30 Essential Twitter Tutorials for Newbies and Experts

There is no shortage of Twitter related post floating around the internet these days. In fact, it is quite the opposite. There are tons of them out there these days. Some of them are good and some of them are just filled with so much crap or schemes it makes you wonder who wrote it. We decided to do a round up of some of the best Twitter related tutorials out there to help you out. This list includes tutorials on everything from how to change your Twitter background to how to use the Twitter API.

Basic/Set-Up Tutorials


  • 1. Twitter in Plain English

    Not so much a tutorial but a clever video explanation of what Twitter is and what it’s for. Worth watching.

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  • 2. Is Twitter for the Birds? A Tweet Tweet Tutorial

    Great overview of what it is, how to use it, and why.

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  • 3. How to Set Up a Twitter Account

    Excellent, concise 5 steps to being set up on Twitter.

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  • 4. Mastering Twitter in 10 Minutes or Less

    You have to download the PDF to master Twitter in this tutorial. But for those of you that still like to have instructions on paper in front of you this is the way to go.

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  • 5. What Should You Tweet About?

    A great article about what to write about on Twitter.

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  • 6. Using Twitter…’The Smart Way’

    A good one-stop tutorial about how to get set up and use twitter. Especially if you’re looking to use Twitter for business.

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  • 7. How to Twitter – Tips and Tools to Get You Started

    A unique take on how to get started using twitter. Less technical and more practical.

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  • 7. How to Twitter – Tips and Tools to Get You Started

    A unique take on how to get started using twitter. Less technical and more practical.

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  • 8. Beginner’s Quick Start Guide and Tutorial to Using Twitter

    If you need a little star power in your start-up tutorial here’s one written by the CEO of Zappos.com

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Intermediate Tutorials


  • 9. 5 Tips to Grow Your Twitter Presence

    A great article with tips on how to make your Tweets more substantial.

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  • 10. Make a Tweet Plan to Get the Most From Twitter

    A practical approach to making Twitter a successful part of your routine.

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  • 11. How to Use Twitter as a Tool

    A straightforward collection of tips to maximize how you use Twitter especially as a business tool.

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  • 12. O’reilly Webcast: Twitter for Business

    Want to know everything there is to know about Twitter for Business. This one’s for you. Make sure you block out a full hour…it’s a long video.

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  • 13. Harnessing the Power of Twitter for your Business

    If you’re looking for the cliffs notes to the video above…here it is.

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  • 14. How Your Twitter Profile Can Attract Followers

    Some great tips on how to attract followers just by enhancing what’s in your profile bar.

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  • 15. Twitter for Business – An Introductory Guide

    A good overview of how to use your 140 characters to market your business.

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  • 16. Twitter Tutorial – Twittering for Fun and Profit

    Another tutorial from the same folks as above. This one more focused on planning and content.

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  • 17. Feed Your Blog to Twitter

    A great video tutorial of how to synchronize your tweets and your blog.

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  • 18. Twitter Background Design How-To and Best Practices

    Excellent tutorial from blog.spoongraphics on how to give your Twitter background a bit more flavor.

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  • 19. 8 Useful Tips to Become Successful With Twitter

    Smashing Magazine comes through with a great post on how to be “Successful” with Twitter.

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  • 20. 10 Awesome Ways to Integrate Twitter with your Website

    If you’re looking to streamline your social network check out these tools to get the most out of your Tweets.

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Expert Tutorials


  • 21. How To Make a Unique Website for Your Twitter Updates

    Another tutorial on how to make your Twitter a little more original.

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  • 22. Create a Twitter Box in your Sidebar

    A different take, much more technical, on how to integrate Twitter into your blog.

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  • 23. Create Free Polls for Twitter with PollDaddy

    Want to find out what your followers think of you? Send out a Poll.

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  • 24. Getting Started with the Twitter API

    A little something for the developers on where to start with Twitter’s “Application Programming Interface”

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  • 25. How to Link Twitter to Facebook

    One more way to bring together your social networks by having your Tweets automatically post to your facebook status.

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  • 26. How to Automate Twitter and Send Direct Messages to Your Followers

    A good tutorial if you’re looking to use Twitter as a Direct Marketing Tool.

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  • 27. How to Auto Follow People on Twitter

    If you’re an avid Twitter user and want to follow everyone that’s following you here’s a tutorial on how to automate it.

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  • 28. How to Run Multiple Twitter Feeds on the Same Page

    Adding Twitter to your blog…taken to the next level!

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  • 29. How to Set Up an Auto Response Back to New Followers in Twitter

    A video tutorial on how to automatically keep in touch with new followers.

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  • 30. WPF Tutorial – A Simple Twitter Client

    If you really want to get into it this guy builds a twitter client from scratch.

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Twitter is HUGE and I know this isn’t everything. What did I miss? Leave a comment and let us know what you think is the best/most helpful Twitter tutorial out there!

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