Not to tweet my own horn...

Now that we've gotten an introduction on how to convey tone through text, let's use that knowledge on Twitter. Don't know how to use Twitter? That's alright, I will walk you through it.

Upon putting www.twitter.com  into your url bar, you will see this box

You can input your full name if you want to, but it's not mandatory. You will need to fill in the email and password sections properly, though.

After clicking the yellow button, you will be brought to this page:

Pretend I put in a valid email while signing up, rather than leaving it blank. As you can see, the username I chose is already taken-- by me. Choose a username that makes you recognizable, and that fits you and/or your brand. Try to avoid an overly-complicated name, but that can sometimes be unavoidable due to how many usernames are already taken on twitter.

After you complete this step, twitter will give you the option of following various people. It's up to you whether you want to do that or not.

To upload a profile picture, change your banner, your name, and your description, go to your profile (www.twitter.com/yourusername) and click Edit profile.


Once you've personalized your twitter, go to the Home tab up top and tweet away! Being a social platform, it helps if you've already got friends or family to converse with. You can address someone in a tweet by typing @theirusername at the beginning of your tweet. They will get a notification of this mention. If your reason for using twitter is to promote your brand, it's good to use hashtags pertaining to you/your products in order to best reach your audience. For an explanation of hashtags, click here.

Alright! That's it for a basic introduction to creating a twitter account. I hope it helped even a little bit.