How to get started in Twitter

Now a days we are hearing about Twitter, many people are wondering that how to get started? Follow these tips and you’ll fit right in :-

Before you start the steps, first you need to open an account with twitter, simply log on to www.twitter.com and provide the desired username and password, there you go.

Now you can follow these steps if you would like to an active user.

1. SHRINK YOUR URLS
One of the most common uses of Twitter is sharing links. But you only have 140 characters to work with, so instead of sharing a long URL, use one of serveral URL-shortening services to shrink that link. Some of our favorites include tinyurl. com, ******, ow.ly, and *******.

2. RT = RETWEET
If you want to copy and paste someone else’s tweet, that’s totally accepted and appreciated, as long as you give the original tweeter credit for it. Just put “RT @name” in front of their tweet and post it yourself.

3. DIRECT MESSAGING
With Twitter’s direct-messasing (DM) function, can send a private 140-character message to another user, kind of like abbreviated e-mail. However, you can only direct message Twitter users who following you.

4. USE THE @ SIGN
To create reply or to give someone props on Twitter, simply place an @ sign in front of their Twitter name. If it is a reply, the @ sign must be the first character of the tweet. To see replies to your own tweets, click on @Replies from your profile page.

5. SEARCH FOR YOUR FRIENDS
Search.twitter.com works well for finding your friends, celebrities, or organizations, or for searching for specific topics you’re interested in.

6. CATEFORIZW YOUR TWEETS FOR ADDED VISIBILITY
If you’re tweeting about a popular subject (Obama,Lost,etc.), putting a # in front of the subject makes it easy for others to find your tweet, and perhaps they will want to follow you. For example, when the plane crashed into the Hudson River in January, #flight1549 became a popular tag and search term.

7. SHARE PICTURES
People love sharing their photos with the world, and some even break news with them, like Janis Krums, who used Twitpic to post one of the first upclose photos of Flight1459 on this Twitter feed.

8. TWEET FROM YOUR PHONE
Twitter allows you to update your status and receive updates via text message. Under setting, go to the Devices tab and enter your phone number to start sending and receiving mobile tweets. If your incoming tweets/texts are overwelming you, disable this option by going back to the same and following the instructions.

9. PICK A GOOD DESKTOP CLIENT
With desktop clients such as TweetDeck, Twhirl, and TwitterFox, you can receive tweets in a much more manageable fashion, especially if you follow a lot of people, respond often, and use direct messages a lot. TweetDeck, for example, allows you to create specific groups, if you want to split your feed intro individual columns.

10.DOWNLOAD A MOBILE CLIENT
If you have a BlackBerry, iPhone, or another smartphone with Wi-Fi or 3G access, a mobile client might be a better option than using text messages. Mobile Twitter clients worth checking out include Twitterificm TwitterBerry, and PocketTweets, and Twidroid.