This is the no frills, short and to the point guide to get you started in social networking.
You’ve always wanted to be one of the cool kids. Do these things.
1) Sign up on Twitter. (Be sure to upload a profile picture. Anything with your face.)
2) Visit the following Twitter folks’ pages and friend them:
3) Read and reply to our Twitter messages. Replying is easy. If you are using the website, see the reply clicker here.
You can also reply to someone by type the @ symbol and the Twitter ID, e.g @tojosan.
4) Pay attention to the ongoing conversations. Jump in when something catches your eye.
5) Send out your own Twitter messages once you get some followers. Talk about your day, about your fun, sad, frustrating, and powerful moments.
It’s really that simple.
Things you don’t need to get started.
1) A blog – much overrated and over talked about. Everyone has a blog, but unless you’re already invested in one, don’t bother. You can always start one later.
2) A good camera – a camera isn’t even required, but you’re going to want one. Any cheap 35mm camera will work when you’re ready to take some pics to share.
3) A video camera – get one when your heart screams for one, else skip the big spend. Join some friends to make videos if you get the urge to try it out though.
4) Naked body parts – you don’t need to get naked to get attention. To get the most attention, pay the most attention.
Advanced bonus material:
1) Check out and follow any of the folks on Twitter Alltop.
2) Get a Flickr account. Share your pictures.
3) Get a Twitter client. My favorite is Tweetdeck.
4) Attend a Tweetup. When twitterers meet in person in one’s home nest.
This may seem like a bare bones tutorial, but I’ll cover alternatives to Twitter in a future post, as well as some quick and dirty steps to joining the social media bandwagon as well.
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