Twitter Tip #1
Twitter is a microblog
portal just like Facebook, only you have a limited character space. Why use
twitter? You can set up Facebook, LinkedIn, your Blog, and other internet
portals to accept and post you Twitter missives. That means that you can update
multiple portals - each with their own audience - with one message.
Have a message longer than 144 characters? Then do a post on your blog, use
that URL in your twitter message, and send it out that way. The link will show
up in your other portals. This cross linking and traffic to your blog improves
your standing in search engines.
Look for another tip tomorrow from your social media butterfly.
Twitter Tip #2
Follow those who follow you.
You can follow anybody, but people – or businesses – choose
to follow you. The correct etiquette when somebody follows you is to return the
favor and follow them back. There are some very solid reasons for this. Twitter
will limit the number of people you follow unless you have a high ratio of
people following you back.
Before you follow somebody back you should check them out be
clicking on their name. Quickly look for five things:
1.
The content of their tweets.
2.
How often they tweet.
3.
The number of people they follow.
4.
The number of people following them.
5.
The number of tweets they make
If you find the content of their twitted offensive, don’t
follow them. In fact you can block them. People will look at the people
following you to get a feel for you because whom you have following you says a
lot. The reasons for the other four will become obvious as I reveal more tips.
