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I get lots of questions each week from folks who are new to Twitter about the phenomenon called “Follow Friday,” so here’s a quick overview.

Follow Friday has become one of the weeks most popular Twitter “events” - and it’s an easy way to start getting involved on Twitter and building your Twitter network.  It’s essentially a recommendation service - you are recommending other Twitter users that you like by making a tweet that includes both their user name (with the @ in front) and the hashtag #followfriday. More about hastags here.

It’s also a great way to find new people to follow - just follow the users your friends are recommending.  How do you know who to recommend?  Everybody does it a little differently.  I recently posed that question for my #twitterguy hastag - you can see the responses I received here.  Here’s the RSS feed for all #twitterguy questions.

TopFollowFriday.com

A new site called Top Follow Friday popped up recently and is a good way to track the most endorsed Twitter users each week for #followfriday.  You can also click through and see a top users endorsement list - worth a glance.

So give it a try - just make a tweet and add your favorites and be sure to add the hashtag #followfriday, and before long you’ll be tweeting like a pro!

Online use of social media surpasses use of email

Catch Part 1 of our interview with Candis Hidalgo - what makes for a great Twitter background image?

If you missed it, here’s our interview with Kristi Colvin from Twitterface.

Here’s my interview with Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes.

Browse my list of Twitter tools, featuring screen captures and videos, at Likaholix.

Learn more about my TwitterViews series here - I go one-on-one with the developers of the top Twitter and social media apps.

You can find Twitter answers to my #twitterguy questions here.

You can learn more about Twitter demographics and who’s using Twitter here.

Learn more about the new social media site Likaholix here.

I created a simple 13-page pdf report called Getting Started On Twitter that you can download and email to them to help them get set up on Twitter.

In my report, I cover things like:

1. What you should include in your bio information
2. How to select a profile picture
3. NOTICES - how to create your settings
4. How to use the DESIGN tab, and where to go to get a free background for your homepage to get started
5. What to tweet about?
6. How to shorten a URL and insert into your tweet, with a link to a great shortener
7. How to find people you want to follow…and start following
8. The difference between an @reply and a direct message
9. Links to great desktop and mobile apps to get started

It’s a great starter guide, especially when one doesn’t know where to start — and it’s much easier than trying to explain it all to one of your friends.  Feel free to download a copy and pass it along!

You can grab the Getting Started On Twitter Guide here!

If you missed part one of my interview with Ryan Holmes of HootSuite, you can see it here.

See my list of Twitter tools, featuring screen captures and videos, in my Likaholix list here.

Learn more about my TwitterViews series here - I go one-on-one with the developers of the top Twitter apps!

You can find Twitter answers to my #twitterguy questions here.

Learn more about how #followfriday works here.

You can learn more about Twitter demographics and who’s using Twitter here.

Learn more about the new social media site Likaholix here.

I’m excited to begin my TwitterViews series starting the first week in May, where I go one-on-one in a question and answer session with the “people behind the curtain” - the developers of the leading Twitter applications that we use every day.

Hear them share their views on Twitter and get their insider tips for Twitter users.  You’ll also get exclusive behind-the-scenes info about their Twitter application, in their own words — and news about upgrades and app launches.

Stay tuned for updates, and be sure to follow me on Twitter for the latest news about TwitterViews!

TwitterView with Ryan Holmes from Hootsuite

TwitterView with Kristi Colvin from Twitterface

TwitterView with Candis Hidalgo from TwitBacks.com

See my list of Twitter tools, featuring screen captures and videos, in my Likaholix list.

You can find Twitter answers to my #twitterguy questions.

Learn more about how #followfriday works.

You can learn more about Twitter demographics and who’s using Twitter.

Learn more about the new social media site Likaholix.

I use a list I found at Squidoo, created by @airabongco — there are a few apps on the list that are no longer in existence, but you’ll find most of the commonly used apps here, sorted into the categories listed below.  You can check out my list of Twitter apps at Likaholix, which has the added benefit of providing screen shots and videos for most of the apps, without leaving the site.

On the subject of Twitter apps, here’s more info about my upcoming TwitterViews series, where I go one-on-one with the creators/developers of the top Twitter apps we all use.

(You can find the “Twitter apps” lens here)

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You can find the Twitter apps lens here.

Learn more about my TwitterViews series here - I go one-on-one with the developers of the top Twitter apps!

You can find Twitter answers to my #twitterguy questions here.

Learn more about how #followfriday works here.

You can learn more about Twitter demographics and who’s using Twitter here.

Learn more about the new social media site Likaholix here.