Comments on: Newbie's guide to Twitter

CNET has created a newbie's guide to Twitter.

[lizzerevangelist]

One helpful tool for newbies is Lizzer. It makes it easy to find and insert links into Twitter. Also, it automatically shortens the URL's on the fly. There's no easier or faster way to create tweets with links - check it out at http://lizzer.com

[Hydrogen-Fuel-Cells]

I must admit - I am a twitter "scaredy-cat" :) so I did some looking around and found this site. These two geeky guys seem to have grown their twitter following pretty high, and It looks to be something that works for other geeks...

anyway here's the site I found: http://twittertraffictips.com

I'd like to get some advice from more experienced "twitter-ers" like some of you :)

Thanks!

[thomastowell]

follow on twitter:

jconthemove

[RyHat]

If you are thinking about purchasing something send a tweet to @tweetoutlets and they will send you back a great deal.

http://tweetoutlets.com

[NYC-HDL]

To those who haven't figured out "value-added" uses:

OK, so you have a LARGE company, and the employees drive in to work every day, and some may have commutes that are more than an hour. Consider these opportunities for Tweets:
1. It is snowing. a LOT, and roads are closed. Tweet that the office is opening LATE, or that it's a Snow-Day, BE SAFE...
2. There are two main roads that are used to access the office, and an accident has closed one. Tweet which road is closed, and suggest the alternate route.
3. The Office had a good summer, and you are inviting all employees to the patio for free ice cream. NOW!
4. That big snow storm is blowing back into town. Tweet that the office is closing EARLY today. Drive Safe!

...and so on. All that is needed is to create ONE account for this business location, and let everyone know they can follow that ID for BizInfo.

[TwitterTools]

very nice article twitter is a very good and new tool we still try to solve its features :) I get quiete good traffic from it.

[TwitterTools]

I found another website with full of twitter related articles and resources : http://twitterfaq.co.cc and http://twitterz.co.cc is my favorites...

[mairs]

Butttttt... i'm sure they don't have to be following YOU to see a @ message. Because i've spoken to Jonathan Ross and other celebs through @messages and they are following me but have replied! "/ xx

[myjdjames]

i didn't know that the person you follow needs to follow you too if they are to receive @ messages.
"...Be sure the person who you want to see your message is following you, or they won't get it. "

that explains alot - i've been wasting so much time lol.

[ajayde]

hi, i dont understand how i can tweet a celebrity, like the jonas brothers?? sometimes they reply to fans using the @ thing... but how can they get messages from me if they are not following me? PLEASE HELP!!

[henridemooij]

Also check all the latest news about Twitter on http://twimmer.com

[believers47]

PLEASE, can someone HELP me? I wish to know "HOW" to send *Tweet's" to others...I just can not figure this out......Actually I'm trying to send a message to Sherri Shepard; from the view...I just love that show & she is such an awesome mother to Jeffery...I just can't figure this stuff out?????? Thank you~ Diana Armstrong aka Dream of Truth (why I picked that name I have no idea)....I just want to figure this out since EV ERYBODY is *TWEETING*

[dave-arnold]

Well I;ve taken the plunge and joined. Hope that I'll be able to make use of it, when I learn how to.

[officialtweets]

If anyone's interested, you can find celebrities on Twitter through www.officialtwitters.com