Everyone wants a piece of the Twitter action right now, and the red-hot microblogging service knows it. In order to help businesses hop on to Twitter and start interacting with potential consumers, the company has launched a beginners' manual of sorts, offering case studies, best practices, and even a handy guide to Twitter lingo.

The resource offers rudimentary advice, from how to set up a profile page to how to find relevant followers. The Twitter dictionary offers definitions of simple terms like "followers" and "tweet" for the uninitiated, but also provides explanations of some of Twitter's most unique features, such as retweets and hashtags.

The starter guide is part of an overall push by Twitter to educate businesses on how to generate more money by using the service and add-on tools, co-founder Biz Stone told Reuters.