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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.

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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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