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The Complete Guide to Twitter
 
Mark O’Neill
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Table of Contents
 
1. Introduction - What is Twitter? .......................................................................................................5
 
So what
exactly 
is Twitter? ..........................................................................................................6
 
Twitterer or Tweeter? .................................................................................................................7
 
2. What’s So Good about Twitter? ......................................................................................................8
 
3. Setting up your Twitter account for the first time ......................................................................... 10
 
4. How to Effectively Tweet.............................................................................................................. 14
 
Finding More Followers ............................................................................................................. 15
 
Publicising Your Twitter Username ............................................................................................ 17
 
Top Followed People on Twitter ................................................................................................ 19
 
Hashtags – what are they and why are they useful to you? ........................................................ 20
 
ReTweeting – how to do it and why other Tweeters value them ................................................ 21
 
Sending a Direct Message to another User ................................................................................ 22
 
Searching Twitter to Stay on Top of the Trends.......................................................................... 23
 
Maintaining Your Reputation on Twitter .................................................................................... 25
 
Cleaning up Your Twitter Account.............................................................................................. 26Protected Updates Versus Public Updates – What’s Best? ......................................................... 29
 
5. Twitter Apps and Bots You Should Know About ............................................................................ 30Desktop Apps ............................................................................................................................ 30
 
10 Twitter Bots You Might Want to Follow ................................................................................ 3
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Other Useful Twitter Websites & Applications ........................................................................... 39
 
6. Twitter Tips & Tricks ..................................................................................................................... 45
 
Scheduling your Tweets for Later with SocialOomph ................................................................. 45
 
How to Automate New Followers .............................................................................................. 47
 
Some Funny Twitter Accounts to Follow .................................................................................... 49
 
Don’t miss out on our other cool manuals! ..................................................................................... 52
 

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89shadowleft a comment

gr8 & useful information...
06 / 06 / 2011
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R. Alan Woodsleft a comment

Cool and very informative stuff.
04 / 06 / 2010
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Sigi Jakobleft a comment

Hi Simon, excellent guide! Would like to have my students translate into German if you don't mind and republish? Sigi
10 / 29 / 2009
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