An unofficial guide to happy and productive tweeting: helpful sites, tips and tricks for Twitter

What is Twitter useful for? Why 'tweet' in the first place?

• The six Twitter types
• The 14 types of Twitter personalities
• Twitter: Why It’s So Great And How To Effectively Use It
• Guy Kawasaki answers why and how he tweets
  

Shorten your URL's

• Twitter default: http://bit.ly
• Comparison chart
• Goo.gl 
  

Note that services such as TweetDeck, Hootie, etc. come with integrated URL-shorting

Schedule your posts (tweet while you sleep)

• http://twuffer.com/
• http://hootie.com

How to create a custom background, other image tricks

• http://mashable.com/2009/05/23/twitter-backgrounds/
• http://card.ly/

Guides to Twitter

• Twitter's own guide: Twitter 101
• Mashable's Twitter guide book
• CNET News: Newbie's guide to Twitter
• WebDesignerDepot's guide: The Ultimate Guide for Everything Twitter

Prepared by: Victor del Rosal

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