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Hi Doc,
Thanks for sharing your twitter insight.
Engaging is a key to successful tweeting. Fellow tweeters connect with people, not profiles. Don’ hesitate to let your personality out too. When I began to chat a little bit more about stuff outside of my niche I noticed an instant increase in followers. Lighten up to gain a more responsive following.
Have a powerful day!
RB
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Hey Sheldon,
thanks for this post. I think the thing I need to do now is split off into a different twitter account for some of those who are my personal friends. More and more are starting to ask me for my Twitter info and I’ve found some of their personal tweets to be a bit jarring when I’m in “business” mode, lol.
I’m sure they don’t understand many of my tweets and retweets, either. Not to mention that I can’t expect them to retweet anything I post so I might as well not have them on there.
I haven’t actually thought out my “ratio” of tweets to retweets. When I find something relevant and interesting that my followers can get some value out of I go ahead and retweet it. It might happens in a cluster and then I might not find anything else, so I do disappear for the rest of the day.
I might work on scheduling those and spreading out the posting. Thanks again and all the best
Hi, John-
You bring up a very valid point. When we have a broad selection of followers, covering both business and personal interests, any Tweet we leave is likely to be poorly understood by one group or another. Optimizing our target audience is key to success, whether in blogging, SEO or microblogging. To me, segmentation just makes more sense, and makes it easier to find interesting topics for all the followers of an account.
Obviously, you’re never going to satisfy EVERYONE with every tweet, but at least that gets us closer to it.
Thanks for the comment, and Merry Christmas!
Doc Sheldon@SXO Clinic´s last blog ..What I’ve Learned about SEO and SEOs
Great Post Sheldon! This is a great reminder of how we should be utilizing twitter to help our business. I’m creating another account for my blog so that there are no confusion.
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Hi, Kevin-
While I don’t think a separate account is really necessary for everyone’s situation, I suspect that more often than not, it’s a good approach. I have found, though, that I sometimes forget which account I’m posting from.
Thanks for stopping by, and Merry Christmas!
Doc Sheldon@SXO Clinic´s last blog ..What I’ve Learned about SEO and SEOs
Hi Doc,
Excellent tips you are sharing here. Twitter can be hard at first, but with time it gets better. The key is to implement to the right strategies become good at it.
Thanks for sharing. Enjoy your holidays!
Mavis
Mavis on Attraction Marketing´s last blog ..Blog Traffic – Are The Famous Forums Dying
Hello, Mavis-
I think it’s made a lot easier if we apply a variation of “The Golden Rule”. I try to put myself in the place of the other Tweeple, and think “how would I respond/feel when viewing my Tweets.”
Thanks for dropping in to comment. I hope your Christmas is a great one!
Doc Sheldon@SXO Clinic´s last blog ..What I’ve Learned about SEO and SEOs
Excellent tips Sheldon; I’d like to flip the coin on mixing it up, if I may….
Yes indeed you must tweet others and not just yourself, but I learned first hand, it’s not all them them them either.
I went through a phase in 2010, I tweeted everyone. 1200+ tweets with only a handful, maybe two of them being ME…i was told in so many words, that ain’t good either.
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Absolutely true, Dennis. It’s important to find that “sweet spot”, which can vary, depending upon your style, the sorts of followers you accumulate, and the nature of your tweets, whether RT or your own.
Merry Christmas!
Doc Sheldon@SXO Clinic´s last blog ..What I’ve Learned about SEO and SEOs
Hey Sheldon,
Knowing how to manage your Twitter account can definitely make an impact on that site’s quality as a traffic source. A few months ago when I had absolutely no clue on the workings of the micro-blogging platform, I was struggling to get a single visit to my blog via the links I was tweeting. Although one of the setbacks was in the small amount of followers I had, the other thing was too much self promotion. Even though tweeting your own stuff regularly might seem like the best way to squeeze the most out of Twitter, this isn’t exactly true. Being generous and retweeting other’s tweets is in my opinion the key component. It is good to add a few non-link tweets from time to time as well. Interaction is yet another important factor, being disregarded by many. Building relationships with your followers is a must.
Great work mate! Happy holidays!
Daniel Sharkov@Blogging Tips´s last blog ..Want a Better Blog Tomorrow Morning - Do These 6 Things Tonight
Hi, Daniel- You hit it on the head! Unselfish interaction is the way to go. Others’ comments about you or your site will always carry more sway than blowing your own horn.
Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Doc Sheldon@SXO Clinic´s last blog ..What I’ve Learned about SEO and SEOs
Hi Doc,
Thanks for sharing your twitter insight.
Engaging is a key to successful tweeting. Fellow tweeters connect with people, not profiles. Don’ hesitate to let your personality out too. When I began to chat a little bit more about stuff outside of my niche I noticed an instant increase in followers. Lighten up to gain a more responsive following.
Have a powerful day!
RB
Ryan Biddulph´s last blog ..Home Based Opportunity - Why An Army General Makes a Swell Network Marketer
“Fellow tweeters connect with people, not profiles.” Couldn’t say it better, Ryan!
Thanks for chiming in with that. I think it’s the key to successful reputation management.
Doc,
Great Twitter advice… my favorite is “Don’t Change”. Being yourself is a big part of social media and Twitter is no different. Building a Twitter community can be fun a lot of fun.
Sheila Atwood´s last blog ..4 Obstacles Female Online Entrepreneurs Commonly Face and How to Conquer Them
Hi, Sheila- thanks for ringing in!
A lot of people forget that Twitter is a microblogging platform, which implies that many of the same rules we follow on our blogs apply equally on Twitter. I think “being yourself” is a biggie!
And you’re absolutely right… it can be a lot of fun building both your reputation and a community on Twitter.
Doc Sheldon@SXO Clinic´s last blog ..What I’ve Learned about SEO and SEOs
I guess Sheldon did a guest blog entry on this one and I must say these are great tips.
I’ve already been picking up these methods lately and started to unfollow a ton of people. It used to be a competition about who has the most people following you… and then you suffer the effects of it! Everyone’s just flooding your twitter with messages on some affiliate product or something about them. I rarely see stuff that seems to be of great value, so VALUE content definitely catches my eye.
I’m also starting to get rid of people who are not within my niche and concentrating on following people who are in my niche. It definitely makes a lot of difference to whom you’re following. I get very surprised myself when people outside my niche follow me, I believe it’s a bot or something though.
Loved this post Sheldon.. and thanks Ana for inviting Sheldon to do a guest entry.
Regards,
Darren Spruyt
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don’t forget that your followers helped you get there
That’s what makes the difference between short and long term success.
Ivan
Doc:
Great information. I can’t agree more with your statement about separating the personal account from the business account. In the bricks and mortar world, we have a business persona and a personal one, so it should carry right on over to our virtual world.
Lisa
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Hello, Lisa-
I think that using one account for both can work for some businesses, but not for the majority. Typically, I think it’s better to separate the two accounts, even if the connection is obvious. It allows you to establish more “personal” connections with your personal account, and some of that benefit will carry over to the business account. Yet some users just aren’t comfortable with the notion of a business account having a “personality”. It can be a tough call for some of us, I think.
Thanks a lot for your comment, Lisa!
Hi, Robin-
I think consistency is important, whether you post 100 times per day or only 5. If you skip two or three days, it can be felt and seen in your tracking. More important, though, is the quality of your tweets, in my opinion. I spend a lot of time on Twitter, and I find myself consciously ignoring the tweets of some folks that tend to pop in with 6 or 7 news tweets, clustered together, and then disappear until the next day. I find no value-added in that. Pointing out something important, like breaking news is one thing, but trying to be a news-aggregator is something else.
Thanks for your comment, Robin.
Great article and increasing brand and authority is even more important in 2011 since google and bing are using retweets and likes as part of their real time results ranking algo.
Hello, Andreas-
Absolutely! We can’t be sure how much yet, but it’s certain that brand/authority in the social media area have taken on more importance. I think it’s important to note that that’s not the case only in real-time results, either.
It should be interesting to see this more clearly defined in the year to come.
Thanks a lot for your comment, Andreas.
I think I have been trying to do the same since I have become active on Twitter. I ti s hard to establish the first connections but after that, with the right approach, it gets much easier.
I don’t ask people to RT my tweets and I am happy when they do.
But I do RT best articles I read, and I consider that a part of “being a good twitter user”.
It gives a bit back to the person that wrote a great article and it helps my followers to pay attention to really good blog, as I never RT something I don’t think is of great value.
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Hello, Brankica- thanks for commenting.
I think you’re on the right track, in tweeting interesting content that you come across. Re-tweeting the tweets of others is an important part of establishing connections, too. I wouldn’t be hesitant to occasionally ask folks to RT, but personally, I try to keep it to a minimum. I see some users that add “Pls RT” to nearly every post, and as a result, I think that gets “lost”.
Re-tweeting, to me, is somewhat like a “vote”, so I’m very careful to RT only things that I think are really interesting.
Thanks for stopping in, Brankica.
Hey Ana,
I have a suggestion for you. You should place your Twitter button within the post. This will allow individuals to tweet your content that read it on their mobile devices… Like me
This is a segment that is highly increasing. That is why we are seeing more and more mobile devices applications.
Thanks,
Josh
Josh Garcia@Generate Free Leads´s last blog ..Blogging Tips From Santa Claus You Don’t Want To Ignore
Hey Ana,
This statement, “Become recognized as a resource or an expert in your niche.” this is the goal everyone should be striving.
In my area, I network with small business owners to show them how they can explode their presence online utilizing blogs and social media.
I do this by sharing Or tweeting information on social media and blogging of well known reputable sources that small business owners recognize. I like to call it leverage of other people’s work.
Twitter is a tool that will provide additional exposure to anyone.
Have a great day,
Josh
Josh Garcia@Generate Free Leads´s last blog ..Blogging Tips From Santa Claus You Don’t Want To Ignore
Hello, Josh-
Glad to hear you’re already on-board with the benefits of social media.
Thanks for stopping by to comment.
I think that the best way to build a twitter brand is to be very consistent in you tweeting. I personally tweet everyday over 100 tweets a day.
Congruency is important too. You can tweet about internet marketing one day and the next day post about hip hop culture. lol
I totally agree with you about not only tweeting your own content but other peoples content that you like as long as its relevant to your brand.
Alot of people on twitter need to ready this post.
Thanks For Posting Ana
Robin Marks
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