Here are some Twitter tips to help you get the best out of your twitter experience, and gain some followers along the way. Its well worth the time, it's estimated that there are around 200 million Twitter users, tweeting out around 65 million tweets a day. Here are some tips to help you.
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 tweet it on your feed.
Use the @ Sign
To create a reply on Twitter, simply place an @ sign in front of the persons 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.
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.
Categorise Your Tweets for Added Visibility
If you're tweeting about a popular subject (Chuck Norris, Lego 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.
Share Pictures
Sharing photos quick and simple when using TwitPic. TwitPic post straight to your tweet feed for the world world to see. TwitPic let users easily upload their photos and post them directly to Twitter.
Go mobile
A easy way to keep up with your twitter is to go mobile with Tons of Twitter apps for the iPhone and Blackberry.
Tweetburner
Tweetburner if you are posting URLs in Tweets. It shortens them (remember: 140 characters max) and makes them trackable, plus you can post to your Twitter account directly from the Tweetburner window.
Mention your Twitter
Mention your Twitter page as many places as you can, e.g, e-mail signatures, web page, blog, Facebook, etc.
Enjoy
Twitter delivers a interesting and different experience to social networking, Twitter is a cool landmark in the growing social ecosystem and I believe it has an ongoing part to play in the growing business conversation that all of are a part of.
Hope these tips have helped and makes twitter a less scary place. D2 are on twitter follow us at: http://twitter.com/#!/d2interactive
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