Post Your Blog to Twitter

First launched in 2006, Twitter is a popular social media service that allows users to create short messages, limited to 140 characters, called "tweets." Originally envisioned as a cell phone messaging social network, Twitter can be accessed via computers as well as SMS and smart phone applications. Twitter users use tweets for various purposes including conversation, networking, business announcements and promotion. Bloggers often use Twitter as a method of promoting their blog and individual blog posts to their Twitter user base.

1. Step 1

   Create your blog entry using the blogging service of your choice. Popular blogging services include Blogger and Wordpress. Once you have created your entry, publish it to your blog. Your blogging service will give you the URL of the blog entry you just created.

2. Step 2

   Shorten the URL. Popular URL shortening services include bit.ly and Tiny URL (see Resources).

3. Step 3

   Post your blog entry to Twitter. Twitter allows users to access their service via the Twitter website or via third-party applications called "clients."
   To post your blog via the Twitter website, go to the "What's happening now?" box on the home page and enter the shortened URL. Click "Tweet" to publish the tweet.
   To post your blog via a Twitter client, log in to your Twitter client according to your client's instructions. Create a new Tweet with the shortened URL and then publish.

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