Want to use Twitter for your business but don’t know how to begin? This easy list can help you get started
? 1. Personalize your profile.
Update your profile photo and make sure it reflects you as a person, write a short bio!
? 2. Use list to segment your stream.
Segment your twitter community into list
? 3. Share content you enjoy
? 4. Use rich media such as photos and videos
? 5. Schedule your content on a day-today basis, use a free scheduling tool like Hootsuite
Here is how.. more details on Hootsuite here
? 6. Shorten your links using a FREE url shortener
? 7. Pay attention to Follow Friday #FF
If it’s Friday and you want to participate in Follow Friday, here’s what you do:
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Decide who you want to recommend. It’s common to recommend several people at once. Choose Twitter users that you think would be interesting to your followers.
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Write down their Twitter usernames carefully and double-check your spelling.
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Create a new tweet that starts with a brief introduction followed by your list of usernames that you are recommending. Put the @ symbol before each Twitter username and separate the names with a space or comma. At the end of the tweet, insert the #ff hashtag.
for a small dose of positivity #FF @LoweryNeil
— neil positive (@LoweryNeil) November 20, 2018
Must follows:#FF@hks55 (he’s private – u need to be approved) amazing work@chigrl @StockBoardAsset @dlacalle_IA @Hipster_Trader
Leaving a lot of great follows out…will do complete list this weekend
— mcm-ct.com (@mcm_ct) November 20, 2018
? 8. Join a twitter chat
Tweet chats are live discussions that take place on Twitter about a predetermined topic. Tweets related to the discussion are marked with a hashtag (a word or phrase preceded by the # sign; an example is #CTCTsocial).
Here are 5 tips on how to participate in the conversation:
– Prepare yourself for the tweet chat topic
– Choose your tools
– Follow Twitter etiquette
– Use the tweet chat as an opportunity to promote your expertise and what you do, but don’t over-promote
– Follow up after the tweet chat
Read more here
? 9. Use only a few hashtags (max 3)
? 10. Learn the twitter shortcuts
Check out this infographic with 10 quick tips for Twitter success by Red Website Design.
