Twitter 101.1

#Twitter101.1 #URLs should include the http:// part of a URL

#Twitter101.1 #Reply to a person who doesn't necessarily follow you by starting tweets with @username

#Twitter101.1 #Mention a person by using their @username within but not at the beginning of a tweet

#Twitter101.1 #Hashtag a topic with # at the start of a word and search it via http://hashtags.org or http://www.google.com/realtime

#Twitter101.1 #Retweet someone else's tweet if you think it is interesting - it is shown as RT

#Twitter101.1 #DM a follower to send them a (direct) message privately via their Message button

#Twitter101.1 #Message a follower using your mobile phone or other device with d + username + message

#Twitter101.1 #Kindle owners can tweet parts of books and the quote appears on kindle.amazon.com

#Twitter101.1 #140 character limit stops rants and shorter tweets are more easily retweeted

#Twitter101.1 #Follow interesting people and you'll eventually have plenty of your own followers

#Twitter101.1 #TweetDeck and other 3rd party tools can help you organize your various Twitter accounts