Twitter tips, tricks, and tweets (paperback) (2^nd Ed.)

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!

Acknowledgments.

Foreword.

Introduction.

Chapter 1: How Do I Get Started with Twitter?

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

Chapter 3: How Do I Send Tweets?

Chapter 4: How Do I Follow Other Twitter Users?

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

Chapter 6: How Do I Find Stuff in Twitter?

Chapter 7: Where Can I Display My Twitter Feed?

Chapter 8: How Can I Take Twitter to the Next Level?

Chapter 9: What Tools Can I Use to Extend Twitter?

Glossary.

Index.

Everyone from teens to grandparents and in between flock to Twitter to see what′s a–twitter. Tweets can be updated online or via mobile devices and many third party apps exist that can send posts to other social networking sites, like Facebook, allowing users to post once and update all. Recently Twitter has been used for a variety of viral marketing efforts, fundraising by charity organizations, calls to action by politicians on local and national levels (Obama actively tweeted), and even news organizations feeding real time info about late–breaking stories.

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.