Learn the Twitter lingo
August 21, 2009
SUBMITTED BY: Jason Kallas
COST: Free
WHERE TO GO: http://business.twitter.com/twitter101/learning
REQUIREMENTS: None
LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: Easy
PREP TIME: 0 Minutes
READ TIME: 5 Minutes
PURPOSE: If you want to use Twitter but don’t understand the key terms, this is a great read. This overview will give you a solid background in just a few minutes.
SELLING POINT: This guide explains key terms such as following, tweet, @username, direct message, retweet, trending topics, Hashtag, tweetup and shortened URLs.
DIRECTIONS:
- Go to http://business.twitter.com/twitter101/learning
- Read the Introduction
- Read the “Following” definition
- Read the “Tweet” explanation
- Read the “@username” explanation
- Read the “Direct Message” definition
- Read the “Retweet” definition
- Read the “Trending topics” explanation
- Read the “Hashtag” explanation
- Read the “tweetup” explanation
- Read the “Shortened URLs” definition
- Congrats! You have successfully read Twitter’s lingo guide to key terms.
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LEGAL: Excerpts of copy were taken directly from twitter.com to ensure accuracy.