In March 2006, a little communications service called Twttr debuted. It began as a side project at a San Francisco podcasting company, but it wasn’t long before the side project had become the main event. Today, just over five years later, Twitter is booming. In September 2011, the service announced that it had 100 million active monthly users, 400 million monthly visits to its website (up from 250 million in January 2011), and served billions of messages a week around the globe. In addition, the site is now available in 17 languages (and people tweet in more languages than that). Twitter has become a key communications channel during. | Check out The Twitter Book. It s excellent in every way. - PC World The Twitter Book by Tim O Reilly and Sarah Milstein Web lnternet Applications The Twitter Book Want to learn how to use Twitter like a pro Get the book that readers and critics alike rave about. Twitter is not just for talking about your breakfast anymore. It s become an indispensable communications tool for businesses non-profits celebrities and people around the globe. With the second edition of this friendly full-color guide you ll quickly get up to speed not only on standard features but also on new options and nuanced uses that will help you tweet with confidence. Co-written by two widely recognized Twitter experts The Twitter Book is packed with all-new real-world examples solid advice and clear explanations guaranteed to turn you into a power user. This is the ultimate source for everything you need to know about Twitter. The Sacramento Bee I tips that I didn t know before. Computerworld How can businesses discern the twits from the tweets O Reilly and Milstein present as lucid and intelligent an overview as you d want or need. The Miami Herald Use Twitter to connect with colleagues customers family and friends Stand out on Twitter Avoid common gaffes and pitfalls Build a critical communications channel with Twitter and use the best third-party tools to manage it Tim O Reilly @timoreilly founder and CEO of O Reilly Media has more than million followers on Twitter. Sarah Milstein @SarahM frequently writes speaks and teaches about Twitter she was the 21 st user of Twitter. US CAN ISBN 978-1-449-31420-0 Ulllllilllllllllllllllllllllli So helpful that many readers no doubt will tweet its praises and thank timoreilly and @sarahm the authors Twitter handles for helping people understand why Twitter is emerging as the Internet s most powerful communications vehicle since e-mail. Associated Press Tim O Reilly and Sarah Milstein are two of my favorite tweeters and they ve
