Now that you have a Twitter account for your industrial business, it is important to familiarize yourself with some commonly used Twitter terms.

Twitter is easy but you have to follow a few simple rules and know the lingo.

Commonly used Twitter Terms

These terms describe actions you can take on Twitter. Everyone is probably familiar with a hashtag. But the other terms may not be in your usual vocabulary, so it is important to familiarize yourself with these important terms and their exact meaning and how they are used on Twitter.

Task	Command
Hashtag	Using the # symbol in front of any word or phrase tags your Tweets. When someone clicks that hashtag, she sees your Tweet along with everyone else’s Tweets using that same term.
Retweet (RT)@reply	This is a way for someone to share a Tweet from another user’s account.
Direct message (DM)	A private message can be sent directly to a user on Twitter who is already following you.
Follower	A follower is someone who follows you on Twitter and sees your updates on his home feed (Your home timeline displays a stream of Tweets from accounts you have chosen to follow on Twitter).
@reply	By starting your Tweet with @username, you can reply publicly to a single user.
@mention	By placing the @ symbol in front of a username, you can tag another user in your Tweet.

Go Tweet!

Now take a minute and sent a Tweet. Feel free to tag me in your Tweet. My username is @brianbearden.

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