Twitter is the world's most popular microblogging tool.
Cool. What the heck does that mean? Is microblogging like regular blogging but for elves? Not quite.
Twitter allows you to express yourself in short bursts of 140 characters at a time. These "tweets" are public by default, and as you continue to tweet, you'll attract followers: people who subscribe to your individual feed. In addition, you'll begin to follow other people.
Whether Twitter becomes an amazing networking tool for you (as it has for me) or a complete waste of time is dependent on who you follow and how you utilize Twitter.
Check out the how-to videos below that will show you how to setup your Twitter account, follow interesting people, get people to follow you, and how to become a Twitter power user.
Twitter allows you to express yourself in short bursts of 140 characters at a time. These "tweets" are public by default, and as you continue to tweet, you'll attract followers: people who subscribe to your individual feed. In addition, you'll begin to follow other people.
Whether Twitter becomes an amazing networking tool for you (as it has for me) or a complete waste of time is dependent on who you follow and how you utilize Twitter.
Check out the how-to videos below that will show you how to setup your Twitter account, follow interesting people, get people to follow you, and how to become a Twitter power user.
How to Get Started on Twitter
A walk through of how you can get started on Twitter, setup your account and customize your profile.
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How to Find and Follow People on Twitter
Learn how to find friends, colleagues and anyone else on Twitter.
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How to Get More Followers on Twitter
The power of Twitter is in part based on the size of your following. This video will give you specific ideas on how to gain more followers.
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How to Engage People on Twitter
Learn how to use replies, direct messages and retweets to engage people on Twitter and build your network.
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Use TweetDeck to Become a Twitter Power User
TweetDeck is an exceptional tool that will allow you to manage large groups of people and makes your Twitter experience much more interactive.
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Important Twitter Links
Here are some additional articles and resources on Twitter, microblogging and social media.
- How to Use Twitter for Business
- When I first heard about Twitter-a tool for instantly broadcasting the minutiae of your day and following the trifles of others-I couldn't imagine a bigger waste of time.
Why would anyone care about what I had for lunch, or whether someone was headed off to the gym? Why would any business person add more noise to the signal to noise ratio?... - Microblogging: The Future of Communications?
- I had a meeting the other day with a woman who was interested in getting a Web site up and running. We were discussing Web marketing strategies, and the conversation turned to social media.
She wasn't interested in getting involved with Facebook or Twitter; she had children on them and felt the conversations she saw there-"Need to get some Starbucks. LOL," and "Heading to the gym,"-showed that the tools weren't meant for business.... - Does Your Small Business Need a Social Media Strategy?
- Last week we got a small job from someone who found me through Twitter. We're now talking together about a search engine optimization project.
I recently reconnected with a camp buddy through Facebook; shortly afterwards he hired flyte for a custom programming job....
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What the Blogosphere is Saying About Twitter
- Twitter Blog: Movember!
- At Twitter HQ, a group of us mo-bros have been spending the month making everyone uncomfortable because we believe in the importance of raising awareness around men's health. If you'd like to join us in support, please check out our ...
- Final Fantasy XIII 360 Twitter Prize Tweets Back At You - final ...
- Folks who participated in the Register - Tweet - Win Final Fantasy XIII event have unlocked a special prize for all Xbox 360 FF fans, and it tweets! Well, it warks.
- Echofon : the first desktop Twitter client with new Retweet ...
- Love it or hate it, Twitter's new retweets are here to stay and while major players like Tweetdeck, Tweetie and Seesmic Desktop are getting their app together, the little known Echofon has already neatly incorporated retweets to make ...
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Rich Brooks is the president of flyte new media, a Web design and Internet marketing firm in Portland, Maine.
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