29 of My Favorite Twitter Tips
From tips and tricks, to insights and strategies, to quotes and silly sayings – We publish a lot of content on Twitter and Facebook. We use the sites to build relationships and to attract new clients!
But in a side-by-side comparison, our new clients understand Facebook, but seem to still be befuddled by Twitter.
So today I am going to share my top 29 favorite Twitter tips with you — and if you like one or two, tweet me about it, or share it with your audience too. Just remember to include (via @jenniferbourn) at the end (it’s good Twitter etiquette) — Wait! I think that’s tip #30!
My 29 Favorite Twitter Tips
- Don’t forget to invite people from off-Twitter to follow you on Twitter and Include your actual Twitter ID
- Asking questions on Twitter makes for very interesting commentary and opinions for blog posts
- Start thinking in 120 characters. Save 20 to accommodate Retweets
- Promote the new/less followed more than the “names.”
- Don’t become a glorified RSS service for the people you want to be like/businesses you worship. It makes you look lame
- Use Seesmic or Tweetdeck or Hootsuite so you can see more
- Make hashtags small and simple (leave room to tweet) and please don’t hashtag everything
- Use Twitter as a personalized communication tool, not another blast tool
- If software allows you to “post updates to Twitter” as well as to the app, don’t do that. It’s irritating
- Don’t get hung up on the numbers, that’s not what matters. Its a case of who you know not how many you know
- Retweet the good stuff from others. Sharing is caring
- Short simple words go far and leave more room for content
- A lot of @replies shows a lot of humanity/engagement
- Don’t read EVERY tweet. It’s perfectly okay. You have permission
- A non-standard background and an avatar showing your face makes us like you better
- Follow anyone who follows you and unfollow spammers, trolls, meanies, and constant self-promoters
- Use Twitter lists to more effectively manage your conversations and who you care about
- Tweets sharing photos, video, or music are great ways to enhance the Twitter experience
- Invite Twitter followers to your other social platforms, like LinkedIn or Facebook
- Invite your customers to Twitter, then make it worth it for them
- It’s okay to unfollow people. Unfollowing doesn’t always mean “I don’t like you.” Some just tweet too much
- A complete bio is a must! We want to know who YOU are
- If your link is an affiliate link or a client, say so (in parentheses)
- Quality still trumps quantity
- Leave the swear words for the bar and don’t tweet about anything you wouldn’t tell your mother. It’s just safer that way
- If you’re using Twitter to send people to your blog, your website or information about you, make sure the link you’re using actually works
- Give people a chance to get to know you, and then they’ll care about what you have to say
- Taking other people’s tweets and using them as your own is plagiarism
- Twitter accepts special “alt” characters. Find them at: http://thenextweb.com/2008/09/16/twitterkeys-enhance-your-twitter-conversations
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