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WSJ: How to Twitter

March 9, 2009 by Jenn's Tech Tips  
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Sign up for our Weekly Web 2.0 Newsletter here!@JuliaAngwin, of the Wall Street Journal chronicles her adventures in learning to tweet, and become successful on Twitter:

“…Without a point of view, though, my updates were pretty boring. So, for instance, I changed ‘eating strawberries during a snowstorm.’ Into ‘eating strawberries during a snowstorm. not carbon efficient but lovely.’

“Another trick: including a short link to a Web site, or my own stories (using link-shrinking services like TinyURL), let me use most of the rest of the 140 characters to compose a thought.

“I found a good way to get followers was to get ‘retweeted’ — meaning that someone would pick up my tweet and send it to their followers preceded by the code ‘RT @juliaangwin.’ When I tweeted about being interviewed by Wired.com recently, two colleagues retweeted my tweet. Seven of their followers then retweeted it. As a result, I gained 22 new followers.

“People also seem eager to answer questions on Twitter…” Continue reading on the WSJ >>

Hat-Tip, @CindyWMorrison

Also see: FHK – How to Twitter (Video)

 

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