Twitter Tutorials Setting Up Twitter

by julieanne on February 6, 2010

in Twitter marketing



Following on from my first Twitter Tutorial this next tutorial shows you how to add your picture.

(I know these tutorial are basic, however the basics are often overlooked. So… if you’re new to Twitter please follow along and you’ll be really pleased).

Once you have your Twitter account, the first thing to do is add a picture of yourself. People see this picture when you tweet, so it’s really important to have the picture of yourself, preferably with a smiling happy face:-)

1. When logged into your Twitter account, look up at the top right hand corner and click where it says “settings”. See the diagram below to show you where to select settings.
set up Twitter

2. To add your nice face picture on Twitter, click where it says “Picture” (on the menu down a bit from the top of the page), then click the Browse button button.

3. After clicking on the Browse button, a box pops up listing the files on your computer. (if you don’t have a nice pic of yourself ask someone with a digital camera to take one, and copy it over to your computer) From the pop up box, select your picture and click the “open” button. These instructions are for a PC, the Mac is slightly different.

Look at the picture below to see a similar view of what your screen will look like.
add picture to Twitter

After selecting your picture, click on the Save button. If the picture is too large, you’ll require some photo editing software to make it smaller.

Next tutorial – how to easily get a nice background picture for your twitter page.

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Just in case you don’t know how to sign up for Twitter, go to http://twitter.com and click on that big green button that says Sign up now – the button that looks like this:
twitter sign up

After clicking that big button to sign up, you’ll see a form to fill out, asking for your full name, username, password and email.

Use Your Name for Your First Twitter Account
I strongly recommend using your name – First name and last name (all one word with no spaces) as a Username on your first account.

If your name is taken, then try putting the initial of your middle name in there. It’s better Not to include numbers or underscore characters in your username.

Set up your Page before Following Other Twitterers
After saving your details, you’ll come to a web page similar to the one below:

I suggest going to the next step – click on the “next step friends” button and skip the next step also – click on “Next step others” button and “Next step you’re done” button.

Before following anyone, set up your Twitter page. I’ll show you how to do this in my next Twitter tutorial.

In the meantime Have fun!

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Using Twitter as a Business Tool

by julieanne on January 31, 2010

in Twitter marketing

So many people sign up for Twitter then abandon their account, and it’s such a shame.

I’m going to run a series of posts with tips for Network Marketers to use Twitter.

I’ll be covering the following topics, and please tell me if there are any others you would like covered:

1) What to put on your Twitter page, including a really easy way to get a nice picture for the background.

2) How to send direct messages automatically to followers (and what to send).

3) Where and how to find new followers.

4) What to use as a name for your page – your own name of course, so you can brand yourself.

5) Whether to have more than one twitter account.

6) Where to find content to post on Twitter.

7) How to automate some of the tasks on Twitter.

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Facebook Modifications in Visual format

by julieanne on January 24, 2010

in Branding Yourself

Mari Smith knows a lot about Facebook and how to use it, she’s a consultant in Social Media and in “Social Networking for Fun and Profit. She’s done a wonderful job of explaining how to add a custom landing tab to your Facebook fan page, and gives away other tips and details for using Facebook pages in this post.

So, if you want a little more advanced instruction with graphical details, here’s where to look: Mari Smith Facebook Modifications

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Social Marketing Gets Serious for 2010

December 30, 2009

The Online Media daily reports on some Forrester research of social computing prediction for 2010. Research found that “marketers will need to start justifying social marketing plans with business cases, objectives and metrics” reports the ONLINE Media Daily on Tuesday Dec 22, 2009. 2010 is going to be the year when Social Marketing gets [...]

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