Twelve Fab Twitter Reads for Newbies

Okay, for the past couple of weeks now, I've done a bit of scrambling, poking, stumbling and head plants around on Twitter. While still cracking the egg to emerge to the next stage, I thought other new Twitterers would find some of these sites useful. (Note these are ordered in rough order of approachability.)   Source

1. TwitterTips Beginner's Guide: 10 Quick & Easy Steps to getting started. There's no faster way to get up and running than via this well-crafted guide. Daily following of @TwitterTips and @Twitips is highly recommended.

2. Ten Twitter Tips to Get you to the Top

Far beyond mastery ofthe mechanicals (commands and syntax), the tricky part for many is understanding how Twitter rewards openness, honesty and transparency. NerdwithSwag.com's worthy posting helps move you into the right twittertude to "get this", avoiding some embarassing gaffs.

3. TwipTips: Top Ten Niche Twitter User Lists

Updated regularly, this list covers the top ten people all Twitter beginners should be following as well as those in various niches, from finance to journalism to gardening.

4. Learning or Teaching Twitter Yourself: A Teacher's Guide

Who better to learn Twitter from than teachers?

5. Renegade ProBlog's Twitter Training Videos

I'm not into MLM like these folks, but if you are seeking a moderate pace and a free training video that leads you mouseclick by mouseclick, this is it.

6. Craving a Book on Twitter?

Check out pre-ordering Twitter for Dummies by Laura Fitton, Michael Gruen and Leslie Poston. (According to Amazon's website, it'ns not due out until Augusut 2009).

7. Ten Twitter Tools that Help you Work Smarter

Twitip's exceedingly popular and updated reference covers everything from ping.fm (broadcasting your tweets to other social networks like Facebook, MySpace, etc.) to Twittertools (integrating your tweets into your WordPress blog) to Tweetburner (see how popular your tweets are) to Quitter (helping you undestand when and why people stop following you.)

8. Twitter Fan Wiki

A comprehensive list of twitter apps, covering PC and Mac desktops to web apps.

9. TechCrunch's Top 21 Twitter Applications (according to Compete)

Want to know which particular apps are catching on? Based on data from Compete, TechCrunch tracked the top 21.

10. Tweetstats: Top Ten Twitter Applications of the Day

Hungry for more frequent updates? With an estimated 10-15 new Twitter apps being put out to market per day, you might want to check Tweetstats close-to-realtime watch where you can find the identities of the most popular apps as well as new and lesser known ones.

For recommended reading that speaks more to the fabric of Twitter, exploring some of its unique qualities and why it's addictive...

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11. Does Social Media Make Us Better, Happier, Nicer People?       From Tony Hsieh of Zappos and Pete Cashmore of Mashable, these two articles consider how Twitter and other social media tools are changing the way we act..

12. PR 2.0: In the Statusphere, A.D.D. Creates Opportunities for Collaboration and Education

Brian Solis' article will move you up a few log units on the Twitter learning curve, capturing most eloquently the essence of good Twitter usage.

It's the art of curation. Producing and posting updates that people find invigorating, insightful, entertaining, and enriching is how you build a meaningful foundation for which people to follow, admire, and trust you. You are a beacon for all that moves you.

Remember, the secret to attracting comments, likes or stimulating retweets is not governed by a formula, but instead by the intent and nature of sharing something worthy of response

The article goes on to explore Twitter in relation to other social media environments and tools like Google Search, giving new users some glimmer of what might happen next.

Please feel free to comment on any critical resources for Newbies I might have missed.

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