The Newcomers Guide To Twitter is a ten-part series of introductory lessons, tips and suggestions for people using Twitter for the first time. Please share these articles with your friends, family, colleagues and anyone you know who is struggling to “get Twitter”.

So, you’ve studied the basics, chosen the perfect username, setup your profile at Twitter.com, started following some cool people, picked up some followers yourself, wrote some really great tweets, figured out Twitter etiquette and started making Twitter work for you, and your business.

Now it’s time to take it to the next level.

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The Newcomers Guide To Twitter is a ten-part series of introductory lessons, tips and suggestions for people using Twitter for the first time. Please share these articles with your friends, family, colleagues and anyone you know who is struggling to “get Twitter”.

So, you’ve studied the basics, chosen the perfect username, setup your profile at Twitter.com, started following some cool people, picked up some followers yourself, wrote some really great tweets, figured out Twitter etiquette and started making Twitter work for you.

Now, you need to make it work for your business.

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The Newcomers Guide To Twitter is a ten-part series of introductory lessons, tips and suggestions for people using Twitter for the first time. Please share these articles with your friends, family, colleagues and anyone you know who is struggling to “get Twitter”.

So, you’ve studied the basics, chosen the perfect username, setup your profile at Twitter.com, started following some cool people, picked up some followers yourself, wrote some really great tweets and figured out Twitter etiquette. So far, so good. Now, you need to make Twitter part of your life… without making your life part of Twitter.

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The Newcomers Guide To Twitter is a ten-part series of introductory lessons, tips and suggestions for people using Twitter for the first time. Please share these articles with your friends, family, colleagues and anyone you know who is struggling to “get Twitter”.

So, you’ve studied the basics, chosen the perfect username, setup your profile at Twitter.com, started following some cool people, picked up some followers yourself and wrote some really great tweets. It’s all looking good. Now… have you thought about your behaviour on Twitter?

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The Newcomers Guide To Twitter is a ten-part series of introductory lessons, tips and suggestions for people using Twitter for the first time. Please share these articles with your friends, family, colleagues and anyone you know who is struggling to “get Twitter”.

So, you’ve studied the basics, chosen the perfect username, setup your profile at Twitter.com, started following some cool people and picked up some followers yourself. Now, you need to figure out a way to hold on to them, and attract more folks to your Twitter table, and the best way to do that is to write great tweets.

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The Newcomers Guide To Twitter is a ten-part series of introductory lessons, tips and suggestions for people using Twitter for the first time. Please share these articles with your friends, family, colleagues and anyone you know who is struggling to “get Twitter”.

So, you’ve studied the basics, chosen the perfect username, setup your profile at Twitter.com and started following some cool people. But here’s the thing: how do you get people to follow you?

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The Newcomers Guide To Twitter is a ten-part series of introductory lessons, tips and suggestions for people using Twitter for the first time. Please share these articles with your friends, family, colleagues and anyone you know who is struggling to “get Twitter”.

So, you’ve studied the basics, chosen the perfect username and setup your profile at Twitter.com. Everything looks good to go. But now what? How do you start finding interesting people, brands and accounts to follow?

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The Newcomers Guide To Twitter is a ten-part series of introductory lessons, tips and suggestions for people using Twitter for the first time. Please share these articles with your friends, family, colleagues and anyone you know who is struggling to “get Twitter”.

So, you’ve chosen the perfect username and you’ve registered your account at Twitter.com. Now you need to fully complete your Twitter Profile information, which is located in the Settings section of your account.

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The Newcomers Guide To Twitter is a ten-part series of introductory lessons, tips and suggestions for people using Twitter for the first time. Please share these articles with your friends, family, colleagues and anyone you know who is struggling to “get Twitter”.

Before you sign up for a new account on Twitter, you need to give some thought to your username.

Your username, or handle, is your identity on Twitter, and is preceded by the at (@) symbol. Ideally, as an individual, your username should be your real name. For example, if your name was John Smith, your Twitter username should be, in an ideal world, @JohnSmith.

Unfortunately, the world is far from ideal, and chances are that the username you want is already taken. So what in blue blazes do you do now?

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The Newcomers Guide To Twitter is a ten-part series of introductory lessons, tips and suggestions for people using Twitter for the first time. Please share these articles with your friends, family, colleagues and anyone you know who is struggling to “get Twitter”.

So you’re thinking about joining Twitter, or maybe you’ve just signed up? Congratulations! You’re going to have a lot of fun.

Now what?

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