Twitter For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

The fastest-growing social network utility sports new features, and they’re all covered in this how-to guide from a leading Twitter marketing consultant. Nearly 20 million people are tweeting on Twitter, and this book shows you how to join them and why you should. You’ll learn the nuts and bolts of using Twitter, how to make good connections, and how it can benefit your life and your business.

• Twitter is the fastest-growing of the social networking tools; this book gets you up to speed on the basics as well as how Twitter can enrich your life and boost your business
• Explains how to sign up, find friends and people you want to follow, make the most of shortcuts, use popular Twitter tools, and Twitter on the go
• Discusses how Twitter can be used for business, fundraising, and maintaining contact with people who share common goals

With complete information about all the latest Twitter enhancements, Twitter For Dummies, 2^nd Edition will help you get the most from this popular social networking tool.

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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:

Comprehensive!, 2010-07-18
"Make sure that your cellphone carrier has an unlimited text-messaging plan..." ~ p.59

I've read a few Twitter books and found them all helpful. Yet when I started reading "Twitter for Dummies" I knew it was one of the smartest purchasing decisions I've made this year! To be mild, this book is comprehensive!

I was halfway through reading when I got hungry and headed off to a Thai restaurant for dinner. I was surprised to hear a group of young people discussing Twitter at the table besides ours. There eyes sort of lit up when they talked about it, they were in love!

While reading later at home I started to write down all the recommended websites that enhance the Twitter experience. I have a full page of great sites to explore.

If you use your cellphone a lot there are ways to set up "quiet time" so you are not completely overwhelmed by tweet notifications. This could get interesting if you are following thousands of people.

Some unexpected information was about a site called www.coupontweet.com There I found an HDTV on a really good sale. This book also discusses and explains google alerts. Then there are places to get cool background pictures.

One of the main messages in this book is how you can use tweeting for business purposes. Cautions and warnings are given emphasis is on making friends and solving customer problems on Twitter. There is also a quick way to invite all your email friends to start participating in all the Twitter fun.

This book introduced me to @secrettweet which is a site where you can post your deepest darkest secret anonymously. It is a bit like reading those intriguing PostSecret books. Some of the revelations may be a bit shocking.

By the end of reading this book, which took me three days, you will have a much deeper understanding of how to tweet following Twitter etiquette. The authors are very wise and they want you to stay safe. With this book you will make wise decisions and learn how to navigate around the site like a pro. The only other books I'd recommend you read besides this one is Ready...Set...Tweet! A Speedy Guide to Twitter: Get ready...get set up...and start Tweeting in no time. (Volume 1).

@rebeccareview
I tweet about new books I'm reading and other fun stuff.


0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:

Great guide, long-winded, but good for detailed how-to's..., 2010-03-22
FULL of wonderful insights and URL's on how and when to use Twitter; didn't have quite as many anecdotes and 'ah-hah' moments as Twitterville, but still worth the discounted prices from Barnes & Noble (with added membership discount!).

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

A balanced and thorough introduction, 2010-02-25
Knowing nothing about Twitter before opening this book, I needed it to get me up and running quickly and painlessly. Allowing for the quips and tangents that seem a part of all Dummies books, the instructions were clear, concise and helpful - it told me what I needed to know. Just as useful were tips on etiquette and procedures that it is difficult to find out in any other way. The authors are users but not employees of Twitter and this helped give a more balanced view - even allowing an odd criticism to be aired. The acid test is did it get me up and running. Look me up at @Mikesvoice and see for yourself. I used nothing but the book to guide me.


8 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

A book is not necessary for this idiotic service, 2009-12-07
I have perused the "tweets" of people in my social circle as well as those of the famous and leaders of our society, and have come to the realization that twitter is perpetuated not by young hip technology-literate gurus but by the media and those who read Newsweek and want to feel younger by being relevant and hip to the new jive. The reality of twitter is that it is for the most point vapid and pointless, just another medium with fifteen seconds of content for the ADHD citizenship of the western world.
As for books about twitter: If you need to read a book about twitter, you probably don't have any good reason to be using it.


4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Twitter for Dummies, Twitter for Everyone, 2009-10-13
Twitter For Dummies should be called Twitter for Everyone. I may be considered a pretty heavy Twitter user and was #herebeforeoprah but even I really enjoyed getting into the heads of Laura @pistachio Fitton, Michael @gruen Gruen, and Leslie @geechee_girl Poston.

If I were to boil Twitter for Dummies down, I would say that you can't dumb down Laura, Michael, or Leslie -- they're leaders in Twitterville and you really cannot be disappointed if you grab the book.

For me, the entire book only took me the length of a Hollywood movie to read because I am pretty advanced; however, I must say that I they threw in kitchen sink in this book, extending into lesser-used features such as the Public Timeline and really geeky command-line access to Twitter such as "d chrisabraham" or "follow chrisabraham," etc.

In fact, there's a whole chapter on rocking Twitter via SMS text-messaging, something that may be less relevant to the Twitterati but is very important to 75% of all cell phone users (and yes, I did make up that nuber, I think it is closer to 90%) who don't rock smartphones -- just be sure to make sure you get the unlimited texts plan if you plan to go with SMS or you'll be screwed.

Of course, everything is covered and covered again and you really need to be a moron if you can't sort yourself out with Twitter by the end of Part III -- but this is Twitter for Dummies and not Twitter for Morons (and, publishers, I am super interested in writing that book -- also, Twitter for Effen Morons) so there you go -- it is what it is. (Strangely enough, however, is that there isn't one mention of my beloved Android G1 phone! There's mentions of the iPhone, the Blackberry, and even Javascript phones but where the hell's my G1! OK, I am done.)

Well, at the start of this review, I said this was all about Laura Fitton, Michael Gruen, and Leslie Poston, and it is, but there's not a whole lot of them in I-III chapters. Part IV is when all the good stuff comes a-pouring through. Who else but the best of the best would engage issues like "Finding Your Tweet Voice," "Twitter for Business," "The Social Side of Twitter," and "Changing the World, One Tweet at a Time."

This is the kind of stuff that makes me want to rename this book from "Twitter for Dummies" to "Twitter for Everyone: From Total Newbie to Total Rockstar."

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