Twitter - Trucos

cheat sheet
Overview

Twitter Backgrounds

• Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter

• Free Twitter Designer
http://www.freetwitterdesigner.com professional look
• MyTweetSpace http://www.mytweetspace.com create
simple Twitter backgrounds
• Twilk http://twilk.com uses Follower avatars

• Everything you ever wanted to know about Twitterhttp://www.curledesign.com/everything-you-everwanted-to-know-about-twitter/

Setup Account
• http://www.twitter.com
• Create account

• TwitBacks http://www.twitbacks.com backgrounds
• Twitter Background Checker http://twtbg.me/

• Remember Twitter name twitter.com/username

• Twitter Backgrounds
http://www.twitterbackgrounds.com

Twitter Desktop Clients

Widgets & Apps

Manage your Twitter account from your desktop.• The Best Twitter Apps for Windows
http://su.pr/1Ctv5I
• PeopleBrowsr http://my.peoplebrowsr.com like
TweetDeck but web app – no install
• seesmic Desktop http://desktop.seesmic.com Twitter
and Facebook, multiple accounts
• tdash http://tdash.org web-based, organizes your
tweets and tweeps in logical groupings
• TweetDeck http://tweetdeck.com lets you tweet,
retweet, DM, shorten URLS,display all followers, DMs
etc. Mobile: http://www.tweetdeck.com/beta/iphone/
• Twhirl http://www.twhirl.org tweet, RT, DM, shorten
URLS, multiple accounts

• Filetwt http://www.filetwt.com free file sharing

Terminology
• Tweep or Twit: a Twitter user
• Tweet: using Twitter to send text message
• Follower: a tweep who tracks your tweets
• Shorten URL: use a URL trimming site
• Re-Tweetor RT: resending another twit’s tweet
• DM: direct message in private to a specific twit
• @ reply: sent to a specific tweep but visible to all

• #: hash mark designating topic as in #genealogy
• Avatar: your Twitter profile photo

• Quitter http://www.getquitter.com tweet from CMD line
• Snap Bird http://snapbird.org search for tweets beyond
Twitter’s 10-day archive
• SocialOomphhttp://www.socialoomph.com
schedule tweets
• Spreadtweet http://elliottkember.com/spreadtweet
secretly tweet from Excel
• taweet http://taweet.com calendar & events promotion
• Tweetake http://tweetake.com backup your tweets,
followers and direct messages
• tweetalarm http://www.tweetalarm.com like Google
alerts for Twitter – get notified based on keywords
• tweetboardhttp://tweetboard.com/alpha/ conversation
widget for your website
• tweetbook http://www.tweetbook.in create a PDF diary
of your tweets
• tweetcall https://www.tweetcall.com phone in your
tweet
• TweetGuru http://tweetguru.net/multi/ DM multiple
tweeps
• TweetMyPC http://tweetmypc.codeplex.com reboots
your PC remotely
• Twiddeo http://beta.twiddeo.com share videos
• Twilert http://www.twilert.com email alertson tweets

More terminology at Twittonary http://www.twittonary.com

• twinslator http://www.twinslator.com translates tweets

Be a Good Twitizen

• Twitdom http://twitdom.com database of Twitter apps

• Don’t spam, don’t oversell or over-promote
• Be welcoming, friendly, listen
• Get rid of the ego – engage others
• Limit tweets and pause between tweets
• Humor and snark inmoderation
• Same tweet time – regularity builds followers
• Educate, inform – don’t lecture
• Retweet others especially new twits
• Be human, be you

• TwitPic http://twitpic.com share photos
• Twittercal http://twittercal.com connect your Twitter
account to your Google Calendar
• twitterfeed http://twitterfeed.com tweet blog posts
• TwitterFon http://twitterfon.net iPhone app
• TwitterGroupshttp://twittgroups.com groups
• Twitter Mail http://twittermail.com update from email
• Twuffer http://twuffer.com schedule tweets

Mobile Apps for Twitter

Analytics and Reputation Tracking

• The Best Twitter Apps for Your Phone
http://www.labnol.org/internet/best-twitter-mobileapps/12129/

Keep tabs on your standing in the Twitterverse:
• Klout http://klout.com Twitter analytics...