Three Tips A Day

We’ve hit a Twurdle!

For those who didn’t get it: Twurdle = Twitter Hurdle We are really sorry to disappoint our readers but we won’t be posting on Three Tips a Day for a few days. We had been trying really hard to finish this Twitter Week and make it a success but somehow we’ve hit a unavoidable roadblocks. We have been trying hard to be regular with our posts, but something urgent has propped up and unfortunately, that has to be attended to. We have no choice but to stay away from regular...

Having fun with Twitter: Twitter Week Day 3

In the attempt to understand Twitter and dominate it, people sometimes forget to have fun with it. After all, what’s the harm in taking some time out to smile. Let us show you how Twitter can brings smiles on your face: The Definitive list of Twitter Cartoons We found some more on Slideshare: Top 25 Twitter Cartoons View more presentations from Chad Richards. And here is a list of Twitter Games: 6 Twitter Games Convert your tweets into Morse Code Flip your...

Five Things to do on Twitter: Twitter Week Day 3

Now that you are pretty familiar with tweeting, remember five things that you must do once in a while on Twitter: Share a link Share a pic Retweet Share some statistics Share anything! How to share links on Twitter: Twitter has a limit of 140 characters which makes sharing of longer links difficult. However Twitter uses the service of TinyURL to automatically shorten long links. You can use some advanced features which TinyURL has to offer(which most tweeters miss!): 1....

So far so good – Twitter Week Day 3

Two days of the Twitter week have gone by and we’ve now figured out the following things: Twitter Week Day 1: What is Twitter? – a post explaining what Twitter is all about Twitter for beginners – a guide to signing up with Twitter and using the basic features Basic terms and features of Twitter – a glossary of Twitter terms and their explanations Twitter Week Day 2: Building your Twitter network – the essential guidelines to conversing and relationship building...

Using Twitter Directories: Twitter Week Day 2

In the last post we discussed various ways in which you can find friends and followers on Twitter, using search. However sometimes searching can be a pain in the you-know-what. To make things easier we’ll use Twitter directories where you can browse for people really easily. Here is a list of Twitter directories you must put to use immediately: 1. Twitr: Twitr claims to be the number 1 Twitter directory and even though we are not quite sure about it, Twitr is pretty useful. You can find...

Finding Friends and Followers: Twitter Week Day 2

In the previous post we talked about the importance of effective communication in building networks on Twitter. But the question remains: Whom must we follow and how can I gather followers? The answer to this question lies in your Twitter goals. Suppose: You use Twitter for personal use: Then you’ll try to find your friends on twitter, celebrity accounts, popular blogs, news accounts and people with similar interests You use Twitter for business use: Then you’ll be looking for...

Building your Twitter Network: Twitter Week Day 2

Now that you have learnt the basics of Twitter and (hopefully) have built your Twitter profile, its time to build your Twitter network. In case you still have some confusion in using Twitter, here are the links to Day 1’s posts: What is Twitter? Twitter basics for beginners Basic terms and features of Twitter Now getting down to the task, the process of building an effective twitter network can be divided into four stages: Make sense when you tweet Find people whom you...

Basic Terms and Features of Twitter: Twitter Week Day 1

Here is a list of Twitter feature and basic terminology which will help you understand Twitter better. # sign The hash sign is used to mark a word as a keyword, which denotes a “hashtag”. We’ll tell you what a hashtag means just down this article. So if your Tweet(a Twitter update) relates to a popular quote, you’ll add the #quote hashtag to denote it as a quote. @ reply The @ sign is used to indicate that you are replying to a specific username. For example, if you want to pass...

Twitter Basics for beginners: Twitter Week Day 1

If you’ve never heard of Twitter before this, we’ll give you a quick guide on how to start. Go to Twitter.com and click on the ‘Get Started – Join!’ button: On the next screen, you’ll be required to fill in your account details. You must be at least 13 years of age to use Twitter. You can choose a Twitter display name (also called the Twitter Handle). You Twitter url will thus become http://www.twitter.com/your_handle: You can then check which of your friends are on...

What is Twitter?: Twitter Week Day 1

One of the most difficult things to do in a Twitter guide is to define Twitter. That's because Twitter means different things to different people. At the heart of it – Twitter can be called a ‘micro blogging’ service under the umbrella of social networking tools centered around the basic question - ‘What are you doing?’ We'll begin our Twitter week with an attempt to answer the question 'What is Twitter?' We aim to make the meaning of twitter clear to the beginners and also to...