How To Lose On Twitter
twitter can be an extremely powerful tool–if you use it the right way. If you approach it the wrong way, however, you can waste a lot of time with no visible return.
Here are few ways to lose on Twitter. These are common blunders that make the Twitter process a complete loss for participants.
Being too aggressive. If you hit the ground running at the full sprint with Twitter, you’re risking some trouble. For instance, those who suddenly add masses and masses of new people to the list of those they follow may be categorized as probable spammers or troublemakers. That can get an account closed.
Using Twitter as an afterthought. There are people who set up a tool that will announce their blog posts to Twitter. They combine that with an automatic message to new followers and they forget all about it. It’s not really helpful to have your Twitter account out there announcing new posts for the sake of traffic if you’re not an active participant. You become annoying and “fake” to most of your followers and you can damage your reputation more than you can help it.
Those are just two ways to be a Twitter loser. There are many more. The takeaway here is that it’s important to learn the right way to use Twitter if you want to make it part of your online endeavors.
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Twitter Fight!
It happens. People argue. It happens in workplaces. It happens in stores. It happens during softball games, during large gatherings and at bars right before closing time. People get into arguments and they start fighting. I’m not ready to say that it’s human nature, but it certainly is a regular part of the human condition.
It happens on <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/twitter” rel=”tag”>twitter, too. Eventually you’ll run into one of these heated exchanges. It’s even possible that you might come close to stumbling into one of them yourself.
Notice that I said “come close”. That’s because I’m keeping the faith that you’re smart enough to avoid a Twitter fight.
These arguments attract a great deal of the wrong kind of attention. They turn people off (you can lose followers), they smack of immaturity (there goes your credibility building efforts), and they brand you as the guy or gal who get into that “screaming” Twitter fight, which is not the kind of label you want to wear.
If a fight is brewing, walk away from it. There’s never a good reason to start mixing it up with someone online, especially in a social networking forum like Twitter where you really don’t want the world to think you’re a hot-head.
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New Twitter Users Should Watch Those They Follow
twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging tool. It doesn’t have an identity and it doesn’t have a personality. However, there is a prevailing set of norms that govern Twitter use. They’re created by the expectations of the user base.
If you’re just getting started with Twitter, it can be tough to develop a sense of the best way to use your newfound tweeting power. There is a dominance Twitter culture and a “way of doing things”. Getting into the flow and learning the rhythm of the site isn’t always easy.
Here’s one way around the problem: Follow a few people with big follower bases and watch them for awhile. Learn how they use Twitter and recognize the techniques they use to be a real voice in the conversation.
If you watch a few of the “big boys” doing their thing, you’ll soon figure out how you might be able to use the site effectively in order to meet your online goals.
Learning from the best isn’t a new idea. It works, though. And it works very well when applied to learning the lay of the Twitter land.
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Getting Personal With Twitter
Many people don’t like the “personal” aspect of twitter. They can see the advantage of creating a good social network for the sake of exchanging industry-relevant information, good links, etc., but they don’t really believe that those little “slice of life” tweets are very valuable.
If that describes you, it might be time to adjust your thinking a little bit. They call it “social” networking for a reason. There really is a social aspect to the whole thing.
Twitter works because people want to make connections with other people. As such, a human component to your participation is actually going to make you more enjoyable to follow for many people. It also gives you a “flesh and blood” persona that is more magnetic than that of an automaton posting a series of links.
You don’t need to tell the world every random thought you’re having or to go into detail about the way that hole in your sock right above your big toe is bugging you.
However, it is a good idea to “round out” your self-portrait with some less professional and more personal Tweets. Let people get to know you. Be social!
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