If You Don’t Get Twitter, TweetCamp Can Help

If you are not on Twitter yet, or you have just joined and don't really GET it, then TweetCamp can help you!

Tweet Camp is a mini-course from Booksquare University set up by the Kassia Krozser and Kirk Biglione, who incidentally have also just launched their own publishing company Quartet Press with Kat Meyer.

I am a huge evangelist of Twitter for authors and book promotion, so here is an overview of TweetCamp.

• It is a modular course that you can do at your own pace, but you also get emails to remind you which is useful. There are articles, videos and extra guides you can download to help you along the way.
• It includes very key information you need to know about Twitter in order to be effective including your profile setup and background, all the etiquette and jargon you need to know like #tags and FollowFriday
• There are lots of great extra links to twitter related blog posts e.g. How twitter makes you a better writer.
• It explains what you can actually tweet about which is key for authors. It is not generally “what you are doing” after all, so there is a section on what to actually tweet about.
• How Twitter search works and how powerful it can be for your niche and branding
• What tools to use to manage your Twitter accounts and which ones are most effective – you need this because otherwise Twitter is overwhelming. It is the tools that allow you freedom to roam and still make the most of Twitter (TweetLater is my secret weapon!)

Yes, you can get all this information somehow online for free, and this is a criticism I also receive for Author 2.0. But consider this, how much is your time worth? Do you want to spend several weeks or months trawling through various websites trying to understand it all, meanwhile your twitter account is floundering? Or would you rather someone compiled the best of the best information and you paid a premium price for it, saving you time and effort?

I have grown my blog rankings, networked with some amazing people and increased my global profile through Twitter. Seriously, you need it! Have a look at Tweet Camp and join the fun!