Sanders Media

I’ve been getting a lot of questions about Twitter lately. Here are some basics about the popular social network.

• Tweet: This is the act of posting to Twitter. A post is a Tweet.
• Retweet: This involves posting or quoting another tweet in your own post.
• Follow: This is where you follow other users feeds or “tweets”.
• @user: This is your address on Twitter. For instance, to contact me on Twitter, simply send a message to @sandersmedia.
• Twitter Client: While you can follow your Twitter feed on Twitter.com, many people use a Twitter client. It’s like Outlook for your Twitter account.
• Short URL: You are able to post links in your tweets. However, since you are only allowed 140 characters for each “tweet”, you’ll want to shorten the URL. Tinyurl.com is an example of a service that will do this for you.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. You can also Google “twitter basics”.