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How ANYONE can start Twittering like a pro in under 5 minutes
Twitter is one of the simplest applications to use that I’ve seen and it won’t take you long before you’re using it like a pro.
If you’re not sure what Twitter even is, check out my previous post: Introduction to Online Social Networks (and how they can help you to lose weight).
The first thing you need to do is create a Twitter profile, so head on over to Twitter and click on the button that says ‘Get Started - Join!’
The registration form is pretty straight forward.
You’ll need to enter a username (this also becomes your Twitter profile address, so choose something that is easy to remember and your comfortable having other people see. Password and email address are self explanatory, the ‘humanness‘ section just contains two words that are drawn a little funny, this is just to stop automatic programs coming through and registering accounts to spam with, so to prove you’re human, go ahead and enter the two words you see (if you have trouble reading them, click on the refresh button (the top, red, icon) and it will give you another two words.
It’s up to you on whether you want to check the box ‘Get the Inside Scoop - please send me email updates!’, they’ll update you on anything interesting happening with Twitter, you can change your mind later once you’ve registered.
That’s it - click on ‘I accept, Create my Account’ and your profile will be created. The next screen will ask if you want to search to see if your friends are on twitter - if you have an Internet mail account like GMail or Hotmail it can search your address book from their and see if anyone with those email addresses have twitter accounts, or you can just click on ‘Skip’ which is in the very top, right corner of the page (usually easiest to just click ’skip’).
Once you’ve logged in, go to the ‘Twitter Settings‘ link at the top of your profile and add some information about yourself. You’re just about ready to tweet!
You’re next job is to add some friends, you can start by adding me! click here: Lose40kg - my Twitter Profile and click on the ‘follow’ button.
Once you’ve done that - you’ll hear all my ‘tweets’, they’ll be shown on your account home page. Every few days I’ll go and ‘follow’ everyone who ‘follows’ me, so once I’ve added you I’ll also be able to hear you. Go ahead and click on some of the profiles of other people who are following me, find a couple who you seem to be posting tweets that sound interesting and ‘follow’ them too, this is how you start to build up your network.
To post a tweet, go to your home page, post something and hit send. It’s that easy!
Note: If you want to send a message to someone who isn’t following you or want to direct a response to a particular user, just put @username at the front of your message. So to send one to me, you can start your tweet with @lose40kg
Quick Tip: The best way to use Twitter is by downloading and installing one of the many desktop clients. This will save you having to log into the Twitter website each time you want to use it and keep you connected to your circle of friends much easier. Try these popular ones to get you started:
Twhirl (Windows/Mac)
Snitter (Windows/Mac)
Twitteroo (Windows)
Twitterific (Mac)
Twitux (Linux)
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