Tweet: A message of up to 140 characters you post as your status update for your followers to see.

Twitter handle: Your twitter username is also known as your handle. An “at” symbol (@) always preceds a twitter handle, which makes it clickable on Twitter. For example, my Twitter handle is @geekhibrid, so anyone who wants to send me a direct Tweet would begin the message with my handle.

Retweet, AKA RT: When you forward a tweet from someone else to your followers, this is known as a retweet and should begin with RT so that followers know what you’re doing:

RT @geekhibrid: how to create a media sheet for radio interviews (link)

Direct message, AKA DM: This is a direct message that you send to someone’s Twitter Inbox, which is the equivalent of email on Twitter.

Hashtag: Placing a hashtag (also known as a pound sign “#”) in front of a word improves the word’s track-ability in Twitter search and makes it clickable. For example, if you are giving away a free report, you might include #freereport in your tweet so that you can easily search to find post with this reference. Hashtags are also useful for helping your content show up when people search.



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LizzieK Premium
Helpful. Thanks
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GeekHibrid Premium
no problem Lizzie
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Yogain Premium
Very helpful info about TW, good training Geek, thanks.
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Appreciate it Yogain! Glad you enjoyed it
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budgetgina Premium
Wow, nice read! Always wondered about those #hashtags..was so confused and now in the land of the Twitter account world..actually have been for a couple years..just needed a push with some help!
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I'm glad you liked the read!
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Dreamer56 Premium
If you can keep cranking them out I can keep thanking you. :) Takke uou
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GeekHibrid Premium
Yes indeed!
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verazhelvis Premium
Thanks again! You seem to be living here, online, producing such an amount of valuable information...:)
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GeekHibrid Premium
And I love doing it! lol
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Good... thanks..)
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