Product Description

A full-color, portable guide to getting all the fun and productivity from Twitter

Twitter is hot! It's used by everyone from teens keeping up with their friends to fundraising charities and organizations responding to natural disasters; even President Obama tweets. Twitter Tips, Tricks, and Tweets gets you in on the fun, taking you all the way from setting up an account to incorporating cool third-party applications.

Defined as microblogging, Twitter allows you to be as active or passive as you choose in keeping up with the conversation. Limited to 140 characters per comment, or "tweet", it's designed for here-and-now communication. This handy guide gives you everything you need to know.

• Guides you through setting up an account and following Twitter rules
• 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
• Provides useful tips and tricks for expanding Twitter's usefulness through third-party applications

Twitter Tips, Tricks, and Tweets explores all the features of Twitter, so you can join the conversation and discover what all the buzz is about.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #220423 in Books
• Published on: 2009-05-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780470529690
• Condition: USED - VERY GOOD
• Notes:
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From the Back Cover

• join_the_buzz! Create your free Twitter account and keep up with family, friends, business contacts, and issues that interest you — in real time.

• find_friends Search for people you know, see if any of your contacts have Twitter accounts, invite friends to join, and then follow their tweets.

• start_Twittering Post updates online or use your mobile phone. Send replies and direct messages to your friends, and save your favorite tweets.

• find_stuff with basic and advanced word searches or search by locations, dates, or URLs, then monitor search results with RSS or tweet them to others.

• share_your_feed by putting an app on FaceBook, displaying Twitter updates on your Blogger site, or, adding a Twitter widget to your Web site or MySpace® page.

• extend_Twitter with third-party tools for managing, tracking, and Twitter clients; gadgets and widgets; and Twitter Web sites

• tweet_on! Share photos and videos; schedule tweets; follow Twitter trends; create a Twitter poll; do group tweets, and more!

• paul_mcfedries is the author of sixty books which have sold more than three million copies worldwide. Follow him on Twitter @Wordspy

About the Author
Paul McFedries is a technical writer who has been authoring computer books since 1991. He has more than 60 books to his credit, which together have sold more than three million copies worldwide. His current titles include the Wiley books MySpace Visual Quick Tips, Internet Simplified, iPhone 3G Portable Genius, Teach Yourself VISUALLY Macs, and Teach Yourself VISUALLY Windows Vista. Paul is also the proprietor of Word Spy, a Web site devoted to new words and phrases (see www.wordspy.com). Paul lives in Toronto with his wonderful wife, Karen, and their silly dog, Gypsy. Please visit Paul’s personal Web site at www.mcfedries.com, or follow him on Twitter using his Twitter accounts @paulmcf, @wordspy, and @citizencoin.

Customer Reviews

Great resource for all who want to learn and maximize Twitter
Twitter as a social networking tool is exploding and this book is the first to help you untangle all of information you need to learn about Twitter and put out your first "tweet." It provides a good foundation for the basics of getting started but it is also loaded with intermediate and advanced tips and tricks to get the most out of Twitter. Whether you just want to start tweeting or are looking for ways to leverage Twitter to its fullest, I think you'll find everything you need to learn and maximize Twitter in this book.

Terrific resource for those deciding whether or not to Twitter
My teenage daughters talked me into signing up for Twitter. I had no idea what I was getting into. But I had found a few old school friends and work colleagues on Facebook, so I thought: Why not?

When I started getting emails from perfect strangers saying they were "following" me on Twitter, I thought perhaps I should find out what this phenomenon was really all about. So I ordered this book.

The book is well-written, and keeps within the parameters of knowledge which would belong to the average computer-savvy person (i.e. someone who can use a computer to surf for pleasure, word process, send email and do their office job.) It explained the reasoning behind Twitter, which is to keep up with friends and their lives in short bursts (bytes, really) of frequent information. The book also explains how to use shortcuts and extra features to enhance one's Twitter experience.

What the book did for me, admirably, is convince me that Twitter is a complete waste of time. I am already inundated with information which I feel I must assimilate to stay current in this fast-paced world. Twitter is an electronic pastime which I can safely do without. This book helped me decide that, and I think it did a good job of it.

You might come to the opposite conclusion after reading this book. It's an excellent resource, no matter what you decide.

Highly recommended.

A must read 4 anyone new 2 twttr or anyone who wants 2 get more value or have more fun w/ twttr
"Twitter Tips, Tricks, and Tweets" is full of useful advice for anyone new to Twitter or current "Twitterers" who want to increase their knowledge. The book has nine chapters covering:

1. Getting started
2. Customizing your profile to get a unique look
3. Sending tweets
4. Finding, following, and replying to other Twitter users
5. Using Twitter on your cell phone
6. Finding topics and people in Twitter, tips on Twitter search
7. Integrating Twitter with other social media and blogs
8. Different clients and gadgets for Twitter
9. Twitter extensions for sharing non-text media, scheduling, and analytics

I have been a Twitter user for some time, but I still found a number of new Tips and Tricks. The chapter on using Twitter on your cell phone is especially helpful, since the tiny interface is a challenge. The last three chapters are full of information not readily available elsewhere. I wish I had this book before I integrated my Twitter and Facebook accounts--I would not have spent so much time trying to do something that won't work! The gadgets and clients are fascinating, even if you do not use them all (I am a fan of TweetDeck and TinyTwitter), and the external web sites in Chapter 9 are valuable if you are using Twitter for business--otherwise, they are just fun!

If you are new to Twitter, "Twitter Tips, Tricks, and Tweets" will help you use and get value from Twitter quickly. If you already tweet, you will certainly find a few tricks and tips that you did not know!