Seven ways to use Twitter effectively

Website design By BotEap.comI started using Twitter in earnest in January 2012. Since then, I’ve learned a few tips that have been very helpful. Hopefully, you’ll find some of these useful too.

Website design By BotEap.comRE-TWEET (RT)

Website design By BotEap.comThere is nothing more flattering than someone retweeting what you have tweeted. In fact, the more retweets you get for a particular tweet, the better you feel. This is the case for others as well. I recommend that you choose a good category and look at the tweets of others there. Then retweet (RT) tweets that are particularly interesting to you. For example, I like to look at what people are saying under the “leadership” category. So I do a regular search for #leadership on Twitter. This allows me to see all tweets that include #leadership. Then I RT the ones I like. The tweet appears in my “stream” and lets the person know that I retweeted their tweet. It’s an easy way to get started. Searching in #leadership allows me to RT people I may not be currently following or who may not be following me. By retweeting people I don’t follow, I occasionally get new followers or start following new people because I like their tweets. I usually pick one day a week to do my RTs. I only do 2 or 3 max a day, spaced a few hours apart.

Website design By BotEap.comHASHTAGS (#) ARE YOUR FRIEND

Website design By BotEap.comThe hashtag (#) is an amazing feature on Twitter. Every time you tweet, try to include a category you’d like your tweet to appear in. Continuing with my example above, I regularly tweet about leadership and management. So my tweets include #leadership or #management or both. This allows my tweets to show up whenever people search for these hashtags. Remember, this allows people to see your tweets even if they aren’t following you. I get 20-30 new followers a week because people read my tweets in these categories. During the 2012 presidential election, I tweeted a couple of nonpartisan tweets about presidential leadership and included a hashtag similar to #2012presidential. I tried to be as neutral as possible so as not to offend anyone on either side as my intention was to share my thoughts on leadership in general. My tweet was seen by millions upon thousands, if not millions of people, because that category was highly viewed at the time. Therefore, hashtags, if used correctly, can be a powerful friend and get your tweets seen by many.

Website design By BotEap.comTWEET LINKS TO ARTICLES YOU ARE READING ONLINE

Website design By BotEap.comThis is very easy. While reading articles online, there is a Twitter “tweet” button that allows you to tweet the article, including a link. This is by far the easiest and possibly most effective way to tweet about things that are meaningful to you and to others. Pressing Twitter’s tweet button while reading articles online automatically formats the tweet to be 140 characters or less. Then I add my hashtag(s) (eg #leadership, #management, #quotes, etc) and voila.

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Website design By BotEap.comI like to tweet dates 2-3 times a week. You can find good quotes at #quotes (or by using Google). I like to tweet original quotes from time to time. This gives me a good idea of ​​how a particular topic will resonate with people before I write an article or blog about it.

Website design By BotEap.comTRY NOT TO SPAM YOUR FOLLOWERS WITH TOO MANY TWEETS AT A TIME

Website design By BotEap.comTry not to tweet more than once every 3-4 hours. I was once following a person who was tweeting 8-10 tweets in a row several times a day. I finally had to unfollow the person because the tweets were more like spam.

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Website design By BotEap.comI recommend tweeting about something you’re passionate about and then including a hashtag for that category. Over time, people will see that you regularly appear in that category and before you know it, you are considered an expert.

Website design By BotEap.comOVERALL, HAVE FUN

Website design By BotEap.comLastly, have fun. Twitter is an amazing social networking tool and I have a lot of fun with it. I don’t take myself too seriously and that makes it fun. Don’t worry if some followers unfollow you, because people do it for various reasons. Others will follow you, especially if you stay loyal and passionate about a topic.

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