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Twitter Quick Reference

This document provides a summary of desktop clients, best practices, terminology, and tools for managing a Twitter account. It lists TweetDeck and Twhirl as desktop clients that allow tweeting, retweeting, direct messaging, and other account management. Some tips for using Twitter effectively include being welcoming, limiting tweets, using humor in moderation, and educating others. Various tools are also listed for scheduling tweets, sharing photos and videos, getting alerts, and analyzing follower analytics.

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Twitter Quick Reference

This document provides a summary of desktop clients, best practices, terminology, and tools for managing a Twitter account. It lists TweetDeck and Twhirl as desktop clients that allow tweeting, retweeting, direct messaging, and other account management. Some tips for using Twitter effectively include being welcoming, limiting tweets, using humor in moderation, and educating others. Various tools are also listed for scheduling tweets, sharing photos and videos, getting alerts, and analyzing follower analytics.

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quick reference

Overview

Twitter Desktop Clients

Wikipedia: article on Twitter:

Use these to manage your Twitter account:


TweetDeck (http://tweetdeck.com): lets you tweet,
retweet, DM, shorten URLS, display all followers,
DMs etc.
Twhirl (http://www.twhirl.org): lets you tweet,
retweet, DM, shorten URLS, display all followers,
DMs etc.; also allows multiple accounts

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter

Be a Good Twitizen

Dont spam, dont oversell or over-promote


Be welcoming, friendly, listen
Get rid of the ego engage others
Limit tweets and pause between tweets
Humor and snark in moderation
Same tweet time regularity builds followers
Educate, inform dont lecture
Retweet others especially new twits

Customized Background

Be human, be you

Download PowerPoint file:


http://www.thomas20.com/twitter_background.ppt
Follow directions to make edits; save as PNG file
Twitter, Settings, Design, Change Background Image
Choose File to upload PNG file, Save Changes

Terminology

Email Signature

Add follow me at http://twitter.com/username reply


on the web at
http://twitter.com/direct_messages/create/username

Tweep or Twit: a Twitter user


Tweet: using Twitter to send text message
Follower: a tweep who tracks your tweets
Shorten URL: use a URL trimming site
Re-Tweet: resending another twits tweet
DM: direct message in private to a specific twit
@ reply: sent to a specific tweep but visible to all

#: hash mark designating topic as in #genealogy

Setup Account
www.twitter.com
Create account
Remember Twitter name (twitter.com/username)

Twitter Tweaks

Profile and Settings: Settings, time zone, etc.


Notices: Settings, Notices, notification options
Mobile: Settings, Devices, mobile phone number
Picture: Settings, Picture, upload photo

Design: Settings, Design, select theme

Widgets & Apps


TweetLater (http://www.tweetlater.com): schedule
tweets
Twiddeo (http://beta.twiddeo.com): share videos
Twilert (http://www.twilert.com): email alerts on
tweets
TwitPic (http://twitpic.com): share photos
twitterfeed (http://twitterfeed.com): tweet blog posts
TwitterFon (http://twitterfon.net): iPhone app
TwitterGroups (http://twittgroups.com): groups
Twuffer (http://twuffer.com): schedule tweets

Analytics
Twitter Counter (http://twittercounter.com): display
followers; compare two twits in terms of followers
Qwitter (http://useqwitter.com/): see who has
stopped following you

Signature
Who to Follow, Tweet Topics, Companies

Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/invitations): Find People, Twitter, Other Networks, Invite by Email, Suggested Users
Twitter Search (http://search.twitter.com): search by keyword or topic
Twellow (http://www.twellow.com): yellow pages for Twitter
Twubble (http://crazybob.org/twubble): expand your Twitter bubble
Mr. Tweet (http://mrtweet.net): find the people your followers are following
Top Twits (http://twitterati.alltop.com): AllTop list of top Twitter users
Twits Like Me (http://www.chrisfinke.com/twitslikeme): locate similar interests
Twitter Local (http://www.twitterlocal.net): top tweets by city and RSS feed
Twitter Packs (http://twitterpacks.pbwiki.com): wiki of twits by topic
Twibs (http://www.twibs.com/index.php): companies by most followers
copyright 2009 by Thomas MacEntee, geneabloggers.com

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