Monday, January 05, 2009

Twitter Basics

Twitter is a social networking tool for staying connected to friends, family, co-workers, mentors or anyone else you want to follow. Twitter allows you to stay connected to people through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to the simple question: "What are you doing?"

You can follow people on Twitter, and people can follow you. After you register and set-up your Twitter account, you need to find people to follow to get the "blood flowing" so to speak.

Follow me on Twitter: "jlryan"

If you want to follow someone on Twitter, just click "Follow."

Here's an article on "5 Ways to Find More Friends on Twitter."

I tried the Twubble.com page... it simply gives you the people your current friends are following. Kinda useful.

Once you get a Twitter Account, go into the settings page and find out what your URL is. You can then post your Twitter URL on your other blogs and web sites so people can click on it and follow you.

Here's an article on How to Get More Followers on Twitter.