#1
/ May 11, 2009 / 2:00 min.
You may already be following your friends, family, business associates and peers on Twitter. Now it's time to add some of the most popular Twitterers to your account to see what they're up to. Popular users run the gamut from celebrities to stock tips, limited-time deals from commercial tweeters to news bites from well-known journalists.
follow Oprah on Twitter,
follow Ashton Kutcher on Twitter and see what the other half is saying.
#2
/ May 12, 2009 / 1:59 min.
There are so many services that keep you
connected with friends, family and associates that it can be hard to keep track of them all. Fear not!
Twitter allows you to
post Twitter tweets to Facebook, MySpace, Blogger, TypePad and other online services. In part two of our
Advanced Twitter Tips series, we'll show you how.
#3
/ May 13, 2009 / 1:59 min.
We all make mistakes. Sometimes, you choose a username for an online service that is now either embarrassing or downright lame. We're looking at you hockeyguy523. You too, lovetheladies141. Fortunately, with
Twitter, there's an easy way to
change your username without losing your followers or disturbing your
Twitter stream. Here's how to
change your Twitter username.
#4
/ May 14, 2009 / 1:31 min.
It doesn't take long to reach
Twitter feed overload. Once you start following tens, hundreds or even thousands of people, it can be impossible to keep up and
important tweets might get lost in the shuffle. Here's how to
subscribe to a Twitterer's RSS feed so you
never miss an important tweet.
#5
/ May 15, 2009 / 1:56 min.
On
Twitter, as in life, good manners will get you far. Unspoken
Twitter etiquette dictates that you not share the mind-numbing minute of your day. However, otherwise boring tweets can be made useful and valuable, which is the most important step in
getting followers on Twitter. We'll show you how.
#6
/ May 18, 2009 / 2:03 min.
Finding hot topics and adding your two-cents is easy on
Twitter. In this installment of
Advanced Twitter Tips, we'll look into how to
search for and chime in on hot Twitter topics. Everything from the newest gadget, the finest recipes, the latest sports discussions and much more are happening right now on Twitter!
#7
/ May 19, 2009 / 2:08 min.
With tens, probably hundreds of thousands of tweets being sent every day, there's a lot of raw data for to search through if you're looking to find a specific topic.
Twitter, apparently, agrees and so has a robust
advanced search engine you can use to drill down and find just the info you're looking for.
#8
/ May 20, 2009 / 2:28 min.
If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then pictures have never been more useful than they are on
Twitter, with its 140-character posting limit. Molly McDonald demonstrates how to
share a picture with your Twitter network using
TwitPic,
Flickr or
Photobucket. In fact, if you're already on Twitter, you don't even need to
sign up for TwitPic; you have a login!
#9
/ May 21, 2009 / 2:16 min.
Sharing links on Twitter is all well and good, but how do you know
who's visiting the links you post?
Bit.ly is a great service that shortens URLs, just like
TinyURL does, but with the added benefit of letting you see who's clicking on your links, when, how often and even if they're sharing them!
#10
/ May 22, 2009 / 1:42 min.
Twitter's popularity has grown to the point that
celebrities are jumping aboard the bandwagon. Everyone from
US President Barack Obama to Ashton Kutcher, Britney Spears to Shaquille O'Neal, Jimmy Fallon, Demi Moore, Arnold Schwarzenegger (or, in some cases their team) and more are sharing their thoughts.