Twitter » beginner tips http://www.handytwitter.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:29:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 5 Tips for Twitter Beginners http://www.handytwitter.com/twitter-tips/5-tips-for-twitter-beginners.html http://www.handytwitter.com/twitter-tips/5-tips-for-twitter-beginners.html#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:58:44 +0000 admin http://www.handytwitter.com/?p=131 Although Twitter connects friends and family simply, without a hitch, but still it takes time for beginners be on familiar terms with Twitter exactly. This is starting of new era in micro-blogging – it’s all about playing with 140 characters. Therefore you should be able to make out stuff in the nutshell. Twitter is being diversely used across the globe – some might use to stay updated with friends and some others for advertising purposes, so here are 5 tips that might help Twitter beginners to micro-blog successful.

1) Invite Friends

First of all, grow you twitter community by inviting friends and family members. Twitter provides you option to invite peoples who are already at messenger’s friend list and E-mail account. It also allows you to search your old friends.  You can even find on other networks.
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2) Tweet from Mobile Device

Sometimes, working at computer becomes irritating, and sometimes, computer might not available. Here is the solution! You can stay connected to friends while disconnected from computer. Twitter allows updates on mobile devices. Tweet from your mobile and let your friends know “what are you doing” offline. Learn how to tweet from mobile device.
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3) DM (Direct Message)

Besides public tweet, you can also send private messages to your friends, with the help of DM feature. But this feature is limited to the people who following you.
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4) Stats

Twitter maintains the record of following, followers, updates, DMs, etc, – use these statistics to administer your account well.
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5) Sharing a Link

Many a times, you share links with your friends (some do for advertisement purposes). But you can’t exceed the limit of 140 characters. Every now and then, URLs are found to be very long, and it might become very hard to convey message with a URL; try free URL shortening services.
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