Useful Tips for Twitter
These days it seems that you can’t escape stories about the latest social networking phenomenon, Twitter. With all the hype and celebrity endorsements, lots of people are asking “how do I use Twitter?”.
There are plenty of sites out there that will tell you how to use Twitter, but not so many to warn you of the pitfalls.If you take a minute to learn from this list of handy Twitter tips then you’ll be Twittering away with the best of them.
DO watch what you say.Unless your updates are protected, anyone can see what you are currently Tweeting.Bear in mind the story of the girl who managed to Tweet her way out of a job because a hiring manager read her thoughts on the position she interviewed for.
DON’T use Twitter for a chat client. No one wants to their screen full of irrelevant Tweets from a conversation they’re forced to eavesdrop on.
DO remember to retweet other people. This can be a good way to build up a following of likeminded Twitterers.
DON’T endlessly try to sell things.Okay, we get it – you have your own blog.Twitter is by no means one way traffic – tweet back!
DO follow people back, but….
DON’T be offended if someone doesn’t follow you back.Users with tens of thousands of followers are unlikely to see your Tweet through the hundreds of other tweets anyway.
DO try to be funny, entertaining, informative and creative with your tweets.
DON’T auto-DM.This is the Twitter equivalent of spam and a faceless “hi – thanks for following†is impersonal and can be off-putting.
DO use it to ask other people for help.Once you have built up a reasonable following you’ll find it easy to find answers to your questions in no time.
DON’T twit anything if your message is going to exceed 140 characters. Spreading a message over multiple tweets is just going to confuse and irritate your followers.
These handy hints should be enough to get you started. If you are likely to spend a significant proportion of your online time on Twitter then there are plenty of guides on the net telling you how to use Twitter effectively.
Now a days everyone is using twitter to post their updates and many of them using twitter effectively for their marketing purpose. I hope the article will help to guide twitter beginners to use it for their marketing purpose.
I must accept the fact that until now i still do not know how to use twitter. Your post is encouraging and i hope i could have a time studying it.
We should be very careful when using twitter for personal matters. I agree with you. I hope this information all help those twitter users to avoid any… you know..
Great tips, Twitter is overcrowded with people pushing products – we should all use it for what it is intended for.
Great blog.
I am on twitter but I don’t use it to advertise much. It’s more like a place I use to vent and share my oh so (sometimes) controversial opinions. I throw a link in when it suits what I am talking about but, I never do anything remotely like spamming. I just wish others would do the same.
Thanks for the advice. I signed up for a twitter account, but never really got into it. It’s hard to think of something interesting to say, and I never really got what all that other stuff was about. Perhaps I’ll have another look at it later.
Many thanks for this post. I’m new to using social networking tools. I don’t claim to fully understand the purpose of twitter but I think these parameters will help me utilize it more effectively.
Thanks for such a informative and valuable tips. I use twitter everyday and certainly your tips would help me.
Great tips, Twitter is overcrowded with people pushing products – we should all use it for what it is intended for.
Great blog.
Everybody body is using twitter now, this is a great tips for fist timer twitter.
They will know the do’s and don’t in using or commenting in twitter.
Yeah!!!!
I would also recommend to make your tweets short enough. Give people room to mention your Twitter account when they RT you.