I want to create a user generated list of tips for using twitter :
1) never start a tweet by tweeting @someone, due to an oddity in twitter if I start a tweet with “@mrskin hahaha you’re funny” my followers that follow mrskin will see that tweet but my followers that don’t follow @mrskin they don’t see the tweet in their stream. If I started my tweet with “hahaha your funny @mrskin” all my followers get the tweet therefore if you have lots of followers you could be losing high % of followers eyeballs.
ok give yours up and i will accredit them on this post
Dave
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Ensure that your total tweet character length is 140 characters minus RT[space]@yourusername[space]. For example my tweet character limit is 121 characters with RT @scottmallinson . That way you will get mentioned a lot more when certain tweets get picked up.
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The way they treat @s is pretty messy at the moment. @ at the start and only people following both parties see it. but @ NOT at the start, if they don’t follow you it doesn’t go straight into their stream – they only see it if they check @replies.
makes things really messy when a group of people are chatting but not all following each other.
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@scottmallinson, thats a great tip as that is one of the problems that I sometimes have if I want to RT someone if that its over the character limit, and then you have to start hacking out words which can often change the meaning of the tweet.
My top tip is to make sure you advertise your Twitter name, mine is @beckynaylor, so you can pick up followers .. and if you don’t want people like clients finding you on twitter set up a psuedo account.
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Good tip re: promoting your account Becky! Those who are interested, have a search for “twignature” which creates a nice twitter sig/button. Just thrown one on the sidebar of my blog.
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If you want to get a Tweet high in the search engines consider getting your keywords in the first 26 characters of the tweet, as these appear in the title tag for the tweet itself. Then you want to encourage “replies” back to this tweet, in each reply will be a link to the tweet it is replying to. See this tweet for example: http://twitter.com/jamslater/status/3286414760
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A further tip is to use a short URL service that keeps statistics on the number of clicks a link gets. This can help monitor the effectiveness of messages communicated.
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when retweeting, dont start the tweet with RT @username – put that at the end so the subject of the tweet gets attention first. (ties in with David Whitehouse’s point above)
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You can also manually tag your tweets if you use Google Analytics
utm_source = “twitter.com”
utm_medium = “social%2Bmedia”
utm_campaign = “tweet” //This can be whatever you want, but each tweet as a campaign name would be appropriateGoogle URL builder: http://www.google.com/support/googleanalytics/bin/answer.py?answer=55578&hl=en
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Some people don’t like this, but I also like to have my feed automatically tweet to Twitter – I don’t blog often so it’s not bad…
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To filter out background noise use a tool like Tweetdeck – this will allow you to build up your followers but focus in on those you wish to interact with on a regular basis.
I also agree with Becky re advertising your presence – use your Twitter profile in your email signature, on your Facebook page, on your business card, on your site………
@sorbetdigital
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When you send a tweet, put something like:
< – they should definitely do this
at the end.
When it gets RTed, it’ll look like the RTer is agreeing, giving it extra credibility.EG, see this example I did that got RTed:
http://twitter.com/malcolmcoles/status/3262114865The < – impressive work was me talking about Telegraph. When RTed, it looked like people were praising me!
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Nice tip on the Twignature Andy
I’d say make sure you enter you fill out your bio and add your website link (even if it is no-followed). - 14
I created a tutorial on how to schedule future Tweets of your friends/follower’s birthdays. Great for those who want to stay connected, but have very little time:
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Among the basics, choosing a good template (never go with the default) and customizing it with relevant images is good. First impression is the best impression and on twitter/internet, it might be the last impression as well.
Listing your online presences (URLs) in the background is also good, even though they are not clickable.About tweeting, the timing is important, especially, if we need some geographical targeting. Also, since twitter is like a stream where the same water never flows again, it would be wise to repeat the tweets, so as to surface in different time zones. Even within a timezone, repeating tweets with a rephrased text can be effective. But of course, never overdo it or you might find your followers fleeing.
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More followers almost never means more social capital, always keep that in mind.
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never start a tweet with “new blog post”
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As with any form of online promotion, give good content. If your tweet is valuable, it will get re-tweeted. Get re-tweeted, get followed. Get followed, profit?
Still not 100% sure about monetisation through twitter, but you can get a decent audience if you manage your followers properly.
Getting retweeted, for me, is the best way forward in growing your following base.