I've been online with Twitter for a few months now and here are 5 top tips on how to use it
- Find top bloggers in your space and follow them. Read the links they post – you often get the scoop early and can be commenter #1
- Browse your favourite bloggers and see who follows them and browse their Twitter home pages and see who follows them – good for finding new interesting folk you didn't previously know
- Tweet your blog posts and 'advertise' them online quickly via Twitter to get early readers who follow Tweets more regularly than Bloglines
- Use tinyURL where possible to save characters
- Always thank followers – and if you know them, follow them. if you don't know them, read their home page, browas as in #2 above and decide if you like their stuff before following.
Steve Gillmore has written a neat summary of Twitter's progress and how he has used it during a live podcast with some uber-bloggers.
And a couple more because I thought of them….
6. Don't write direct messages to anyone unless you REALLY know them
7. [for non-US users] Turn off the SMS messages for days when you are at the computer – save up those rationed 250 SMS messages
8. Watch out! Twitter is compelling…. you'll get hooked
Later… Found I am one of only 45 people following the BBC Radio 4's morning Today Programme on Twitter @todaytrial ….. interesting they only follow other BBC programme twitter sites and so NO Chance of dialogue…. which might enhance the programme….. they do read out the odd email during the show.
How to use Twitter for Business Development part 2
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