SETTING UP YOUR TWITTER ACCOUNT

Start Setting Up Twitter For Yourself

Setting Up Twitter Account How To

Setting up Twitter for yourself or business is quite easy. I have been doing the Twitter-thing for a long time and I love it. Setting up Twitter was a snap and I didn’t freak out because it took a super long time or anything. I was actually really amazed how quick it was. And setting up a Twitter account is a great way to jump into social marketing and promotion if you have a business. You’ll be shocked by how many people are finding businesses through Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and LinkedIn.

So lets get started…

Setting Up Twitter (Don’t be Afraid!)

The first step is logging in to Twitter.com. The home page shows a brief explanation as to the point and function of the site offering a means of staying in contact with family, friends, as well as co-workers by means of reading answers to questions about what they are doing. At the bottom in the center there is a green box which reads “Join the conversation!” Click on this

box to get the process started. The next page to appear is titled “Create a Free Twitter Account” and asks for you to create a username which should only contain numbers, letters, and an underscore. This is an important part when setting up Twitter. You want to use a Twitter name that
you really like.

After this you create a password which is to be six or more characters. You insert your email address next, allegedly in case you forget your username or password. Then they check to ensure that you have a pulse and are human by having you write two of the words they show in a box. This functions as a security code.
You can check whether or not you want to be emailed updates, then you click on the button at the bottom which confirms that you are over the age of thirteen and that you have read and accepted the Terms of Service. Twitter, unlike some websites, does not require that you click on the Terms of Service and scroll all of the way through, though you should always read something before you agree to it so that you are well informed.

You’re Almost Done Setting Up Twitter for Yourself

The username which you create when setting up Twitter should be a domain name (without the .com/.net) if the Twitter account is being set up for a business. If it is being set up for personal use, then the username can be anything which you want. Whichever username you create will show at the end of the following address:http://twitter.com/. The email address can be a personal address or a business address. The email address is not shared, nor is any other information shared with third parties. The log in information such as your username as well as your password is not stored nor is it emailed to you unless you request it to be. When you log in to your newly created Twitter account, the password is securely submitted and your login is not stored.

Once your account is established, you are taken to the next page, part one of three, which asks if any of your friends are on Twitter. If you have the email address to friends who are on Twitter then you can insert or search their web email address and look for them. You can add your entire address book and Twitter will scan through it, determining how many and which of your friends are on Twitter, giving you a chance to select which of them you would like to start following. If there are non-users you can invite them to establish a Twitter account on the second step which asks if you want to select people from your address book to whom you want to send contact invitations from Twitter. After this step, your Twitter account has officially been established.
So there you have it, setting up Twitter wasn’t as complicated as you initially thought, was it?

If  you’re new to all things social media, I hope that you found this section on setting up Twitter helpful.

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