Twitter World – Part 2

Welcome back. If you completed your assignment from Twitter World, you now have a digital head shot picture, a twitter name, and a little description about yourself.
So, let’s head on over to Twitter and create an account.

• Click the link above if you haven’t already and it should take you to a page similar to the one displayed below.

Click Sign Up Now.
At this point, you will be on the Join the Conversation Page.
On this page:
1. Enter your first and last name in the box next to the text that  displays Full name.
2. Pick a user name. I picked twhitterWorld for this example.
3. Enter your password and e-mail address.
4. Uncheck, let others find me by my e-mail address. We’ll get you connected, but in a Pro Network way.
5. Uncheck, send me the inside scoop. You can come back and enable this later if you like once you become comfortable with twitter, but if you feel you have enough e-mail, it’s best to skip this for now.



6. Click Create my account.


7. Three steps of rejection and one step of validation and you will have a twitter account.
8. On the page for suggestions; you’re learning in a tutorial, the last thing you need is to become sidetracked by suggestions.
9. Scroll down to the bottom of Step 1 suggestions and click step.





10. Now you are on the friends page. You don’t need any, not yet. Don’t worry, you will find them, in a Pro Network way.
11. Scroll down and click Next step: others.


 
12. Now this is interesting, but I recommend that you skip looking for things that interest you. You already know what interests you and by using twitter in a Pro Network manner, sources of finding what interests you, will take care of itself.


13. Last step in the setup. Click Next step: You’re done! At this point you’re almost done.


14. Click , Please confirm your account and this will send an e-mail to the e-mail address you entered earlier.


15. Open your e-mail application and you should have either received or soon receive an e-mail from twitter.
16. Open the e-mail and copy the link to confirm you account.
17. Paste the link into your browser URL.
18. You will be taken to a page like the one displayed below.


19. Select Login and then enter your user name and password.
20. Once you are logged in, you’re page will look similar to the following.


We are going to stop here and in the next post, we are going to go through twitter settings. But before you go, we are going to change just two settings.
Select Settings. Change your the time zone appropriate to your location and then check the box that displays protect my tweets and then click save.
You will be hidden from others for now, but you will soon be connected using the Pro Network method.
Talk to you very soon with Twitter World – Part 3 Tweak the Twitter Settings

Twitter World

Like e-mail, social networks are becoming common knowledge. But if you are in the group that is too confused to even ask a question, you have come to the right place as there will be a series on Twitter World. It’s going to be short posts that take you through every step from signing up for a twitter account to taming the beast social networks can become.

With no further ado, let’s talk twitter. Simply put, Twitter is the equivalent of passing notes to one another; short notes, but with access to the world. Twitter can be used for socializing, following your favorite celebrity around, and other things. But my focus will demonstrate how Twitter can be used to get your work done. If you have unlimited funds, resources and knowledge; you may not want to use social networks. However, if you are not in that category, you can’t afford not to know about pro networking and how to use it effectively.

I think that just about covers everything. Wait! Where’s the information? Well, simply put I told you my posts will be short. But, you have an assignment for the next post of creating a twitter account and here it is:

Gather the following and there will be questions about what you need, but I will cover the why I recommend the following and the pros and cons to them:

• Pick a user name; ideally your real name
• Take digital picture of yourself; head shot only please
• Think about, what people do you want to connect with(using twitter for fun) or who you need to connect with(using twitter for work) and then write a short description about you

With that, in the next post I will go step by step on creating you first twitter account.

Talk to you soon.

Chris