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Twitter Tips, Tricks, and Tweets (Paperback)
July 1, 2009 by admin
Filed under Twitter Products
If you’re one of the millions of users joining Twitter to connect to friends, family, and interest groups; or to follow the conversation and find out what’s happening beyond your doorstep, then this full color, 288 page book is for you. Coverage on how to establish a Twitter account, tweet from mobile devices, search for people and interests, and add Twitter to your blog is approached in a user-friendly manner. You can apply the tips and tricks found in this book and discover w (more…)
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Valuable, attractive reference
This book is different from the standard Internet how-to volume. It’s a very detailed reference with four-color illustrations throughout, no skimping.
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.
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Great introduction to Twitter
I’ve been using twitter now for over 6 months, and I love it to death.
Getting other people to understand my infatuation with twitter can be somewhat difficult…
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Superb Microblogging Educational Tool!
Paul McFedries book Twitter: Tips, Tricks, and Tweets provides everything you ever wanted to know about twitter in an organized and simple fashion.
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Twitter Experience
After receiving this book I followed its instructions and signed on to Twitter. After posting a few “what are you doing” entries I did a search on my username, my first name and…
“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!
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Twitter Explained, For Everyone
Twitter Tips, Tricks, and Tweets
You will learn a ton reading this book. The book states that the author is a technical writer who has written numerous computer…
Paul McFedries book contains all the information you need to get on board with Twitter. Though it’s easy to sign up on and start using the popular social media site, this book does indeed provide you many of the latest tips, tricks, and resources for getting the most out of Twitter.
Other books about Twitter cover how to use the site as a networking and marketing strategy for your business. Paul’s book instead focuses on the general Twitter user. You get step-by-step instructions about signing up on the site, customizing your Twitter homepage, connecting with other Twitter members, and doing powerful searches on Twitter. The last third of the book gives you advance resources that get you beyond and connects you back to the Twitter.com website. You learn about desktop and mobile applications for Twittering, as well how to have your Twitter updates show up on your existing web or blog site. There’s even a nice two-page glossary of Twitter related lingo that will give you “tweet cred” (Twitter creditability) amongst your friends and associates.
This book is beautifully illustrated, and the writing is clear and concise. I kinda wish, though, that it was formatted in 6×9 size, rather the traditional 9×6 book size. The landscape orientation would have made this book feel more like the true guide that it is.
Much of the information found in this book is available for free on the Internet, but having these resources collected in one place saves you time from doing all that searching. The author is a prolific writer who has sold books worldwide. So this book is well worth the price if you want to get up to speed on Twitter.
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What can you say in 140 characters or less?
What can you say about a social media phenomenon that limits messages to 140 characters? Quite a lot it turns out, but maybe not enough to fill a 250-page book.
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From a member of the twitteratti
This books has quickly become my social media bible! Beautiful pages, chock full of fantastic information, and secret tips, tricks, and tactics to make you quickly part of thee…
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Fine, comprehensive manual
There are many people who cannot conceive why Twitter has become a global cultural phenomenon. Sure, Twitter provides some supplemental technical communication value beyond…
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Easy-to-Use Guide
I am an avid Facebook user, but just have not been able to get into Twitter. It seemed like the worst of Facebook – frequent, banal status updates – on steroids.
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Covers all the bases
It’s hard to imagine a more comprehensive book on Twitter, given the rapidly expanding capabilities of this technology.