By: valentin alecse
Twitter is the 13th global site today. After more than 1 year of experimentation, here is a compilation of tips for use,that I recommend you to improve your own service experience.
Be Generous
1. Promote other people and their content more than you promote yourself.
2. Retweet quality content that you find to others (citing the source of course)
3. But retweet moderately and selectively. You will be known (and recognized) by the content of your tweets. So send only quality content in order to add value to your followers.
4. Join the # followfriday to tell your followers who are the quality twitters.
5. Be selective in the recommendations that you made for # followfriday.
6. Thank those who retweet your recommend in # followfriday.
7. Praise others for their work and their quality content.
8. You can score big points by showing that you have read published content and adding value.
9. When you identify a connection between 2 people who can make sense, put them in touch. Make the go!
10. When retweet others content you're on your way to develop your relationship but do not forget to also help yourself with the quality original content.
11. Occasionally, talk to a person of quality that you follow and which brings much added value with his tweets. Apply yourself to explain specifically why you are recommending this person.Unlike # followfriday is a way to make an unexpected act of kindness that will surprise the person you mention and which will cross the value in your network.
Be a resource
12. Search and distribute the information of your tweets.
13. Subscribe to Google Alerts to stay informed about the topics and keywords of interest and relevant for your followers.
14. Use Youtube as a search engine tutorials.These videos can be content with strong added value to send to your followers.By the way, you discover people creating interesting content on your interests.
15. When you find someone who creates content for quality, look in the archives to find the pearls to share with your followers.
16.One way to find permanent new sources of content is to subscribe to RSS one or more keywords on google blog search (and / or technorati).
17. You must make your personal mark on the content you create and distribute.The more you give of interesting content, the more people will identify you as a resource.
18. Ask to be retweet (saying please). This will increase your retweetability drastically.
19.Obviously if you do not retweet person do not be surprised if nobody retweet you. 20. Be careful though not to do too often and not for anything. Book this kind of application only for the content of very high quality.
21. Use Tweetburner.com to shorten URLs.Tweetburner allows you to track the number of times your link has been shortened open.
22. Create informative videos (and / or screencast) and then tweet them.This way, you enrich your presence and allow your audience to get closer to you from an exclusive content-rich and original.
23.Use headings of tweets that draw attention to increase their openness.The lists of items like "7 ways to ..." or "How to ..." are still very popular and generates more clicks than securities standards.
Use a good Twitter client
24. Tweetdeck.com is really my favorite tweeter client yet.
25. Create a column for your TOP list members twitters to follow.This list will consist of essential always adding quality content and you will make them stand out from the mass of people who "Twitter for everything and for nothing."
26. However, take a look anyway to those outside this list because at any moment they may become new sources of content and qualify for the toplist.
27. You can create additional columns for all the interest groups around you and you want to track in particular. 28. Tweetdeck also allows you to post your message directly on Facebook (if you have not yet synchronized your application status with Facebook).
29. Also create additional columns to track the keywords you want.
Sell via Twitter
30. Give more than you expect to receive.Send at least 3 or 4 informative tweets about created / discussed content by others for each tweet you send for your personal promotion.
31. Do not spam on Twitter.Your followers can you let go at any moment (and they will). They can also block, which may end in an outright ban of Twitter. 32. Twitter is a very interesting tool to make "forward sale". Rather send your followers on a page that explains what you think / you recommend a product rather than on the product page or direct purchase .
33. If you do not do what I said above, your followers will surely like it's spam. Network on Twitter
34. Put your URL on your Twitter Blog page on your Facebook, Linkedin, in your email signature and on your business card wherever you may want to get in touch with your most followed.
35. Try crossing your networks and synchronize them. Try to retain your followers as a subscriber to your blog, on your twitter contacts or on other social networks...
36. Don't miss the opportunities to meet your followers IRL (In Real Life).
37. Find Twitter local users using the geographical search of Twitter or with http://www.twellow.com
38. Twellow.com is also a great site to find targeted users in relation to your interests.
39.Your goal to twitter (or any social media platform) is to create conversations. You can't achieve this if your tweets are simply marketing tweets.
40. Try to find people who share a common focus. Use search.Twitter.com entering your keywords and subscribing to RSS feeds available on research. Follow them, they may follow you back. If you tweet quality content you will have more reciprocity and may even your content will be retweet ,wich will probably bring you new followers.
41 Find the "influential" in your area of interest on Twitter and follow them. Maybe they will follow you or not but your positive react to their valuable content will attract their attention.
42. When you find "influential" in your area, take a look at who they follow to find others with same interests. If you establish connections with their network, they will be better able to establish a new connection with you.
43. Synchronize distribution of your content using the Facebook application to extend the area of communication.
44. Think to retweet old items because someone may be interested, if you identify a discussion on.
45. Create a professional background to your twitter profile. You can do it yourself or you can use a service like Twitbacks.com.
46. Tweet often but not to much. More tweets will increase the chances to be followed. Be careful to not fall into "the tweet after tweet", without providing real added value.
47. Learn to listen on Twitter to see what others want to send you . It's a great deal to capture the trends before anyone else. Lately Twitter has the keywords most often mentioned in the sidebar pages.
48. Do not give up too quickly.Many people do not see the benefit of combining the tools and very often a see in using Twitter a waste of time. Here's a secret: no one picks up right away the power of the tool but after some practice time Twitter offers a tremendous advantage in your market.
49. Listen and learn. If you tweet more you read and click on content made by others, you probably miss something. Twitter may be the best learning experience and discover content of your life.
50. Remember that when you use Twitter, you're networking as you would while disconnected. The rules remain the same. Be generous, create value, make friends and always give more than you expect to receive.
51. Be sure to keep a ratio following / followers less than or equal to 1. Having many followers is usually a guarantee of quality unless the person is much more than people who did follow in return. Make sure to always have more followers than the number of people you follow.Unfollow those who aren't following you back with Twitter Follower.
52. Follow many. I've been advised to be selective in the people I follow in my own interests. Now I suggest you to expand your sphere beyond your usual niche and follow people with diverse and varied interests.Why? Because it will enrich your life and you learn things that you would probably never discovered otherwise (serendipity you said?). And you may learn things that you can implement in your own sphere of interest.
53. Use reliable Twitter additional tools and resources if you want to have more productivity and make big money, with your Twitter account.Find out more about these social media marketing tools by visiting:www.hoplinkzone.com
54. Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/a5v19
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
A Clean Twitter Is A Good Twitter
By: Adam Kirby
Twitter has been called micro-blogging, or blogging for ordinary people. Basically they have provided a way for people who don't want a full fledged blog to post about their daily happenings.
The downside to Twitter is the amount of people who sign up and make a post, but then never return. Currently these abandoned accounts are never deleted, so it's up to you to update your follower and following lists keeping them clear of these abandoned accounts.
Finding Followers:
Besides being able to add your friends and email contacts to Twitter, they also provide a handy search box to help you find people to follow.
One of the best ways to get followers is to follow others first,. There is one check you must do before adding someone to your list, the most recent post date. Just adding thousands of people to your twitter list will not bring you followers. Twitter received a lot of buzz and attracted a lot of tire kickers, but if you aren't paying attention then you could easily end up with the majority of your list being people who haven't logged on to Twitter for a months, and they won't be coming back to check out your profile anytime soon.
So step one to a clutter-free Twitter is to follow the right people. I will search for a particular term, and flip through the list, signing up to follow only people who have posted in the last 7 days. Also I will not follow anyone on their first post, I want to make sure they will be coming back on a regular basis.
Culling The List:
As your lists grow, you will want to check your following list and un-check those who have not posted for a while. I like to use a 30 day rule. Every time I log on to Twitter, I check 5 to 10 people in my list, and stop following the ones who have not made a post in the last 30 days. Many people don't post every day, or even every week, but chances are if they have not posted in the last month, they probably won't be posting again.
Following Followers:
Step 3 is returning the favor. Whenever you log in, check your follower list to make sure you are returning the favor to everyone that is following you. Unless they are just spamming the Twitter system with affiliate links posted every couple of minutes, there is no reason not to give back.
Posting With Links:
When writing a post with a link, whether to your site, an affiliate link, or just something cool you found, there is no need to place a full URL. Just using the www.sitename.com format will automatically make a clickable link.
While affiliate links are okay, try to post valuable content as well. Just putting up a bunch of obvious affiliate links will lose your following.
Twitter has been called micro-blogging, or blogging for ordinary people. Basically they have provided a way for people who don't want a full fledged blog to post about their daily happenings.
The downside to Twitter is the amount of people who sign up and make a post, but then never return. Currently these abandoned accounts are never deleted, so it's up to you to update your follower and following lists keeping them clear of these abandoned accounts.
Finding Followers:
Besides being able to add your friends and email contacts to Twitter, they also provide a handy search box to help you find people to follow.
One of the best ways to get followers is to follow others first,. There is one check you must do before adding someone to your list, the most recent post date. Just adding thousands of people to your twitter list will not bring you followers. Twitter received a lot of buzz and attracted a lot of tire kickers, but if you aren't paying attention then you could easily end up with the majority of your list being people who haven't logged on to Twitter for a months, and they won't be coming back to check out your profile anytime soon.
So step one to a clutter-free Twitter is to follow the right people. I will search for a particular term, and flip through the list, signing up to follow only people who have posted in the last 7 days. Also I will not follow anyone on their first post, I want to make sure they will be coming back on a regular basis.
Culling The List:
As your lists grow, you will want to check your following list and un-check those who have not posted for a while. I like to use a 30 day rule. Every time I log on to Twitter, I check 5 to 10 people in my list, and stop following the ones who have not made a post in the last 30 days. Many people don't post every day, or even every week, but chances are if they have not posted in the last month, they probably won't be posting again.
Following Followers:
Step 3 is returning the favor. Whenever you log in, check your follower list to make sure you are returning the favor to everyone that is following you. Unless they are just spamming the Twitter system with affiliate links posted every couple of minutes, there is no reason not to give back.
Posting With Links:
When writing a post with a link, whether to your site, an affiliate link, or just something cool you found, there is no need to place a full URL. Just using the www.sitename.com format will automatically make a clickable link.
While affiliate links are okay, try to post valuable content as well. Just putting up a bunch of obvious affiliate links will lose your following.
What Is Good Twitter Etiquette?
By: Martin Sejas
If you’ve been using Twitter for a while then you would have heard of the term Twitter etiquette. Nevertheless, there are still a lot of people who don’t know what it is and even if they know, they are not applying it to their advantage. The bottom line is that if you demonstrate good Twitter etiquette, then you can only become successful at Twitter.
The question remaining then is: what exactly is good Twitter etiquette? It’s pretty much involves a list of things you should and shouldn’t do. What you shouldn’t do is not technically illegal on Twitter, but they can stop getting followers and respect from fellow Twits.
So here’s a short list of what you should do on Twitter:
• Write interesting tweets. Put yourself in the position of a follower or potential follower and ask yourself: “Would I want read something like that?” If you don’t, then don’t tweet that message.
• Share links to information and resources which will benefit your followers. If you don’t find it beneficial, don’t send them the link.
• Be concise and straight to the point with your tweet. If you’re not, then people will start to ignore what you say. Plus, you’ve got 140 characters to get your point across.
Here what you shouldn’t do:
• Write completely random tweets. People don’t want to read that you are going to the bathroom or driving a car. Boo-hoo, it’s boring too.
• Spam your followers. Tweeting the same message and the same links constantly is annoying for everyone. In fact, it will most likely mean that many of them will stop following you and Twitter might even choose to suspend your account.
• Don’t acknowledge another person’s tweets. If you tweet someone else’s message, have the courtesy to recognize the original author with an RT (or re-tweet). How would you feel if someone tweeted your message without acknowledging you?
As you can see, achieving and maintaining good Twitter etiquette for success is not difficult if you follow the guidelines outlined in this article.
If you’ve been using Twitter for a while then you would have heard of the term Twitter etiquette. Nevertheless, there are still a lot of people who don’t know what it is and even if they know, they are not applying it to their advantage. The bottom line is that if you demonstrate good Twitter etiquette, then you can only become successful at Twitter.
The question remaining then is: what exactly is good Twitter etiquette? It’s pretty much involves a list of things you should and shouldn’t do. What you shouldn’t do is not technically illegal on Twitter, but they can stop getting followers and respect from fellow Twits.
So here’s a short list of what you should do on Twitter:
• Write interesting tweets. Put yourself in the position of a follower or potential follower and ask yourself: “Would I want read something like that?” If you don’t, then don’t tweet that message.
• Share links to information and resources which will benefit your followers. If you don’t find it beneficial, don’t send them the link.
• Be concise and straight to the point with your tweet. If you’re not, then people will start to ignore what you say. Plus, you’ve got 140 characters to get your point across.
Here what you shouldn’t do:
• Write completely random tweets. People don’t want to read that you are going to the bathroom or driving a car. Boo-hoo, it’s boring too.
• Spam your followers. Tweeting the same message and the same links constantly is annoying for everyone. In fact, it will most likely mean that many of them will stop following you and Twitter might even choose to suspend your account.
• Don’t acknowledge another person’s tweets. If you tweet someone else’s message, have the courtesy to recognize the original author with an RT (or re-tweet). How would you feel if someone tweeted your message without acknowledging you?
As you can see, achieving and maintaining good Twitter etiquette for success is not difficult if you follow the guidelines outlined in this article.
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