| So, what is a tweet? If you are on Twitter, you ought | | | | - Recent Blog Posts: Ideally, you should make one such |
| to tweet. | | | | tweet per day. This helps you promote your own blog. |
| A "tweet" is a Twitter message that can be sent from | | | | At the same time, remember to promote interesting, |
| your mobile phone, the web page, and the Instant | | | | informative, and entertaining posts from other Twitter |
| Messenger (IM). As soon as you post a tweet, it | | | | users. |
| becomes visible on the Twitter pages and mobile | | | | - Important announcements |
| phones of your followers. | | | | - Overheard (OH): These are interesting snippets of |
| A Bit of Twitiquette | | | | conversation that you usually overhear at the |
| Twitter gives you ample freedom to express yourself | | | | workplace or at home. These tweets are meant to |
| as you wish. However, you will have a better Twitter | | | | enlarge the spirit of fun in the Twitter atmosphere. |
| experience if you follow certain unwritten and written | | | | - Fun Internet Games (Rickrolls): When you post fun |
| Twitter rules. I would like to call this “twittiquette.” | | | | stuff like this, you prove that you are fun to hang |
| Newcomers, of course, are forgiven if they make a | | | | around with. Other Twitter users will try to mimic you |
| social gaffe or two every now and then. After all, they | | | | and post similar tweets. Enrich your Twitter experience |
| are feeling their way around the site and don't really | | | | by splashing Internet memes around the Twitter |
| know many things about Twitter and tweeting. When I | | | | atmosphere. |
| first registered at Twitter, I found myself guilty of | | | | - Quotes and Lyrics: Lyrics, especially funny and |
| making some such gaffes myself; and Twitter users | | | | thought-provoking ones, bring a smile to the faces of |
| were gracious enough to forgive me for them. | | | | the readers. Some of them might even give rise to |
| What Do Twitter Users Tweet About? | | | | questions that might, in turn, give rise to interesting |
| What should you tweet about? Twitter doesn't have | | | | threads of conversation. Such Twitter activity is |
| strict rules of what you should say or shouldn’t. | | | | greatly appreciated on Twitter. |
| Most tweets are parts of long conversation threads or | | | | - Links to video clipping, photographs, podcasts, |
| announcements. To enjoy the ultimate Twitter | | | | interviews, articles, blogs, websites, and so on, which |
| experience, you must learn to strike a balance | | | | give other Twitter users a better picture of what you |
| between the two. | | | | are |
| Here is a list of things you can tweet about: | | | | - Shout out and make Twitter users feel great |
| - Private reflections and thoughts about your products, | | | | Tweets are private; only your followers can read and |
| which will lead to development of trust and informative | | | | respond to them. If you want to make your tweets |
| conversational threads | | | | public, you can do so by providing your Twitter identity. |
| - Event announcements, which might give you a | | | | Interested parties can even subscribe to your tweets. |
| chance to meet your followers in person | | | | You will find a wide range of tweets on Twitter. Some |
| - Contests, such as trivia questions, with a prize | | | | of them make Twitter users erupt in laughter; some of |
| attached, which arouse plenty of interest in your | | | | them lead to a lot of reflection; and some lead to |
| tweets | | | | exciting and long threads of conversation. |
| - Responses to other tweets, which express your | | | | Twitter is a site for fun and interaction. The purpose of |
| interest in what others have to say. | | | | tweeting is to strike up conversations, network, and |
| - Direct responses, which don't appear on the public | | | | build relationships. So, share whatever you have and |
| timeline, but enhance the bond of trust, friendship, and | | | | enjoy tweeting! |
| understanding between two Twitter users | | | | |