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The micro blogging site Twitter.com is in the news with rumors of Google trying to take it over flying fast and furious! Jay Leno and Ellen DeGeneres have started twittering. It is being used by everyone from revolutionaries storming the Moldovian parliament and Egyptian bloggers to protest an unlawful imprisonment.

Click above picture to follow me on Twitter. Here is how to get started on Twitter and increase traffic to your blog.....................

The first step is to open an account on Twitter. Go to Twitter.com and click Join. Fill out the form. For Username enter a name related to your blog. Keep it short as everyone will know you by it.

In the next step you can check if any of your contacts are already on Twitter and follow them automatically. You can skip this step and land up on your Twitter home page. The status box is on top from where you type in your 'tweets' to tell the world what you are doing. Below that are the updates showing latest tweets from people you are following. If you had clicked the image at the top you will get my tweets showing up. Notice that they contain links to my blog posts.

In the sidebar is your profile at top followed by statistics (Number of followers, How many you are following and Updates) and icons of your followers. Now customize your twitter by clicking Settings link at the top of the page. Use the Picture tab to upload a picture. In the Account tab enter your real name and blog address in the fields provided and save settings.

Click the Home link at the top of the page. Type what you are doing in the text field. Only 140 characters are allowed so Keep it Short. Click Update to see your own tweet at top. People who follow you will see this tweet on their page instantly.
Now you can use your blog to get followers. Put the Follow Me badge on your blog. Viewers clicking on it will become your Followers and have your tweets delivered to them in real time. To install this image on your blog click the button below :

Clicking the above button will result in this popup window :

Enter your Twitter Username instead of 'YourID' in the box and then click Customize button. This will activate the 'Add Widget to my Blog' button. Click it to get the 'Add Page Element' window as shown below :

Select your blog from the drop down list and click the 'Add Widget' button. This will add the Follow Me on Twitter badge at top of this post to your blog sidebar. No further coding is required. Any viewer clicking on the image will be added as Follower to your tweets.

In future posts I will discuss how to show your tweets on your blog, how to twitter blog posts automatically and tips on how to use Twitter more effectively without spamming.

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Now that we have started micro blogging with Twitter.com we would like to show off our Tweets on our blog. This helps in setting up a conduit between your blog and your Twitter. Visitors to your blog may get impressed enough with your tweets and start following you on Twitter also. See picture at left.

Here is how you can set up Twitter on your blog with four clicks only. No messy coding or copy and paste. Just four clicks to add Twitter to your sidebar ..............

FIRST CLICK : Click the button below to start the installation process :

This is the popup window you will see :

SECOND CLICK : Fill in your Twitter Username instead of 'YourID' , customize title as you like instead of 'My Tweets' and type in the number of tweets you want shown instead of 'TweetNumber'. Then click Customize button.

THIRD CLICK : On clicking Customize button the 'Add Widget to My Blog' button will get activated. Click it. You will get the 'Add Page Element' window. See Picture below :

FOURTH CLICK : In the Add Page Element window select the blog you wish to add the gadget to (if you have multiple blogs in one account). Then type in a title "My Tweets" for the gadget. Lastly click 'Add Widget' button. The Page Elements subtab of Layout tab will open with the message that the widget has been added to the blog.

You can use this installer to add anyone else's tweets also. Just fill their Username instead of yours. The twitter gadget will adapt the styling of your blog. Enjoy!

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