Wednesday, September 22, 2010

10 twitter tips

1. 140 characters can be limiting sometimes. Did you know you can shorten your URL when it is too long? Services like Bitly or Tinyurl are some tools to help this

2. Use a real picture as your avatar. It personalizes the experience and connects you to your followers.

3. Use twitter search to find people to follow or groups of people who have similar interests. Good examples of must follows include @shunmugam1234 @Chrisbrogan @SethGodin @Kakief @Burbursfriends ;D

4. Build relationships one person at a time. Retweets are one way to do this. If you see a tweet that you think might add value to your followers be sure to use this feature. Here is an example of what a Retweet might look like on Twitter: “

RT @KakieF: Advanced Screening Movie Review: “The Social Network” Based o Mark Zuckerberg and Story Behind Facebook: wp.me/ptP4G-yt

5. Acknowledge new followers at Social Oomph. This allows you to automatically send a direct message to people who follow you. Be sure the direct message says something authentic and does not have a link in it.

6. A hashtag starts with (#) and is a way to identify a certain trend or group of people.

7. Find a good mobile phone application to tweet from your phone.

8. There are great desktop tools out there to help you manage your accounts. Tweetdeck, Hootesuite, Twhirl are some examples

9. Personalize yourself by sharing photos using twitpic, flickr, etc. In addition, use a real picture as your avatar. It personalizes the experience and connects you to your followers.

10. Listen before you tweet. In other words, observe how others are using it in different circles. It is amazing what you will learn.

The Summer Man

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