1. How to sign up and get started on
A beginner's how-to guide by @camila_espina

2. 1. Go to the twitter website and fill out initial
sign up fields:

3. 2. Choose an available username and create
account
*twitter will
automatically let you
youremail@somewhere.com
know which username is
available.
*Your username is also
your “twitter handle.”

4. 3. Twitter will provide a basic functions
walkthrough:

5. *twitter will prompt you to
follow popular celebrities or
brands to get started.
*to follow simply click this
icon.
*”following” means that
you will receive the
messages people tweet and
be able to read them in
your “timeline”
*accounts with this symbol
simply mean that it is a
verified entity – for
example, that is the “real”
CNN twitter account

6. *This is what it looks like when
you’re already following another
user.
*This is what it looks like when
you don’t follow a user.
*This is what it looks like when you
put your cursor over the “following”
button – if you click, you will
“unfollow” that user and won’t be
receiving their tweets anymore.

7. 4. Search contacts and start following!
*If you clicked “skip this step”
when twitter suggested following
popular accounts, a new window
will appear prompting you to find
people you want to follow.
*You can also search for your
contacts from
Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail and AOL.

8. 5. Upload a picture and fill out your bio

9. Tweet box: where you’ll
compose your tweets
*This is how your twitter “home” page will look like

10. Your name and
profile picture *This is your “timeline”
How many
tweets you’ve
posted, how
many people
you’re
following and
how many
people follow
you
Trending topics

11. *to view your interactions click here
*your interactions show the latest people who’ve:
- Started following you.
-“Retweeted” one of your posts.
-“Mentioned” you in a tweet.

12. What is a “retweet”?
*A retweet is sharing a tweet. You can share someone’s tweet or
they can share yours.
*There are 2 ways to retweet someone:
1. Put your cursor over someone’s tweet and the “Expand”
“Reply” “Retweet” “Favorite” buttons will appear, click retweet.

14. What is a “retweet”?
2. Copy the tweet you want to retweet into your tweet box, place an “RT” and @(the
twitter handle of the person you’re retweeting).
*Retweeting this way lets you add a comment to the tweet you’re sharing – add it
before the RT.

15. What is a ”mention”?
* A mention is when you place an “@” before someone’s twitter handle in a tweet.
* When you mention someone, they receive a notification.
* Additionally, it will create a link from your post to their twitter profile.
* A great way to connect!

16. What is a “hashtag”?
According to twitter …

17. What is a “reply”?
*When you click the “reply” button on someone’s tweet, twitter will
automatically mention the original tweet poster and a conversation
thread will be created:

18. What is a “DM”?
* DM stands for “direct message,” a “private” message between you and someone
else.
*You can only send a direct message to someone you follow that follows you back.

19. Anatomy of a tweet
#hashtag
@mention Link: tweets are a great
way to share links to all
sorts of content.