Posts Tagged ‘Twitter Tips’
Make Your Tweets Powerful Enough To Reach Your Followers
When I mean “powerful”, I mean how many people do you actually reach? How many of them would welcome a direct message from you that asks them to retweet your post and they actually do it without hesitation? Are you effectively influencing these bloggers? – Are they actually referencing you as a source of knowledge in your niche?
You can have a lot of followers, but even a large percentage will probably have one eye on their stream, and that depends on when they are online. So how can you make your tweets reach and influence enough followers?
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When Is The Best Time To Do A Twitter Cleanup?
Twitter cleanup is when you go through your account and skim your followers. You eliminate the ones that are noticeably spam. For those with accounts in the tens or hundreds of thousands, this might be difficult. This could be tedious because Twitter does not like mass unfollow and follow applications.
So, for those with a lot of followers, when is it best? How often should it be done?
The best answer is once a month. Designate 15 minutes to do this as it should not be a chore and really, you can eliminate a lot even in 15 minutes. To do this, skim the profiles for ones not completed or ones that may have spam for their most recent tweet. Please do take in account that there are twitter monetizing programs like Sponsored Tweets and Be-A-Magpie that the users only tweets on occasion.
For some people, they are lax in who they allow, but for those focusing on certain niches, it might be best to take a deeper look into some followers to find out if they have anything to say. This might also be an opportunity to connect with people who actually are interesting!
Remember that sometimes your own followers do look through your follower list. If it is jam packed with spammers, they may even unfollow. They are looking through your followers to find any interesting individuals, which draw in your social networking community a lot closer.
How often do you do a twitter clean up? What are your guidelines? Do you use any specific tools to clea your twitter follow list up?
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It’s Only2Degrees here
Never before have we been able to make connections so quickly with people on a local, national and global level, until we joined Twitter. (Thank you Twitter we love you)
One of our great connections on Twitter was made with Lisa @only2degrees and Darcy @darcylj. They are the hosts of only2degrees (only2degrees.com) internet radio talk show. All I’ve got to say is that Lisa and Darcy ROCK!
Recently, Skeeter and I were guests on the only 2 degrees show to talk about the benefits of Twitter and our product Tweet Formula (Tweet Formula). The time flew so fast and we had a great time. You can check out the interview with us on only2degrees.
If you enjoy connecting with people on world and personal views. I highly recommend that you send them a tweet, follow both Lisa and Darcy and check out their show. Hey, maybe you can be on their show too?
True Story….right before the show started we were talking about the weather in sunny California, where Lisa and Darcy are located. At that very moment, I checked the weather on my local newspaper website here in Minneapolis, Minnesota. And guess what the temperature was?
It was only “2 degrees” outside. “Isn’t it ironic?”
And some people say we are all connected within 6 degrees, in our case it proved to be only 2 degrees. 
Thank you Twitter, Lisa and Darcy for making it all possible.
Gratefully,
-Al Ferretti
14 Insane Twitter Tips For Business
-by Kim Redd
Recently, I have found myself passionately sharing Twitter advice with not only clients, but with friends, colleagues, neighbors, and even strangers. Some think I am iNSaNe over this “twitter thing”. What better reason to write a post!
As a business, you have three main goals when it comes to Social Media: Monitor your brand, build your brand, and increase sales of your brand. Twitter is just one facet of Social Media. Here is what I share with my clients…and strangers…and now you!
14 Insane Twitter Tips For Business: What I Tell My Clients
1. Follow everyone back…yes even the porn stars! Unless someone offends you, spams you, or uses foul language, follow them back. It’s courteous and will win you more followers (i.e. customers/prospects) organically. Do you care about what your customers are saying? Then show it by following them back.
2. Change the avatar to your head shot. Yes, YOU! Choose a picture where you have a big smile. People buy from people they like, not companies. Humanize your business. It’s the only way to succeed on Twitter. IMPORTANT: Once you select your avatar, do not change it. It becomes your personal brand.
3. Put YOUR name in the Profile. It’s okay to keep the Company or Brand name as the name that shows up next to the Avatar. This will help you build your personal brand as well as your company brand. If you are worried about stalkers, don’t use your last name.
4. Engage your followers. Talk to them. Cultivate them. First rule of Social Media is “be interested, not interesting”. Have you reached out directly to any of them yet? This is a huge opportunity to interact with your customers/prospects. Don’t blow it.
5. Find more followers. A following of 28 is not going to increase traffic in your stores or on your website. Run searches to see who is chatting about your brand and your industry. Start following them. Begin following the competition, other marketers, and Twitter superstars. As you interact with each of these segments you will see your following grow naturally.
6. Listen. Have ongoing searches running for your brand, company, industry, and pertinent topics. Stay on the pulse. Nip issues in the bud. Offer advice when questions are asked. Great opportunity to make a good impression.
7. Be Active. Tweet at least once a day but not more than 10/day (unless you are having a conversation: then it’s okay to go over the threshold of 10). You need to commit time each day to actively listen and tweet.
8. Be thankful. Thank those that Retweet (RT) your tweets. Always give RT credit if you RT another tweep. Thank those that recommend you on #FollowFriday.
9. DO NOT USE AUTO DIRECT MESSAGES. Nothing bothers tweeps more than auto DM’s filling up their inbox. It’s okay to auto-follow for complete coverage, but please don’t send impersonal automated messages. You will be unfollowed and/or blocked. That won’t help your brand.
10. DO NOT use DMs for pitching products or special offers! Do I really need to expand on this concept?
11. Tweet conservatively. The internet is permanent. Don’t say anything you wouldn’t want posted on a billboard in front of your home and/or office.
12. Compliment others, generously. If you see a great tweet with interesting articles about your industry, marketing, etc give the tweep kudos by retweeting their tweet. This will help build your following and your credibility. Great way to make new Twitter friends and build your brand.
13. Schedule a Tweet Up in your area or attend one. By meeting other tweeps, marketers, prospects you can gain insight, advice, and/or possibly new drinking buddies. Look for local folks to follow. Same applies when you are traveling for business.
14. INSTALL TWEETDECK! If you haven’t already done so download it now. http://tweetdeck.com It’s a fantastic way to organize your followers and conversations. Use it in addition to twitter.com
WARNING: These tips are MY opinions and there are other schools of thought out there.
FEEDBACK: Let me know which tips are your favorites, how many you found helpful, and which ones suck. It’s okay to disagree with me too… just tell my why. Send me an @reply or leave a comment here.
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Kakie Fitzsimmons
Twitterwatchdog Features Kakie Fitzsimmons
Kakie Fitzsimmons
Kakie Fitzsimmons is an experienced marketing leader who has double digit years progressively increasing roles throughout her career. She has a proven entrepreneurial ability to monetize ideas which demonstrates her capability of wearing many hats. As Marketing VP and Co-Founder of Farmer’s Hat Productions™ she is a woman lead by a spirit of dedication, to helping others achieve success.
In this call Kakie talks about…
1) What are the main reasons why she uses Twitter
2) What aspects of Twitter she love’s
3) What applications or tools she uses and a whole host of other concepts she utilizes on Twitter
Enjoy the show.
Follow Kakie on Twitter: @kakief
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