Sometime 140 characters just isn’t enough!

With Twitter cards, it’s possible to attach media experiences to tweets which link to your content. Simply add a few lines of HTML to your web pages, and users who tweet links to your content will have a “card” added to the Tweet that’s visible to all of their followers.

Well… they say it’s done in three easy steps:

• Choose a card type! Try them out or read more about them.
• Once you find one you like, add the required meta tags to your page.
• To apply for the card you want, validate your meta tags.

Sometimes, one man’s “easy” is another man’s “torture.” If you aren’t very web savvy these so-called “three easy steps” could take quite some time to actually implement.

There are seven card types that can be attached to tweets, each of which has a beautiful consumption experience built for Twitter’s web and mobile clients:

• Summary Card: Default card, including a title, description, thumbnail, and Twitter account attribution.
• Summary Card with Large Image: Similar to a Summary Card, but offers the ability to prominently feature an image.
• Photo Card: A tweet sized photo card.
• Gallery Card: A tweet card geared toward highlighting a collection of photos.
• App Card: A tweet card for providing a profile of an application.
• Player Card: A tweet sized video/audio/media player card.
• Product Card: A tweet card that better represents product content.