Twitter for Dummies - Laura Fitton [0]
Table of Contents
Introduction
About This Book
Conventions Used in This Book
What You’re Not to Read
Foolish Assumptions
How This Book Is Organized
Part I: Twitter? Like Birds Do?
Part II: Joining Your Flock on Twitter
Part III: Twittering in High Gear
Part IV: Knowing Why We Twitter
Part V: The Part of Tens
Icons Used in This Book
Where to Go from Here
Part I: Twitter? Like Birds Do?
Chapter 1: Sharing Your Thoughts, 140 Characters at a Time
Figuring Out This Twitter Thing
How Individuals Use Twitter
How Organizations Use Twitter
Businesses That Use Twitter
Getting Your Tweet Wet
Tweeting Like a Pro
Branching Out with Third-Party Applications
Chapter 2: Hello, Twitter World!
Signing Up
Picking a Name
Finding Contacts
Using useful people-finding tools
Searching by using Twitter Search
Inviting Contacts
Say Hello! Your First Tweets
Customizing Your Profile
Changing your avatar
Changing your background
Using your background image to expand your profile
Adjusting Your Text-Messaging Settings
Controlling the text-message flow
Selecting your text notifications, person by person
Chapter 3: Stroll Around the Grounds: A Tour of the Twitter Interface
Starting Out on the Home Screen
The sidebar
The “What are you doing?” box
The Twitter stream
Tweeting to One Specific Person: @Replies
Shhh! Sending Private Notes via Direct Messages
Playing (Twitter) Favorites
Becoming a Renaissance Man via the Everyone Tab (RIP)
Figuring Out Who’s Following You
Looking at What You’ve Tweeted
Chapter 4: Using Twitter Wherever You Think Best
The User Multi-Face: Interacting with Twitter Every Which Way
Text messages (SMS delivery)
RSS feeds
Desktop clients
TwitterFox
Widgets and gadgets
Going Mobile: The Key to Happiness
Part II: Joining Your Flock on Twitter
Chapter 5: Tweeting It Up
Finding People to Follow on Twitter
Look who’s talking
Searching for people
Inviting people personally, through Twitter
Opening up your stream
How to Follow People
Replying to Tweets
Direct Messaging
Direct-messaging shorthand
Should I @ or DM?
Encouraging More Followers
Chapter 6: Who’s Using Twitter
Tweeting with Regular People
Building Company Relationships with Twitter
Talking Politics with Actual Politicians
Following Celebrities on Twitter
Signing Up for Syndicated Material
Tweeting in Unison
Part III: Twittering in High Gear
Chapter 7: Tricks of the Twitter Gurus
Following Twitter Protocol
Language and abbreviations
Engaging others on Twitter
Tweeting frequency
Inserting Links into Your Tweets
Using Your Twitter History and Favorites
Your Feeds, My Feeds, Everyone’s Feeds
Deciphering Twitter Shorthand Code
D – direct message
F – follow
@ – reply
On/Off
Fav – favorite a tweet
Nudge
Stats
Get
Whois
Leave
On/Off username
Invite
Quit and Stop
Codes may come, and codes may go . . .
Chapter 8: Twitter Minus Twitter.com
Tweeting with Your Cellphone
Via text messaging
Via smartphones or PDAs
Using Twitter through Your E-Mail
Swimming Your Twitter Stream with RSS Feeds
Grabbing RSS feeds
Sending RSS feeds back to Twitter
Using Third-Party Services
Sharing Tweets All Around the Web
Auto-Tweeting
Chapter 9: Embracing the Twitter Ecosystem
Finding Interesting Twitter Talk with Search Tools
Twitter Search
TwitScoop
Hashtags
Expanding Your Twitter World by Using Clients
Desktop clients
Mobile clients
Keeping Your Tweets Short with URL Shorteners
Getting All Your Online Activity in One Place by Using Aggregators
Using Trending Topics to Stay on the Twitter Cutting-Edge
Playing with Twitter Games and Memes
Tag Clouds
Keeping in Contact with Visualization and Listening Tools
Google Alerts
BLVDStatus
Twitter Search
Radian6
Knowing Your Network with Follower and Following Tools
Part IV: Knowing Why We Twitter
Chapter 10: Finding Your Tweet Voice
Finding Your Voice, Whether for Business or Pleasure
Your business on Twitter