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Introduction |
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Conventions Used in This Book |
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How This Book Is Organized |
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Part I Twitter? Like Birds Do? |
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Part II Finding Your Flock |
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Part III Twittering in High Gear |
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Part IV What's the Point? Using Twitter to Your Advantage |
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Part I Twitter? Like Birds Do? |
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Chapter 1 Getting Started with Twitter |
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Figuring Out This Twitter Thing |
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How Individuals Use Twitter |
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How Organizations Use Twitter |
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How Businesses Use Twitter |
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Thinking in 140 Characters |
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Chapter 2 Welcome to the World of Twitter |
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Using useful people-finding tools |
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Searching by using Twitter Search |
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Getting Comfortable: Just Tweet It! |
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Changing your profile photo |
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Changing your header photo |
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Using your header image to expand your profile |
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Changing your personal background |
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Chapter 3 A Tour of the Twitter Interface |
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Navigating Your Home Screen |
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Viewing Your Notifications Tab |
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@replies and @mentions |
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Touring Your Discover Tab |
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Figuring Out Who's Following You |
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Revisiting Your Favorite Tweets |
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Chapter 4 Using Twitter Wherever You Think Best |
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Lists that improve your desktop experience |
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Leaving the Nest: Twitter for Mobile |
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Text messages (SMS delivery) |
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Part II Finding your Flock |
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Chapter 5 So How Do I Start Twittering? |
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Finding People to Follow on Twitter |
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Inviting people personally, through Twitter |
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Checking out Twitter Lists |
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Retweeting the old-fashioned way |
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Direct-messaging shorthand |
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Encouraging More Followers |
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Chapter 6 Who's Using Twitter |
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Tweeting with Regular People |
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Building Company Relationships with Twitter |
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Talking Politics with Actual Politicians |
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Following Celebrities on Twitter |
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Signing Up for Automated Material |
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Part III Twittering in High Gear |
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Chapter 7 How to Tweet Like Tweeps Do |
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Following Twitter Protocol |
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Language and abbreviations |
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Engaging others on Twitter |
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Inserting Links into Your Tweets |
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Subscribing to Text-Message Notifications |
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Chapter 8 Improving Your Twitteracy |
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Finding Interesting Twitter Talk with Search Tools |
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Joining the Hashtag Revolution |
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Expanding Your Twitter World by Using Clients |
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Monitoring beyond Twitter.com |
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Knowing Your Network: Follower and Following Tools |
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Chapter 9 Flaunt Your Feathers with Photos and Videos |
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Exploring Your Uploading Options |
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Attaching photos to your Tweets |
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Making collages in your Tweets |
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Tagging users in your tweeted photos |
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Sizing Images for Twitter |
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Adding flavor with a header photo |
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Identifying yourself with a profile photo |
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Uploading photos with your Tweets |
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Uploading Videos to Twitter |
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Uploading Other Visuals on Twitter |
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Part IV What's the Point? Using Twitter to Your Advantage |
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Chapter 10 Finding Your Tweet Voice |
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Mixing business with pleasure |
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Understanding Your Audience |
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Diversifying your network |
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Targeting specific networks |
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Measuring your overall presence |
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Measuring the reach of your Tweets |
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Understanding your extended network |
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Keeping Your Tweets Authentic |
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Keeping Twitter Personal ... but Not Too Personal |
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Protecting personal details |
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Maximizing privacy and safety |
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Chapter 11 Twitter for Business |
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Understanding the Business of Twitter |
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Putting Your Best Face Forward |
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Offering Promotions and Generating Leads |
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Promoting Bands and Artists |
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Advising Employees on Tweeting |
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Chapter 12 Twitter and the Evolving Media Landscape |
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Tweedia: Understanding Twitter and the Media |
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Breaking News through Tweets |
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Breaking news from individual users |
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Breaking news from brands or organizations |
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Using Twitter as Your News Source |
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Integrating Twitter into your news experience |
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Following news-related trends |
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Being a Twitter Journalist |
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Citizen journalism hits the mainstream |
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Gathering your journalistic tools |
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Using News to Grow Your Business |
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Fueling your efforts with advertising |
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Engaging with your favorite programming |
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Chapter 13 The Social Side of Twitter |
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Using Twitter as a Support System |
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Searching for topics of interest |
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Attending Twitter-based events |
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To Follow or Not to Follow? |
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Accessing celebrities and experts |
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Chapter 14 Changing the World, One Tweet at a Time |
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Twittering the Globe for Change |
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Tweeting for the greater good |
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Tweeting during natural disasters |
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Using Twitter to stay alert |
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Organizing People Online and in Real Life |
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The drive to change a nation |
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Organizing on a small scale |
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Banding together for creative purposes |
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Planning an event with Twitter |
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Planning a tweetup to meet Twitter friends |
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Chapter 15 Ten Tweets to Send Today |
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Chapter 16 Ten Cool Ways to Use Twitter |
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Find, Follow, and Fan Celebrities |
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Participate in Live Media: Sports and Television |
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Engage with Shared Media: Books, Movies, and More |
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Support Charities, Causes, and Education |
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Find Inspiration and Personal and Professional Development |
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Invent New Uses of Twitter |
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Chapter 17 Ten Twitter Tools and Services |
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Wefollow and justunfollow |
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Chapter 18 Ten Resources for Twitter Glory |
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The Official Twitter Blog |
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267 | (1) |
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"How to Write a Tweet: 8 Formulas to Get You Started" |
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Mashable's Twitter Category |
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"Everything You Need to Know to Successfully Live-Tweet Your Event" |
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Glossary |
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Index |
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