1. Twitter, Mobile (SMS), and Other Applications

3. Check the box below, allowing Twitter to send messages to your phone. Press "Save".

5. Text the word "Start" from the mobile phone you want to connect to your twitter account to the appropriate short code.

6. Upon receiving the next message, reply back with the name of your twitter account to continue. (alternatively, if you are creating a new account you can reply back with the word "Signup".

7. After sending your username to twitter, you will next be required to send in your password. reply back with your password to continue.

9. Canada: 21212

10. UK Vodafone users: 86444 Other UK carriers: +44 7624 801423

11. Sweden: +46 737 494222

12. Germany: +49 17 6888 50505

13. International: +44 7624 801423

15. Now you can use the code (in this example 40404) and text in your tweet to this number. It will appear to your followers and will show up on your page.

17. OFF : Turns off all updates except direct messages. Send STOP again to turn off direct messages too.

18. STOP, QUIT, End, Cancel, Arret or Unsubscribe : Turns all phone notifications off.

19. ON username : Turns on notifications for a specific person on your phone. Example: ON alissa.

20. OFF username : Turns off notifications for a specific person on your phone. Example: OFF blaine.

21. FOLLOW username : This command allows you to start following a specific user, as well as receive SMS notificatiosn. Example: FOLLOW jerry.

23. D username + message : Direct message: sends a person a privat message that goes to their device, and saves in their web archive. Example: d krissy want to pick a Jampa Juice for me while you're there?

24. FAV username : Favorite a Tweet: marks a person's last Twitter as a favorite and casues the message to show up in your "Favorites" tab.

25. RT username : Retweet: sends another user's latest Tweet to your followers.

26. SET LOCATION placename: Updates the location field in your profile. Example: set location san Francisco.

27. WHOIS username : Retrieves the profile information for any public user on Twitter. Example: whois jack

28. GET username : Retrieves the latest Twitter update posted by the person. Example: get goldman.

29. FAV username : Marks that user's last Tweet as one of your favorites. (hint: reply to any update with FAV to mark it as a favorite if you're receiving it in real time) Example: fav crystal

31. There is no way to unfollow someone or block someone via SMS.

32. The following commands perform the same actions: Follow = On and Leave = Off.

33. Following someone from a phone for the first time will also cause you to follow them on the web.

34. There is no way to stop following a person without visiting their web profile and removing them. The off, leave, stop, and quit commands will only disable mobile updates from that user.

36. HootSuite offers the option of shortening links, scheduling tweets to be posted later, saving searches as columns, and allowing multiple admins for one account.

37. HootSuite also offers detailed statistics and corresponding graphics.

38. For more information, go to www.hootsuite.com.

39. TweetDeckis a desktop Twitter application that makes it easier to manage a Twitter account. It offers the ability to tweet from within the program. It shortens links and can shorten messages that go over the character limit.

40. It also allows you to see your tweets, @replies, and direct messages in adjacent columns. A useful feature allows you to monitor several searches at one time.

41. Note: This program cannot run on an Open-Net computer. For more details, go to www.tweetdeck.com/beta.