Sams Teach Yourself Twitter in 10 Minutesoffers straightforward, practical answers for fast results. By working through the 10-minute lessons, you learn everything you need to know to quickly and easily use twitter. Step-by-step instructions walk you through the most common questions, issues, and tasks… Did You Know? tips offer insider advice and shortcuts… Watch Out! alerts help you avoid problems. Sams Teach Yourself Twitter in 10 Minuteswill provide beginner and experienced users with fast at a glance tips pointing out helpful shortcuts and solutions, cautions to help avoid common Twitter pitfalls, and is written in a clear easy to understand format. This book will walk you though creating a basic profile and then move into working away from the website and utilizing third-party applications and mobile clients for smartphones. Topics covered include: -Creating a complete profile that encourages connections both personal and professional -Creating avatars that best represent you -Expressing yourself in 140-characters or less -Exchanging links efficiently across the Twitter network -Exchanging media (photos, video, and audio) across Twitter -Working with third-party websites to help build your network -Working with websites that expand Twitter’s capabilities -Working with third-party applications to automatically retrieve tweets from Twitter.com -Working with third-party applications to use Twitter on a smartphone. more info

Flip Twitter the bird.
Tell Facebook to f#@% off.
Lose it on LinkedIn.

Somewhere between the advent of Facebook and launching Twitter to the masses, the Internet betrayed us. It allowed pages to be viewed by job interviewers, newsfeeds to be flooded by Aunt Julie, and for constant tweets about what color socks that random girl from the study group is going to wear today.

This book is the hilarious reply all that says: enough is enough. We don’t want to see the pictures from your business trip to Omaha. We don’t want a page-by-page account of what’s going on in Twilight. We definitely don’t want a virtual drink!

When you can’t fix the problem, fix the blame. And since there’s no way in 2.0-hell that you can put an end to the bastardization of the Book, you may as well have a good laugh while pointing the finger at those who ruined their online experience. more info

– Get a free Twitter account to attract new customers, new work, or a new job.

— Use Twitter to connect with customers, co-workers, family, or friends.

— Discover which of your friends, customers or competitors is on Twitter and how to connect with them — or spy on them!

— Save time with free Twitter software and tools.

— Use Twitter on your PC, Mac, cellphone or iPhone, e-mail or instant-message, or any combination.

— Save time by filtering out drivel and unimportant Tweets.

— Integrate your Twitter use with Facebook, your blog, Web site, or MySpace account.

— Protect your reputation and prevent customer-service issues and publicity nightmares.

— Find new markets and boost your sales. Extend your brand and generate buzz with no hassles, no cost.

— Learn why Twitter works better than advertising.

— Drive traffic to your Web site, use Twitter as a virtual customer help desk.

— Build a following of loyal customers and followers.

— Avoid Twitter mistakes and gaffes. more info