mwm top 50 tips for twitter
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Top 50 Tips for Twitter
1. twitter is real time, people talking about real stuff right now 2. Want to share photos on twitter? Then http://twitpic.com 3. Don’t follow people just to get them to follow back. Follow people that you want to
learn from and be informed by based on your criteria 4. Are you a recruiter? Check out http://www.Twitterjobsearch.com 5. To get more followers follow some easy steps: 1) add a good photo or logo 2) add a
comprehensive and relevant Bio 3) Add your website 4) start posting tweets 6. http://business.twitter.com/twitter101 is devoted entirely to business 7. Get listed on the top twitter directories: http://twellow.com, http://twibs.com and
http://twtbiz.com 8. Twitter poll tool: http://twtpoll.com 9. There are no short cuts on Twitter, you have to work hard, time & effort will produce
great benefits 10. You must use common sense when giving away your user name & password. 11. Twitter is not a substitute for meet ups and talking to people. That’s where you really
get to build a relationship 12. If people re tweet your messages, then thank them 13. Be yourself when engaging with others 14. twitter is a communication channel and not a broadcast station. So listen and engage
with people 15. The rewards from using Twitter are in direct proportion to the amount of time effort
and energy invested 16. Track the Twitter traffic you are sending to your website Use http://bit.ly and Google
analytics to help with this analysis 17. Just because you have turned up on Twitter does not mean anything will happen. You
must invest time and effort 18. The real value of Twitter is real users talking about real stuff right now and in real time 19. Use http://www.tweetbeep.com to monitor your keywords on Twitter 20. Don’t use your Twitter acc as another version of your website. Use it to listen and
communicate 21. Don’t Brag about how many followers you have on Twitter – its boring & meaningless 22. People don’t like to follow inanimate objects! Make your twitter account a person 23. Don’t follow people just to get them to follow back. Follow people that you want based
on your criteria 24. Folks if you want more followers, add value, listen, engage, add a photo, add a bio, add
your website URL and tweet 25. Do reply to others in public if you feel others would also 26. Don’t publicly welcome all your new followers 27. Have fun, be transparent, enjoy yourself, be honest and respectful to others 28. Love the fact that you only have 140 characters to use on Twitter. Makes you think far
more about how to condense your messages.
29. If you type your name into search Twitter do you show up? 30. Print your Twitter messages from your account: http://printyourtwitter.com/ 31. Try and tweet around 10 – 15 times per day, spend 10 minutes each morning
scheduling tweets so you don’t have to keep logging in 32. Do re tweet other people’s messages if you found them useful & they are useful to your
followers 33. Don’t over tweet useless and mundane information; think about what your followers
care about and will find interesting 34. Don’t forget to promote yourself on Twitter via your website, blog, email etc.. 35. Work out what your goals are and why are you on Twitter before you start; define
success 36. Watch others in your field when you first start out on Twitter to get some ideas on how
to get started 37. Be consistent, do a little bit each day, not tons one day and then nothing for 2 weeks 38. If you use a DM then only you and the recipient will see that message 39. You only have 140 to play with so choose carefully but make sure you use them all up
each time 40. Remember to add relevant keywords to your Twitter profile, helps with the search
engines 41. As you can use 160 characters in your Twitter Bio, make sure you do. 42. Are you showing up on ‘find people’ & http://search.twitter.com for your name 43. Link your twitter account with your Facebook page via Social RSS 44. Use twitter to keep your Linkedin account updated 45. Set up and update multiple accounts using http://hootsuite.com 46. Add twitter buttons to your website to allow users to share your content easily 47. Check out http://my.alltop.com as a great source of information to share on twitter 48. There are many app’s for your phone so you can update on the move 49. Use http://ping.fm to syndicate your twitter feeds across multiple social platforms 50. Enjoy!
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