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5 Twitter Essentials That Every Beginner Should Know

We have become so much social that volcano of Social Network and Social Media has erupted online. Twitter is an important aspect of the same. If you are a newbie to the brimming field of Twitter, you must know certain essentials. Yes we know Twitter is not as popular as Facebook is, but Twiiter has a different nature. It is a more disciplined genre of Social Media. So here are the “5 Twitter essentials that every beginner should know”.

1.   Do not have an Egg

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  • As with every social media, you have to create a profile. For Twitter this profile is known as Avatar. If you haven’t put the desired amount of information there, Twitter will give you an Egg. This egg will tell the world that your avatar is not yet completed enough. Upload your Image; provide other information that is required by Twitter.
  • With twitter you just have 140 characters. So develop skills to express yourself with fewer words.
  • According to me this is the reason why people do not adapt with this system, and this is the only reason that’s why celebrities like this network quite much.
  • You can use # to mention some event, movie, concert or anything that is not a single individual.
  • As we have “to:” option with our email services, in Twitter you will have “@” option. It defines and directs to recipient of your tweet.
  • There are no friends or contacts here. Here you will find a quirky yet interesting option of “Follow”. You may follow the person whose tweets you want to have on your dashboard. Same way other people can also follow you. Influence of your Twitter presence is counted by the number of your followers. Your followers show your reach in this virtual world.
  • If you are familiar with facebook, you may have used an option of “share”. Here in Twitter you will find the option of “Re-tweet”. If you find someone’s tweet quite interesting, you can re-tweet it.
  • There are two types of re-tweets. ..
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2.   Be effective in less words

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  • With twitter you just have 140 characters. So develop skills to express yourself with fewer words.
  • According to me this is the reason why people do not adapt with this system, and this is the only reason that’s why celebrities like this network quite much

3.   Style

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  • You can use # to mention some event, movie, concert or anything that is not a single individual.
  • As we have “to:” option with our email services, in Twitter you will have “@” option. It defines and directs to recipient of your tweet.
  • There are no friends or contacts here. Here you will find a quirky yet interesting option of “Follow”. You may follow the person whose tweets you want to have on your dashboard. Same way other people can also follow you. Influence of your Twitter presence is counted by the number of your followers. Your followers show your reach in this virtual world.

4.   Re-Tweet

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  • If you are familiar with facebook, you may have used an option of “share”. Here in Twitter you will find the option of “Re-tweet”. If you find someone’s tweet quite interesting, you can re-tweet it.
  • There are two types of re-tweets. ..
  • RT – Retweet: The “more work involved,” yet personal way to re-tweet. The tweet starts with RT, followed by@mention and ending with the original message.
  • MT (or sometimes mRT) – Modified Tweet:  These letters are used to repost a Tweet that has been altered in some way. If you change anything about the original Tweet, use the MT/mRT.

5.   Some Asterisks may fool you!

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  • You will find “*ad” at the end of some of tweets. So it means that tweet is an ad, the user has been paid for the particular tweet.
  • Sometimes you will find * followed by certain letters, that means that user is tweeting on behalf of certain organizations or missions.

So, what is that you are waiting for? Go and tweet. Twitter is waiting for as we are then after for your comments.

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