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    Tweet Like an Eagle!
    Tweet Like an Eagle!
    Tweet Like an Eagle!
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    Tweet Like an Eagle!

    By D. Arthur Watson

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    "Tweet Like an Eagle" is aimed at people new to Twitter who aren't quite savvy yet. It shows how to write reader-friendly Tweets — Tweets that attract attention, get read, draw new followers and retain the old ones. It also has ideas for designing appealing avatars, practicing good Twitter etiquette, and locating helpful Internet sites to improve Tweeting. If you're already a veteran Tweeter, you'll find many ideas you will want to try.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherD. Arthur Watson
    Release dateSep 2, 2011
    ISBN9781465997463
    Tweet Like an Eagle!
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    D. Arthur Watson

    D. Arthur Watson, username Xunez on Twitter, was born in Chicago and grew up in New Jersey. He graduated from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, with a BA in English Literature. His writing career began as a copywriter for Prentice-Hall Publishers in New Jersey. From there, he moved on to work as a copywriter in the Book Club Division of Doubleday & Company in Garden City, New York, where he later became Editor of the Science Fiction Book Club. He currently lives in Alabama. In 2010, Twitter reignited his interest in writing. The discipline of the 140-character limit is a marvelous teacher. His future writing interests include novels, flash fiction and poetry.

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      Tweet Like an Eagle! - D. Arthur Watson

      Tweet Like an Eagle!

      Write Reader-Friendly Tweets

      That Get Attention and New Followers

      by D. Arthur Watson

      aka Xunez

      Smashwords Edition

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      Published by:

      David A. Watson at Smashwords

      Tweet Like an Eagle!

      Write Reader-Friendly Tweets

      That Get Attention and New Followers

      Copyright © 2011 by David A. Watson

      Smashwords Edition License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

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      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      INTRODUCTION

      CHAPTER ONE — Eye-Catching Avatars

      CHAPTER TWO — Reader-Friendly Tweets

      CHAPTER THREE — Useful Internet Sites

      CHAPTER FOUR — Internet Twitter vs. TweetDeck

      CHAPTER FIVE — To Follow or Not to Follow

      CHAPTER SIX — Good & Bad Twitter Behavior

      CHAPTER SEVEN — Focusing Your Twitter Account

      CHAPTER EIGHT — Conclusion

      INTRODUCTION

      "Tweet Like an Eagle" is for Twitter users who want to write reader-friendly Tweets — Tweets that attract attention, get read, draw new followers and retain the old ones. You will also find ideas about avatars, Twitter etiquette, and helpful Internet sites. This book assumes you have some experience with Twitter. Relative newcomers will find information that could take weeks or months to discover on their own. Veteran Tweeters will find many ideas they will want to try.

      What qualifies me to teach about effective writing? Although my Twitter experience only goes back to September 2010, my writing experience goes back decades. One of my first jobs was to create direct mail appeals for a major publisher.

      An important assignment was writing blurbs (short descriptions) for books sold through Doubleday’s Book Club Division. The requirements for a blurb were very strict. The maximum number of characters in a blurb was specified by an art director. The copy had to make readers want to

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