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Imagine RIT is this Saturday! Everyone’s talking about it. BookMaid will be capturing this conversation live at the BookMaid Exhibit in the Atrium of the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences (GCCIS) also known as the “Computer Zone” during the festival.

BookMaid will have a live Twitter feed of Twitter discussion relating to BookMaid.

Twitter users: To promote the festival, use the hashtag #imagineRIT. Include it in your Imagine RIT posts!

People who are unaware of BookMaid will be able to come by and learn what BookMaid is about. Stop by the GCCIS Atrium and say hello and check out what people on Twitter are talking about! Looking forward to seeing you all there!

About Imagine RIT:

Imagine RIT is a free festival on the RIT campus on Saturday, May 2 from 10am to 5pm, rain or shine. There are more than 400 interactive exhibits and displays by RIT students, faculty and staff.

The GCCIS Atrium
(Photo by steve caruso)

The GCCIS Atrium prepared
for Imagine RIT

The list of official and non official RIT Twitter accounts. For student and staff accounts, see the Wefollow RIT Directory (and add yourself to it!)

Is someone missing? Let @bookmaid know!

Tweet this list!

Username	Name
RITNEWS	RIT News
reportermag	Reporter Magazine
RITAdmissions	RIT Admissions
RIT_Intl_Adm	RIT International Admissions
RIT_InfoSec	RIT Information Security
RITehall	RIT Entrepreneurs Hall
ntid_news	NTID News
ritdesign	RIT School of Design
rithsm	School of Hospitality and Service Management
RITOPL	RIT Open Publishing Lab
RITgreen	RIT Green
RITcpdoffice	RIT Center for Professional Development
RITGMA	Graduate Management Association
RITCareers	RIT Office of Co-op and Career Services
RIT_ITSStatus	RIT ITS
RIT_myCourses	RIT’s myCourses
SG_GCCIS	GCCIS Senator to SG
897WITR	89.7 WITR FM, RIT’s Radio Station (student-run)
8BeatMeasure	8 Beat Measure, RIT’s A Cappella Group
Events
ritcab	RIT College Activities Board
RIT_BrickCity	RIT’s Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend.
Imagine_RIT	Imagine RIT
Alumni
RIT_Alumni	RIT Alumni Association
RITAdmissNet	RIT Alumni Admissions Volunteer Network
SCB_AlumniRIT	E. Philip Saunders College of Business Alumni
Food
lovincupROC	Lovin’ Cup, at Park Point
ritRSZ	Ritz Sports Zone
Student Businesses or Projects
bookmaid	BookMaid.com, RIT Book Exchange
TheCD	The College Driver, RIT Student-Run Automotive Resource for College Students
RITmeetu	RIT meetü, a social networking game taking place during the Imagine RIT festival
thejobsafe	The Job Safe, RIT Student-Run Job Search Site for College Students
Clubs, Groups, Special Interest Houses
ritclubs	RIT Clubs
AIGARIT	RIT’s AIGA, professional association for design
RIThonors	RIT Honors
CSHevents	Computer Science House Events
RITImprov	RIT Improv
egsrit	RIT’s Electronic Gaming Society
RITSCS	Students for Cambodian Schools @ RIT
ritcornercrew	RIT Corner Crew
Unofficial Student-Run College Accounts
GCCISstudents	Student-run GCCIS account
CIASstudents	Student-run CIAS account
NTIDstudents	Student-run NTID Students account
Miscellanous
RITConstruction	Unofficially documenting construction projects at RIT

Tweet this list!

BookMaid ran a retweet campaign on Twitter, where users simply had to post:

RIT Students: Repost this tweet for a chance to WIN $25 from http://BookMaid.com, the book exchange exclusive to RIT students.

Of the participants, one would be randomly selected to win $25. @rampantglee was the winner.

View the list of participants

Why The Campaign Didn’t Work Out So Well

Though there was quite a few participants, it wasn’t as successful as expected. A $25 incentive may be enough for simply reposting a tweet, however, the problem was the lack of RIT students on Twitter, and of those, the even smaller amount are following @bookmaid. Twitter is a very viral application, however running a viral campaign can’t be viral unless there’s enough participants.

BookMaid is now on Twitter!

Follow BookMaid: http://twitter.com/bookmaid

BookMaid is now on MySpace!

http://www.myspace.com/thebookmaid