Twitter for Beginners — Twitter 101
I didn’t get it when I first joined. A lot of my colleagues/friends don’t get it either. I think I am getting a better handle on it, so let me try to put together a quick overview
How to make the most out of twitter
- download TweetDeck (Adobe AIR) application. I was using the web only for months, until I discovered TweetDeck. WOW, what a difference it makes. Most powerful tool: you can search for a term (example “coupons”) and you can keep monitoring the tweets with the would “coupons”
- follow people that you might want to have a conversation with. how do you find people who aren’t your friends already? search for some terms! (see step one) Follow people wiht @replies and RT (retweets) because they probably are more conversational. Follow brands, webistes, and you can almost use twitter as an RSS feed.
- Join some # chat parties. You’ll start seeing them when you’ve followed enough people.
- Sign up for TwitterFeed so all your latest blog posts (via RSS) will get posted onto twitter. If you have a website/email list, link to your twitter page so users can communicate with you there.
Tips: Don’t try to follow too many people too quickly or they think you’re spamming. Try to have some updates before you start following anyone.
Still learning myself, but that’s what I know so far!
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