This call is for anyone who wants to know the basics of using Twitter.

This call is not for anyone who’s been using Twitter and wants to know “secrets” or “tips and tricks”.

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I will ask be asking you to follow along with your own Twitter account so try to be in front of a computer during this call. If you haven’t signed up for Twitter yet, or if you’ve forgotten your log in details, you will need to have that settled before the call. You can sign up free at

In the meantime, enjoy this video that explains Twitter in Plain English.

The reason I am mentioning this is because I believe that there’s a lesson in that post. Mari gave an example of how she wanted the replies. Each reply begins with, “I tweet about…” That’s the part that I think is so cool.

What do you tweet about?

Think about that question for a moment, then go to your Twitter account and click on Profile. You will see your last 20 tweets. Are they saying what you want them to say? Are they addressed to the people you want them to address? Or are they all just “noise” added to the internet.

While replies to others should be spontaneous, many tweets can be planned out in advance so that you can be sure you are adding good content and not just noise.

Here are some things you can tweet about that can be written or planned out in advance:

• daily tips in your area of expertise
• your blog posts (about 3 per week isn’t considered spam)
• inspiring quotes
• helpful Web sites and blogs
• relevant You Tube videos
• witty jokes that only your target market will “get”

I’d love to hear some of your ideas of things to tweet about.

Oh! If you go over to Mari’s question make sure you follow anyone that may be in your target market, anyone who may know someone who’s in your target market, or anyone who may become a strategic partner with you. Hopefully they will follow you back.

After you type in your Twitter ID, you will see that beside your Location, there is a link that says Twitter Elite. If you click on it you will be taken to a page that shows all the people in your town that is on Twitter. You can read their bio, check out their Web site, message them, or click on their picture to follow them.

Glitch: Twitter Elite will only show up if you live in a large city. There is a way to get it to show your area, though… (Thank you, Beverly, for pointing this out.)

Step 1 – go to your Twitter account, and in Settings in the top right, change your location to the nearest large city to you.

Step 2 – now add your name to Twitter Grader. You will see the Elite show up. When you click on it, it will show you all the people in that city.

Step 3 – at the top of that page you can change the location to your town.

Step 4 – remember to change your location back in Twitter, lol.

Click on the links below to watch the You Tube videos