Twitter is an exciting social media tool that can help you connect with businesses, new friends, and your local community. Many people are intimidated by Twitter though and hesitate to learn how to use it. Fortunately, once you understand a few basic things, Twitter is fairly simple to use and it can be a great resource.

Twitter ID’s are quickly being claimed so if you have a specific ID that you’d like to use, I’d suggest signing up for an account right away even if you don’t have time to learn how to use Twitter immediately. We’ll walk you through the basics of setting up a Twitter account so you can get started.

Twitter for Business Use

If you run a home based business or work for an organization, I’d highly recommend claiming as many forms of your company name as possible to be sure that someone doesn’t use a similar name (or claim the one that you want).

Twitter will only allow one account to be created for every email address so if you need to create multiple accounts you’ll have to link each account to a separate email address. If you don’t have multiple email addresses to use, you can always sign up for a free email address through yahoo.com, gmail.com, or hotmail.com.

How to Create a Twitter Account

To sign up for a Twitter account, go to http://www.twitter.com and click on the yellow button that says “Sign Up”.

This is the same page you will come to when you need to login to your account once it is created. To do that, you will click the “Sign in” button in the top right corner.

You will be directed to a page where you can enter in your information. If your chosen Username is available a green check mark and the words “ok” will appear next to your username.

If you’d prefer to keep your Twitter account more private, be sure and uncheck the box that says “Let others find me by my email address”. When you have filled in all the field, click the button at the bottom that says, “Create my Account”.

Your Twitter account information will be sent to you by email. Your Twitter ID is now protected and ready for you to use when you need it.

The next step you will need to take will be creating your Twitter profile to add some personality to your Twitter account. Our next tutorial will walk you through how to set up your Twitter profile.