Essential Twitter

Hi readers,

Ever since its launch in 2006 Twitter has been growing at an alarming rate. What was originally called as twttr (inspired by Flickr) later developed into twitter. The first tweed was posted in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey who is now the chairman of the company, it was "just setting up my twttr." The twitter universe has grown by leaps and bounds since then and now has a whole list of terms and lingos associated with it.

The Essential Twitter Lexicon

tweet- the 140 character message that you post.

twittering/tweeting- the act of sending your tweet

followers- people who receive tweets form you

following- people form whom you receive tweets

retweet- forwarding a tweet to your followers

@- appears before the name of the person whom you are replying to

tweep- is a person whom you know on twitter

twoops- when a direct message appears in public

twitpic- posting a picture to all your followers

twitterfeeds- news feeds which you receive straight in your account

tweet-up- when two twitter users meet face to face

twestival- annual meet of twitterers in major cities around the world

twitterverse- the twitter universe

twittercize- criticizing someone's tweets

trending- any popular subject which users tweet about

#tags- appears before a tweet making trending topics easier to locate

twemes- breaks up as twitter memes which are global tags for twitter

Tips to increase your twitter followers

Start #tag's- create a loop which other twitterers find interesting and they'll add on to it

Follow famous twitters- this will add more value to your tweets and replies

Retweet your links and encourage your followers to do the same. This will give your @username an international push

Complete your bio- Its always better to give a Brief idea about who you are as your tweets and replies don’t mean much to your followers unless they know more about you

Tweet pictures- pics taken from mobile's are heavily retweeted, use twitpic for it.

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