Just decided to jump back in the Twitter river after not being super active for a while. Now I remember why! That’s not to say I’m not going to use it, I’m going to use it more than ever. I’m just going to use it better. Here are a few tips…
- Do not follow everybody! I look at someone’s Twitter stream and see if they are posting things that I like or are useful to me. I don’t follow people just to follow people. I only follow real influencers, people I want to keep up with, and people who are funny. If you follow everyone, your Twitter stream just becomes a bunch of noise and you reduce the chances of actually catching a useful tweet.
- If every single one of your updates starts with the word “I”, I will not follow you.
- If every one of your tweets contains a link, or is trying to sell something, I will not follow you.
- Put some information in your profile to tell me who you are. A link to a website is also helpful. If I can’t get an idea of who you are just by the blurb that appears with your picture, I probably won’t look any further.
- This has been said over and over but if I do follow you, and your auto-reply says something to the effect of “Thanks for the follow – go read my blog, or buy my product (link here), I will probably un-follow you. You are trying too hard!
Happy New Year!