You know about twitter
don’t you? I have recently joined up and have found it to be a plethora of good
stuff—so so stuff too.
Oh
heck, because I’m a poor speller and wanted to know how to spell a word, I looked
it up on my reference guide and was hit with a photo so abhorrent it knocked the
good thoughts right out of my head.
People
who focus on gore: Cut it out!
Okay, back to life in
the positive lane.
Shake it out.
I was talking about
twitter.
For you who are new to
tweeting, here is a definition:
A tweet is a micro-blogging service that
enables users to send and read text-based posts up to 140 characters. These mini-posts
are known as “tweets.”
Yesterday, while sitting here about to format
my own book for Kindle, lo and behold I was followed on twitter by somebody who
is expert at formatting. Yay! Thank you www.WriteIntoPrint.com Let’s talk.
Another find on twitter was Tom Ewer http://www.leavingworkbehind.com
How important is twitter to bloggers? Ewer asks.
"Very," he says.
Your Twitter presence is only as useful as your tweets.
If you have an established a brand elsewhere but tweet
rubbish, you might attract users simply because of your brand, but that’s all.
Consider every tweet you publish as a brick in the building
of your brand.
Promote yourself, yes, but engage with others. Do not think
of it simply as a platform to promote your own content.
Ask questions.
As I pointed out at the beginning
of this post, Twitter is extremely useful for using the talents of others.
No one is obliged to answer your questions. If they do it is
because they want to do it.
Answer
them too.
Persist.
That
is the key to success with twitter and with most endeavors.
Focus on quality
“ Establishing
valuable relationships with a select few people is far better than having
one-off exchanges with everyone and their mother.”--Ewen
I
love that people thank people for following them, but to say so on their tweets
seems a waste of space, and boring for the rest of us to read. I believe the
best way to thank someone is to re-tweet them.
So,
my advice would be to have tweets with substance, something people want to
re-tweet.
Another thing, and tell me if I’m wrong here, but I just do not understand automatic or a paid service to get followers--although I know it is a numbers game. I prefer to be selective. I do, however, like to honor the
person who follows me by following back.
Thank you.
If you have any tips and tricks for getting things done on
Twitter I would love to read them.
P.S.
Think of it this way if you produce quality
content consistently and over an extended period