From sign in to sign out Ready...Set...Tweet! A Speedy Guide to Twitter tells you how to get ready, get set up and get started on Twitter in no time. Find out: * what Twitter's all about * what Twitter can do for you * how to sign up and sign in * how to make your Twitter site look appealing to others * the ins and outs of following and followers * how to Tweet * how to put it all together Ready...Set...Tweet is the bare bones, how-to book on the popular social media site Twitter. It concentrates on what you need to know about micro-blogging to get up and going with your own Twitter site. Short and to the point, it's a Tweet-size book with information to help you get started.
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Lou Belcher is a freelance writer, editor and photographer. She juggles four twitter sites, four blogs, a website, and she consults on Twitter-related topics. In addition, she coaches authors and bloggers on writing. She lives in Florida and has written book-length non-fiction as well as numerous magazine articles.
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Lou Belcher is a freelance writer, editor and photographer. She writes fiction and non-fiction. She juggles four Twitter sites, four blogs, a website, and she consults on Twitter-related topics. In addition, she coaches authors and bloggers on writing. She lives in Florida and has written book-length non-fiction as well as numerous magazine articles.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very very basic - takes one from utter novice to lightly learned newbie
May 29, 2010
Format:Paperback
It's important to know that author Lou Belcher herself is a relatively recent Twitter newbie and go from there. If your level of Twitter know-how consists of, "I've heard of Twitter but i don't get it," then this is exactly the book for you. Since Ready...Set...Tweet! never presumes to tackle any more than getting the Twitter neophyte loaded and and started, then it does what it sets out to do reasonably well.
Each chapter is brief and quick - the soul of Twitter. Belcher starts out by explaining what twitter is, who uses it, and the joys of being succinct within your 140 character limitations. In chapter two there are some very briefly mentioned categories of user groups one might find in the Twitterverse - for families, clubs, business marketers, new organizations, general and specific researchers, those engaging in collaborative efforts, and as a medium for announcements.
One you've caught that, you are swiftly introduced to blogs and websites (no, they are NOT the same thing) and then rushed along through the single page of chapter 4 that asks what your Twitter name might be and what you will be Tweeting about. Don't get too introspective, since chapter 5 is hard on the heels of chapter 4, and it's in and after chapter 5 that you actually get Tweeting. The instructions are simple to follow and most pages contain large screenshots that the twitter newbie will recognize as they sign up to Twitter, book in hand.
Each quick chapter teaches one basic skill - like getting your profile up, along with your avatar, your background colors, your bio, your first few tweets. Then Belcher shows how to find someone to follow. Once there, you're officially a newbie Twitterer, ready to delight the world with your pity quotations, TV fangirl commentary, brilliant photography, or wry views on the human race.
Before dropping you off to fend for yourself on the Timeline, Belcher offers a few last tips that are slightly beyond basic. She recommends using Hootsweet to schedule your tweets, asks the newbie to mix it up within the Twitterverse (to make a friend, you must first be a friend, not a self absorbed, obvious marketer), to retweet freely, and how to use such tools and memes as Search, Hashtags and Follow Fridays. A brief glossary, resource list and index round things out.
I read this book in 30 minutes on a plane ride from Chicago to San Diego. There was zero new content here for a seasoned social media maven. This isn't the book for them. This is a book the Twitter elite might give their spouse, or sibling, or whatever colleague has been hiding under a rock lately. It does the job of hand holding and does it fast. I doubt anyone would find Twitter frustrating to use with this slim book by their side.
Best for: Seasoned Tweeters to give as a gift to Twitter Novices to learn from, or for people who've been curious about joining the Twitter Timeline, who might have been a bit intimidated to ask someone what exactly they should do. Open the first page of Ready...Set...Tweet! with your computer at the ready. In less than an hour you'll be tweeting with the billions of users already in the know.
A great introduction for those in a hurry, or who just want to know brass tacks Twitter basics.
Each chapter is brief and quick - the soul of Twitter. Belcher starts out by explaining what twitter is, who uses it, and the joys of being succinct within your 140 character limitations. In chapter two there are some very briefly mentioned categories of user groups one might find in the Twitterverse - for families, clubs, business marketers, new organizations, general and specific researchers, those engaging in collaborative efforts, and as a medium for announcements.
One you've caught that, you are swiftly introduced to blogs and websites (no, they are NOT the same thing) and then rushed along through the single page of chapter 4 that asks what your Twitter name might be and what you will be Tweeting about. Don't get too introspective, since chapter 5 is hard on the heels of chapter 4, and it's in and after chapter 5 that you actually get Tweeting. The instructions are simple to follow and most pages contain large screenshots that the twitter newbie will recognize as they sign up to Twitter, book in hand.
Each quick chapter teaches one basic skill - like getting your profile up, along with your avatar, your background colors, your bio, your first few tweets. Then Belcher shows how to find someone to follow. Once there, you're officially a newbie Twitterer, ready to delight the world with your pity quotations, TV fangirl commentary, brilliant photography, or wry views on the human race.
Before dropping you off to fend for yourself on the Timeline, Belcher offers a few last tips that are slightly beyond basic. She recommends using Hootsweet to schedule your tweets, asks the newbie to mix it up within the Twitterverse (to make a friend, you must first be a friend, not a self absorbed, obvious marketer), to retweet freely, and how to use such tools and memes as Search, Hashtags and Follow Fridays. A brief glossary, resource list and index round things out.
I read this book in 30 minutes on a plane ride from Chicago to San Diego. There was zero new content here for a seasoned social media maven. This isn't the book for them. This is a book the Twitter elite might give their spouse, or sibling, or whatever colleague has been hiding under a rock lately. It does the job of hand holding and does it fast. I doubt anyone would find Twitter frustrating to use with this slim book by their side.
Best for: Seasoned Tweeters to give as a gift to Twitter Novices to learn from, or for people who've been curious about joining the Twitter Timeline, who might have been a bit intimidated to ask someone what exactly they should do. Open the first page of Ready...Set...Tweet! with your computer at the ready. In less than an hour you'll be tweeting with the billions of users already in the know.
A great introduction for those in a hurry, or who just want to know brass tacks Twitter basics.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Diego350
Format:Paperback
This is the best how-to book i have read. It is clear, concise, easy to follow. The layout and graphics makes for fun reading. If you are interested in building a loyal group of followers, fast - this is the book. This is THE Twitter book YES! and more . . . it gives great advise for effective communication in any form. Can't wait for the "Ready, Set, Face" book for FaceBook... Thanks for this one Lou.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'm wasn't sure I wanted to Twitter. What was the point? Lou Belcher's book Ready...Set...Tweet sold me on Twitter and got me up and running quickly and easily. Now you can find me on Twitter at [...]. Come tweet with me.
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I'd opened a Twitter account, but I wasn't finding it worthy of my time. It was of minimal interest until I came across "Ready...Set...Tweet. Read more
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