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How To Set Up A Twitter Account

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How To Set Up A Twitter Account

Twitter is a social media platform that you can harness as a student or business owner to help you reach your goals. It can be incorporated into any digital strategy and is a great tool to reach a wide audience, whether that be potential customers or prospective employers.

This tutorial is a step by step guide on how to set up a twitter account. Although it is a simple process, the following guide will hopefully be of use for getting started with your twitter account.

Step 1: Head to Twitter and Click ‘Sign Up’

Step 1 - Head to twitter and click sign up

Step 2: Input Your Name and Email

Step 2: Input Your Name and Email

Step 3: Set Your Email Preferences

Step 3: Set Your Email Preferences

Step 4: Verify Your Email With The Code

Step 4: Verify Your Email With The Code

Step 5: Set Your Password

Step 5: Set Your Password
As with all passwords, the stronger the better.

Step 6: Upload Your Profile Picture (or Skip)

Step 6: Upload Your Profile Picture (or Skip)
This step is optional but definitely worth doing before you start creating your content. A profile picture will help people identify who you are.

Step 7: Add Your Bio (or Skip)

Step 7: Add Your Bio (or Skip)
You have a 160 characters here so make them count. Keep it short and relevant – what does someone visiting your profile need to know?

Step 8: Select Some Topics of Interest (or Skip)

Step 8: Select Some Topics of Interest (or Skip)
The more topics you choose here, the more relevant your feed is likely to be.

Step 9: Follow Some Initial Accounts (or Skip)

Step 9: Follow Some Initial Accounts (or Skip)
Again, this is optional but is a great way to get started. P.s. does anybody else find it really interesting that these are the three accounts Twitter suggested?

Step 10: Allow Notifications (or not)

Step 10: Allow Notifications (or not)

Step 11: Head To Your Settings

Step 11: Head To Your Settings

Step 12: Change Your Handle (if you want to of course)

Step 12: Change Your Handle (if you want to of course)
When signing up, Twitter will automatically give you a handle it thinks is relevant but chances are you won’t want to stick with that. Make sure to change it to something simple and recognisable.

After this last step you are free to do as you please with your Twitter account. Make sure you have a look around and check out all of Twitter’s features.

If you need any further help with your Twitter adventures, leave me a comment or send me a message on any of the social platforms above and I will be sure to help you as best I can.