Twitter for Dummies
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FOREWORD
If you don’t know what Twitter is, go to Twitter.com. You’ll learn there. When you’re done, come back. If you’re here looking for Twitter tips, you’re at the right place.
That’s it! I’ll close the foreword here, and get to what you’re no doubt here for: the Tweet Tips. Bear in mind I’ve written this Twitter guide free of charge, but donations are always welcome. Since the print version of this guide will be $22, I think a fair donation would be $5. Or $0. Whatever.
Chapter 1: The Basics
As stated in the foreword, you’re given 140 characters to convey your message. From there, I’ll say:
RULE #1: Don’t go over 140 characters per update, because it won’t work anyway.
Some people think you need guidelines for what to actually tweet about. This leads me to rule number 2.
RULE #2: Tweet about whatever you want.
Want more followers? That takes us to rule number 3.
RULE #3: If you want more followers, be more interesting. If you want less followers, be boring.
Annnnd… That’s it, really. Just so we’re clear, I’ll review the rules.
RULE #1: Don’t go over 140 characters per update, because it won’t work anyway.
RULE #2: Tweet about whatever you want.
RULE #3: If you want more followers, be more interesting. If you want less followers, be boring.
In Closing
Now that you’ve read these tips/rules, ask yourself: do I really need to pay $22 + S/H for a 288 page book? If so, by all means, buy Twitter for Dummies when it comes out in August, 2009. If not, you can send a Paypal donation to me at eric_millerATSIGNinsightbbDOTHEREcom.
