Getting Started on Twitter

Last updated: February 2009

With the number of active Twitter users growing over 900% in 2008, a continuous wave of new users and companies have been signing up for Twitter accounts. Our round up of great beginner’s guides is now more relevant than ever.

Official Resources

• Twitter Help
• Twitter’s Getting Started Guide
• Twitter’s How-To Guides
• Twitter’s Troubleshooting Guides

How To

• Beginners Quick Start Guide and Tutorial to using Twitter, by Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh aka @Zappos.
• 10 Easy Steps for Twitter Beginners by Twitip.com. Nov 2008
• The Big Juicy Twitter Guide by Caroline Middlebrook
• From Twits to Tweeple, Why I Embraced Twitter and You Should Too by Jennifer Laycock (a series)
• 7 tips for new users by Shel Israel. Aug 2008
• Top 10 Twitter tips by Ellen Petry. May 2008

Why To

• Pistachio’s own Twitter story by Shel Israel. April 2008
• Twitter Makes Us More by Pistachio. Feb 2008
• Why Twitter? by Jennifer Laycock (Part 5 of her series). Feb 2008
• Twitter is My Village by Pistachio. Jan 2008
• Ode to Twitter by Pistachio. Aug 2007

Videos

• Twitter in Plain English by Lee LeFever and his team at Common Craft looks at a good beginner “use case” for Twitter.
  
• My friend @GoldieKatsu created this 20-minute tutorial that covers setup through more advanced uses.
  
• Twutorials is a blog of short video tips.

Other Indexes

• 101 Twitter Resources, by Traffikd.com. Published May 2008
• Do You Twitter? by Tom Humbarger

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