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Are you new to Twitter? Let me help with this 3 minutes tutorial in your first steps on how to write ang the benefits of it.

Before start, make sure you know what is it created for and what are you intended to do with it. In my case, I created my account because I am a Social Media lover and mostly because I work with it. Also I want to gather the most followers as possible and spread the word in 140 characters.

IMHO Twitter has naturally created it’s own etiquete, but always know that you are delaing with people, and not with machines. Please, make sure to have in mind that every follower is a person!

Lets go to the tips and start following and have some followers to gain popularity.

TIP 1: You have only 140 characters to type in and send it out.

TIP 2: Follow people you are interested in.

TIP 3: Write what you want to spread out and what you think people will like to read.

TIP 4:  Download and install a client software to help you read all the microposts, I use Tweet Deck and finf it simple and useful.

TIP 5:  Go to a Twitter service site that lists all the most relevant people listed in different categories. My preferred one is Twitter Counter.

TIP 6:  In Twitter Counter, find and follow as many people as possible, always related to your interests.

TIP 7:  Always feedback to those that just started following you.

TIP 8: Give credit to those that sends nice stuff. Always retwit or mention the person that originally sent that nice micropost.

TIP 9: Keep your twitter account alive. If you find something interesting, share it on Twitter and mostly, mention those that you think is going to anjoy your micropost.

TIP 10: Follow these simple rules: @username - when you want to mention a user | RT @username - when you want to retwit someone’s twit | D username - when you want to send  a direct message to someone (without sending it to everyone) | RE - when you want to reference a link.

TIP 11: Keep in mind this is a social service and be social, think social and act social.

TIP 12: If you think this post was helpful in some way, please, follow me http://twitter.com/toyoda2k or search for toyoda2k.

Thank you and in the next few days, I’ll post some more interesting tips about twitter.

Toyoda

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