Twitter Tips, Tricks, and Tweets

Maximize your fun and boost your productivity with this updated,full-color guide to tantalizing Twitter tips! The popularity of Twitter continues to soar, and is fastbecoming the most popular social networking site online. Whetheryou're looking to learn how to set up an account for the first timeor are on the prowl for some cool third-party Twitter apps, thisfull-color guide will boost your entire Twitter experience. Allowing you to communicate with fellow Twitters within a140-character limit, this fun and fascinating social networkingtool is easier than maintaining a blog and quicker than sending ane-mail or text. With these tips, tricks, and tweets, you'll stay inthe know and up to date on anything and everything you findinteresting. Explores the newest Twitter features, including the newre-tweet feature, which adds a re-tweet button to each tweet on aperson's timeline, much like the sites current "reply" button Discusses Twitter's new search widget, which is moresophisticated and precise Shows how to use the just-announced Geolocation API, which addslocation-based information to tweets Explains how to tweet from mobile devices Shows how to add Twitter to a blog or to other socialnetworking sites such as Facebook Offers ideas for using Twitter in business as well as forpersonal contacts * Covers Twitter terminology and provides helpful tips and tricksfor expanding Twitter's usefulness through third-partyapplications Explore the possibilities of Twitter and discover what the buzzis all about with this tremendously terrific guide to Twitter!

Auteur
paul_mcfedries (@paulmcf) is a technical writer and programmer. He has written more than 70 books that have sold more than 3 million copies worldwide.

Texte du rabat
getting_started New to Twitter? Learn to create an account, set a password, complete a profile, begin tweeting, manage updates, and follow others. cool_new_stuff Discover all the new tools, services, and sites that more than 100 million Twitterers are using.

tweet_n_retweet Reply to updates, download a friend's tweets, view your own and your friends' retweets, and keep someone's retweets out of your timeline.

tweets_to_go Set up Twitter's mobile phone feature and manage Twitter with tools like TweetDeck, TwitterBerry, Twitterific, and Twittelator Pro.

search_it_out Perform basic and advanced searches, add Twitter Search to your browser, and use Bing Twitter, Twitterfall, TweetBeep, and other tools.

where_R_U Geotag your tweets, connect to third-party Twitter apps, manage access, track tweets by location, or tweet events to your Google calendars.

twitter_bling Add Twitter widgets to your Web site, gadgets to your desktop, an app to your Facebook profile, and your tweets to your LinkedIn page.

Résumé
Maximize your fun and boost your productivity with this updated, full-color guide to tantalizing Twitter tips! The popularity of Twitter continues to soar, and is fast becoming the most popular social networking site online. Whether you're looking to learn how to set up an account for the first time or are on the prowl for some cool third-party Twitter apps, this full-color guide will boost your entire Twitter experience.

Allowing you to communicate with fellow Twitters within a 140-character limit, this fun and fascinating social networking tool is easier than maintaining a blog and quicker than sending an e-mail or text. With these tips, tricks, and tweets, you'll stay in the know and up to date on anything and everything you find interesting.

• Explores the newest Twitter features, including the new re-tweet feature, which adds a re-tweet button to each tweet on a person's timeline, much like the sites current "reply" button
• Discusses Twitter's new search widget, which is more sophisticated and precise
• Shows how to use the just-announced Geolocation API, which adds location-based information to tweets
• Explains how to tweet from mobile devices
• Shows how to add Twitter to a blog or to other social networking sites such as Facebook
• Offers ideas for using Twitter in business as well as for personal contacts
• Covers Twitter terminology and provides helpful tips and tricks for expanding Twitter's usefulness through third-party applications
  Explore the possibilities of Twitter and discover what the buzz is all about with this tremendously terrific guide to Twitter!

Contenu

Acknowledgments xi

Foreword xii

Introduction xxii

Chapter 1: How Do I Get Started with Twitter? 2

Setting Up Your Very Own Twitter Account 4

Signing In to Your Twitter Account 6

Viewing Twitter's Current Status 7

Changing Your Twitter Password 10

Resetting Your Twitter Password 11

Deleting Your Twitter Account 12

Chapter 2: What Can I Do to Customize My Twitter Profile? 14

Filling In Your Profile Details 16

Setting Your Twitter Picture 18

Applying a Theme to Your Profile 19

Selecting a Background Image 20

Using a solid-color background 21

Selecting a custom background image 22

Background photo challenges 23

Using a background image to tell people more about yourself 27

Overcoming background problems with tiling images 29

Choosing Your Profile's Colors 29

Stopping Twitter from Sending New Follower Messages 31

Chapter 3: How Do I Send Tweets? 32

Sending a Tweet 34

Sending a tweet using the Twitter site 35

Tips for managing the 140-character limit 36

Typing nonstandard characters in Twitter 37

Notes on tweet etiquette 38

Adding hashtags to create a tweet topic 39

Working with Your Tweets 40

Deleting a tweet 40

Adding a tweet to your favorites 42

Making your tweets private 43

Downloading All Your Tweets 44

Working with Mentions and Direct Messages Sent to You 47

Viewing tweets that mention you 47

Viewing direct messages sent to you 48

Getting an e-mail when you receive a direct message 49

Chapter 4: How Do I Follow Other Twitter Users? 50

Finding People 52

Finding people with Twitter accounts 52

Finding someone on another network 52

Inviting someone to join Twitter 54

Tracking FollowFriday recommendations 55

Following People 56

Following someone on Twitter 56

Following Twitter's suggested users 57

Understanding verified accounts 58

Following a person's updates via RSS 59

Following people who follow you 60

Following someone who is following you 60

Automatically following someone who follows you 61

Downloading your friends' tweets 62

Stop following someone on Twitter 63

Replying, Retweeting, and Direct Messaging 63

Replying to a tweet 64

Sending a reply to all your followers 65

Retweeting an update 66

Viewing your retweets 69

Sending a direct message to someone 70

Configuring direct message e-mails 71

Working with the People You Follow 72

Checking out a person's updates 72

Preventing a person's retweets from appearing in your timeline 72

Viewing your friends' retweets 73

Viewing your tweets that have been retweeted 75

Blocking a tweeter 75

Taking Advantage of Twitter Lists 76

Following a list 77

Creating a list 78

Working with Twitter Bots 80

Receiving a reminder message 80

Querying the Internet Movie Database 81

Getting a map 82

Translating text into another language 82

Getting a weather forecast 83

Returning Amazon data 83

Keeping up with the bots 84

Chapter 5: Can I Use Twitter on My Mobile Phone? 86

Understanding Twitter's Mobile Phone Feature 88

Considering text message fees 88

Non-SMS Twitter alternatives 89

Twitter's phone numbers 90

Activating Your Mobile Phone 91

Sending an Update from Your Mobile Phone 92

Sending an update from your mobile phone as text 93

Sending an update using Twitter's mobile Web site 94

Sending an update from your mobile phone…