Twitter

When you start using Twitter, there are certain points that you should keep in mind. After realizing the significance of Twitter as a social networking site, you should know certain things after registering for Twitter. Read about that here. Now, that you have the basics, here are some terms you need to know in order to make use of Twitter in the most efficient way.

1. Reply (@): Twitter features an exceptional replying feature. Whenever a person’s name is leaded by a @ symbol, it indicates that the sentence (tweet) following them is directed at them. So if you are using Twitter on the Web, which you should not be (talk about that more later), and you want to reply to someone, simply type @ and then their name, then type the reply. 
2. DM (D): This is a term you are sure to see in people who does Tweeting. It’s the abbreviated form of Direct Message. This is alike email for all intents and purposes. It acts like a Twitter inbox. Unlike replies and regular tweets, DMs are completely private. This feature is usually used if you desire to write something privately to someone, even more if you are writing something to your followers. Try to stick to DMs if you are replying more than twice to someone.
3. Retweet (RT): If someone tweets something that is interesting for you and you feel it would interest your readers, you retweet it for your readers as well. This actually quotes that person’s tweet and gives them the credit, so that the people can see the tweet and then choose to follow that person. It is almost like forwarding an email.
4. Hashtag (#): Hashtags are simple things in Twitter, it enhances the Twitter experience. They facilitate easy categorization of tweets for effectual future searching. Suppose you are tweeting about the iPhone, you simply need to insert a # before the word iPhone. Anyone who then searches hashtags.org or Twitter search, for the #iPhone term, will get your tweet as well as all tweets on the subject. 
5. Twitpic: This tool is for sharing pictures with your followers. You can upload a picture to Twitpic, uncheck the box that tweets it automatically for you, copy the URL, write something about the picture and then paste the URL for your followers to see. 
6. URL Shorteners: Twitter only allows you 140 characters; therefore this is the most effective way of tweeting if you want to share a link with your followers that is 70 characters long. This tool enables you to share a long link with your followers and also write down your thoughts about the link you are sharing.
7. Tweetdeck: Tweetdeck is the most popular 3rd party Twitter application out there. Tweetdeck automates all the above points in a very simple interface. You can reply, retweet, DM, shorten a URL, and share a Twitpic without ever leaving Tweetdeck.
8. TwitterFon: Twitterfon is the most popular iPhone app for Twitter. Twitterfon notifies you of new tweets, replies, and DMs.
9. Topify: Topify enables you to reply to a DM via email and the vital part is that the developers actually listen to customer feedback and improve the services accordingly and over and over again.
10. Wefollow: This is the most effective way of finding people to follow. It is a Twitter directory depending on tags people give themselves.

As you can see, Twitter is a vast arena to understand and utilize. When you start twitting as a beginner, be sure to look into these points and enhance your Twitter experience.