When you’re sitting there looking at the words on the screen, “What are you doing,” do you ever just sit there and ask yourself, “What am I doing tweeting like a silly little bird?” No… me neither. Well, for those of you who’ve wanted a couple of tips on how best to use Twitter, here are a few of the most interesting answers I’ve read:
- “you’re not as important as your # of followers, still… you do need followers”
- “funny, informative and catchy: choose two”
- “Twitter about stuff that has to do with your blog, but also Twitter stuff that has nothing to do with your blog”
- “Share links, share ideas, ask questions, answer questions — anything but ‘what are you doing?’…”
- “Join the conversation, there are too many blog promoters on twitter who just broadcast. Learn ‘@’ and start networking…”
- “Don’t kid around and write something foul only to realize you just accidentally hit ‘ENTER’, oops…”
- “Twitter is like Haiku, I don’t really get either but it sounds cool”
- “Write each word like it matters, because it does”
- “Share interesting resources, not just what you ate for lunch. Twitter often, and use it to test potential blog topics”
- “…make use of other Twitter tools to make the most of Twitter (and so it doesn’t suck up all your time)”
- “…get right to the point”
- “Don’t Twitter in secret, if you do, you probably have a problem.”
- “Respect the people you follow. Be interesting. Listen first, tweat second…”
- “Don’t follow more people than you can handle. If you’ve got too much going on, you miss a lot of the good stuff…”
- “Keep your Twitter updated and the followers will come. Stay up-to-date and you will reep the benefits. “
- “stop thinking that twitter is pointless and just try it. It’s all about community – reach out and be a part of it.”
- “interact and communicate with others – it’s a social media tool, so be social”
- “Advice: Think before you hit send. 140 characters have the power to help, heal or be miss-understood”
- “use a username as short as possible so you can twit more”
