New to Twitter? These Twitter Tips will help you jump into tweeting!
Twitter Terms:
- DM– direct message
- RT / ReTweet – repeating a tweet from someone else
- Tweeps / Tweeple – people on Twitter
- Tweet(ing) – the act of posting to Twitter
- Tweetup – an in-person meet up of Twitter members
- Twitterverse – the cyberspace area of Twitter
Twitter Commands
- @username + message – directs a twitter at another person, and causes your twitter to save in their “replies” tab Eg:@socialguide I love that song too!
- D username + message – sends a person a private message that goes to their device, and saves in their web archive Eg: d krissy are you working tomorrow?
- FAV username – marks a person’s last twitter as a favorite and causes the message to show up in your “Favorites” tab
- SET LOCATION placename – updates the location field in your profile Eg: set location san Francisco
- WHOIS username – retrieves the profile information for any public user on Twitter Eg: whois jack
- GET username – retrieves the latest Twitter update posted by the person Eg: get goldman
- NUDGE username – reminds a friend to update by asking what they’re doing on your behalf Eg: nudge biz
- FAV username – marks a person’s last twitter as a favorite. (hint: reply to any update with FAV to mark it as a favorite if you’re receiving it in real time) Eg: faval3x
- STATS – this command returns your number of followers, how many people you’re following, and your bio information
- INVITE phone number – will send an SMS invite to a friend’s mobile phone Eg: Invite 415 555 1212
Twitter Word Search
- social media – will find tweets containing both “social” and “media“
- “social media” – will find tweets containing the exact phrase “social media“
- social OR media – will find tweets containing “social” OR “media” (or both)
- social -media – will find tweets containing “social” but NOT “media“
- #socialmedia – will find tweets containing the hashtag “#socialmedia“
Twitter People Search
- from:matthewtommasi – will find tweets from the person “matthewtommasi“
- to:scobleizer – will find tweets to the person “scobleizer“
- to:guykawasaki OR to:mashable – will find tweets to the person “guykawasaki“, OR to the person “mashable“
- @socialguide – will find tweets referencing the person “@socialguide“
Twitter Places Search
- “windows 7″ near:sydney – will find tweets containing the exact phrase “windows 7“, that are sent near “sydney“
- facebook near:london within:10mi – will find tweets containing “facebook“, that are sent within “10 miles” of “london“
Twitter Date Search
- “google wave” since:2009-10-23 – will find tweets containing the exact phrase “google wave“, that have been sent since the date “2009-10-23” (year-month-day)
- “windows vista” until:2009-11-02 – will find tweets containing the exact phrase “windows vista“, that have been sent up until the date “2009-10-19” (year-month-day)
Learn anything new? I sure did!
Information above from www.thesocialmediaguide.com
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