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HOW TO TWITTER
Many ask How Does Twitter Work?
But that isn’t really what you need to know to learn how to use Twitter.
The most important thing to remember about Twitter and other social media sites is that they are SOCIAL.
It isn’t about broadcasting or advertising. It is about interacting and relationships.
You don’t have to live on Twitter like I do to benefit from using it.
SAVE TIME USING TWITTER:
- Just pop in whenever you have a little time.
- Click on @mentions and answer any tweets that came to you.
- Type your username into the search box and answer any tweets you’re interested in that mention you.
- Be helpful to others.
- Share and retweet what interests you.
Best Way to Create Relationships on Twitter
Twitter got a lot easier when Commun.it came out with their Twitter Relationship Management tool. You can see my dashboard in this image and read about Why I Recommend Commun.it and How I Use It. Even though I had years of experience on Twitter before @Commun.it came along, I love it. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
This video from Ian Anderson Gray’s Complete Guide on How to Build and Manage your Twitter Community with Commun.it explains the benefits of Commun.it:
You can see why Commun.it received the User’s Choice Award in Startups.
HOW TO GET RETWEETS
Click this image to sign up or get more info
Another Twitter tool we highly recommend is JustRetweet. Anyone – no matter how new they are to Twitter – can easily obtain retweets using JustRetweet.
If you have more time than money you can earn free retweets. If you have more money than time, you can buy credits very inexpensively. Read more about it in our JustRetweet Review and Tips.
Even if you don’t have a single follower, with JustRetweet
you can get retweets and traffic from Twitter.
TWITTER BEST PRACTICES:
Everything you to know from the basics to advanced Twitter strategies to becoming a major influencer.
- How to Get Started on Twitter and the most common Twitter Term Definitions
- What NOT to Tweet on Twitter
- What TO Tweet on Twitter
- Use Twitter Lists so you can find what you want and still follow those who follow you – and why you should
- *** COLLABORATORS be sure you do this using TwitterFeed or any other Twitter management solution you use: How to Use Twitterfeed for a consistent Twitter presence
- *** COLLABORATORS also do this: Strategy for getting more Twitter followers interested in YOUR niche
- Join us on JustRetweet where influential bloggers support each other with Twitter retweets
- Better Twitter Retweets
- Twitter Tools for Managing Multiple Twitter Accounts
- Geo-targeting Twitter – also see How to Use Twellow
- Twitterquette – Twitter Etiquette – Twitter Feeds are NOT Burger King – Why Everyone Can Not Have It THEIR Way
- Twitter Fail – Why You Should NOT Just Keep Tweeting About Your Business
- Twitter Limits – What they are and what to do if you hit them.
- Twitter Study: New Data: How To Get More Clicks, Retweets and Followers
- Twitter Local for Business: How to Geo Target Twitter for Small Business Local Social Media
- Professional Twitter Management Etiquette with Tips from AP Style Guide for Business Community Managers
- Windmill Networking: Twitter for Real Estate Agents
CRITICAL for BLOGGERS:
Put Your Twitter UserName on your BLOG!!!!
People who are influencers on Twitter and who write blogs can create a better world for us all. If you’re serious about being influential I encourage you to contact me and to follow the other influencers I linked to >> in my Small Business Advice post.
Want more? See my lists of Exceptional Bloggers with Influence on Twitter.
HAVE QUESTIONS? Tweet @GrowMap for answers (no charge).
If you want assistance setting up or optimizing your Twitter account,
Gail @GrowMap can help you. See the Hire Me tab.
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Great tips. I am following your 90/10 rule for sharing and I was having a hard time keeping up with what I shared. I didn’t think of putting my username in the search box. Thanks. That makes it a lot easier to keep up with my shares. So you have helped me twice. Thank you. Now I can share and also keep up with my shares. I’m like twitter. I keep things moving. There’s more content to share than bloggers willing to use the 90/10 rule. The bloggers that value my consistency follow me and tweet my posts. Again this post plus your other one on sharing have helped me greatly.
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This is an excellent guide Gail,
Thanks Adrienne for sharing this with me on G+ I’m sharing this for #SoMeSa.
HashTag hijacking all day won’t work trust me I’ve tried that lol.
Twitter is a finicky little animal.
This post will help people out big time.
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Twitter: adriennesmith40
May 16, 2013 at 10:39 am
Dang Gail, that’s one killer post there about Twitter. I’m going to have to take some time to go through this one but you sure can bet I’ll be sharing it. This is a must read to everyone who is eager to figure this platform out.
I’ve had several people tell me that I should check into Commun.it but I just haven’t had time to really check it out. I appreciate you sharing this video with us because this will be very helpful to me.
Great post Gail, thanks!
~Adrienne
Adrienne would love you to read ..Paying Tribute To 20 Fabulous Twitter Friends
Great resources, mostly the same stuff that I do
Very good for the beginners with Twitter.
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Great article with great points to consider. I use JustRetweet , but I try no to tweet to often. That would make you be seen as a robot.
Twitter is so tough to manage because it is a fine line between keeping active and driving people nuts. I hate when one person fills up my Twitter stream. Like you said, it is “social” and nobody likes the guy at the party who hogs the conversation! lol
Can’t wait to look over some of these posts… thanks for sharing.
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Twitter: GrowMap
January 14, 2013 at 3:39 pm
Hi Larry,
The coolest way to manage Twitter I’ve found is Commun.it because it makes it much easier to have conversations and not miss when someone is trying to engage you. It also makes it easy to thank your followers and that seems to be really popular with the people who get mentioned.
There are more details in my Commun.it review Twitter Relationship Management Solution: Commun.it.
GrowMap would love you to read ..Twitter Best Practices: How to Use Twitter Effectively ~ Make Twitter Work for YOU
You mention retweeting. Is it bad or negative in any way to retweet too often? And we’re not sure if we’re tweeting enough!
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Twitter: GrowMap
September 16, 2012 at 2:48 pm
There is no one right answer to how much is too much – or too little. You definitely must tweet at least regularly (daily would be best) and few tweet as much as we do from @GrowMap – and we have only ever gotten one complaint. It all depends on your followers – what they prefer. If you tweet more than they like they may unfollow, but tweeting more gains many more new followers.
We are are actually wondering the same thing as Teleconferencing Services! Not even sure if we are using Twitter effectively. Any tips at all would be helpful. Thanks!
You mention retweeting. Is it bad or negative in any way to retweet too often? And we’re not sure if we’re tweeting enough! Not sure if it’s better to tweet on a daily basis or or just a couple times a week if we can’t find anything that seems worth sharing every day.
Twitter: GrowMap
June 4, 2012 at 9:36 am
Each person uses Twitter a little differently. I tweet and RT more than most anyone I know but I have only ever gotten ONE complaint (that led to the post Twitter Etiquette – Twitter Feeds are NOT Burger King – Why Everyone Can Not Have It THEIR Way. I do get many recommendations, others RT me and I am on many lists. So I would say it is not the QUANTITY that matters – it is relevancy.
If what you RT is of interest to your followers they won’t mind. Most Twitter users who are influential tweet and retweet many times a day and most of us also automatically feed top quality content relevant to our followers throughout the day. If you seek out the most brilliant people who write about what you tweet about you will have no problem finding much that is worth sharing every day – but you don’t have to do that.
The most important thing is to interact with the people who want to interact with you. That is why I added the short section next to the star that says “Save Time Using Twitter”. (Above in this post.)
Twitter: hypernovadesign
July 17, 2012 at 11:45 am
Good point. Too many tweets and retweets done too often may look like you are kind of a twitter addict or a bot which I would better stay away from. Naturally, tweeting/retweeting must be done when we feel like to do so, for me it’s 1-2 time a week, sometimes every two weeks.
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