9 Responses to “Free Ebook: Twitter For Beginners”

1. Deb Robison says:

   February 22, 2010 at 7:54 pm

   Great e-book Charlene! Congratulations!!!

   One question I have is, how important is it to have a presence on twitter if you don’t follow anyone. Also, can you help me better understand the difference between broadcasting and conversation and why that is important? Is there a ratio of how much I should broadcast to how much conversation I should initiate/participate in?

   Thanks! Deb
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2. Charlene Kingston says:

   February 22, 2010 at 8:33 pm

   What you are talking about, Deb, is building a Twitter strategy customized for your business needs. If your business isn’t ready to talk on Twitter, or if you haven’t developed a Twitter strategy, there is still value in following people. Twitter is a great source of information.

   Broadcasting in a generic term people use for sending out messages that you don’t expect to start a conversation. For example, every day I broadcast messages about articles on my site that people might find useful. Conversation means that you are actually talking to people. You might write a tweet that asks a question to start a conversation. Or you might reply to someone to continue a conversation. Conversation is important for building community. Broadcast messages are good for getting out information. For most businesses, I recommend more conversation than broadcasting, but that’s general advice. Each business decides for itself if broadcasting is beneficial to their online community. It’s just that broadcasting isn’t the same as talking with people.
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4. Wedge says:

   September 27, 2010 at 3:06 am

   Hi Charlene,

   this is being retweeted nicely, so I’m sure it’s all going well for you. Great content and presentation as ever.
   Wedge recently posted “Poor intranet pages will get published.”
5. Charlene says:

   September 27, 2010 at 6:22 am

   Thanks, Wedge. I’m working on the next version of this ebook to explain the new Twitter features. Look for it soon.
6. Sarah Hall says:

   April 15, 2011 at 3:52 am

   I really like this eBook, there is some great information here and the Account Checklist is great.
   Thank you
7. Charlene Kingston says:

   April 15, 2011 at 8:58 am

   Thanks for the kind feedback, Sarah. I’m actually working now on a major upgrade to this ebook. Please check back in about a month to pick up the latest version.
8. Chief says:

   April 27, 2011 at 6:10 am

   Charlene, I like your colorful approach. I am passing it along to a Twitter skeptic that challenged me the other day.
9. Charlene Kingston says:

   April 27, 2011 at 1:45 pm

   Thanks so much, Chief. Do keep an eye on the site. I frequently update the ebook. There is an update in the works now!
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12. Scorchie says:

    January 31, 2013 at 5:11 pm

    great e-book – thanks, really helped get my head around it. (I hope!) and have learnt a lot from it tonight!

    Might be a good idea to add a page in your next version on the common “Do Nots”….for example, today is my first day tweeting, and after only 5 tweets I got suspended (temporarily – it’s ok again now) but I’m still not completely clear why – I *think* it was because two tweets I retweeted I did manually (basically I was trying out the different types in your book) and both already had multiple mentions in them, so when I copy-pasted the whole tweet I also sent “multiple unsolicited mentions” which is, it would seem, against the rules…was a bit of a shock to be suspended so early on with quite a full-on warning from Twitter…*gringe* …anyway, hopefully I’ve understood my mistake correctly and won’t screw up again….but thought I’d mention it in case any of your other readers fall into the same trap…
    thanks again

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