply creating a Twitter account. You don't have to Tweet anything, or follow anyone; you just need an account.
  
  
   

Publicize your Events:
By linking your Twitter account, you can also choose to publicize your live events. If you activate this option, CoveritLive will publish a Tweet, using your linked account, every time you launch a new event. The tweet will include the event title and a link to the event which will help drive traffic and participation. If at anytime you wish to stop publicizing your events, you can do so on your "My Profile" page. To turn this off for a single event only, simply uncheck "Social Sharing" when creating your event.

If you want to learn more about using Twitter and CiL, our online Twitter support page is a great resource. Feel free to contact us with any questions as well.