The do’s and don’t s of Tweeting! « Jane van Velsen

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The do’s and don’t s of Tweeting!

Posted on February 25, 2010 by Jane van Velsen - The Right Writer

A lot of clients ask about using Twitter in a campaign to drive traffic. They want to know how to use it properly and what the rules are but we have to tell you that there are none really, This article from club tweet maxi is a good guide to tweeting. http://www.clubtweetmaxi.com/free-how-to-twitter-guide/the-art-of-the-tweet-lesson-4/

They say that “The bottom line is to have fun, enjoy yourself, be transparent, be honest & respectful of others and to Tweet interesting things – ideally tweets that others might want to retweet(!).

Do
Tweet often – at least a few times per day
Retweet other people’s messages if you found them useful
Thank others that have retweeted your messages
Reply to others in public if you feel others would be interested
Tweet interesting things:
Offer advice, knowledge, information, and add value
Share pictures, links, and resources
Engage with your followers, invite questions, and take polls
Tweet your blog posts – but make sure that this is not all you tweet.
Answer anyone that messages you
Try and follow targeted people
Make sure you use a good photo, a great background, an interesting Bio that includes your website details (use bit.ly to measure results).
Don’t
Brag about how many followers you have. I have done this, no one has complained, but it has a so what factor (6000 today!)
Swear or use foul language @$!!
Sell on Twitter £@$
Have updates that are just RSS feeds or affiliate links – oops!
Try and pretend you are someone else – just be honest and open with people
Often we see people posting quotes, jokes and there is no shortage of really good web pages out there.”

All I can tell you is that if we support our article campaigns with catchy, relevant tweets, the unique visitors to the landing pages increase dramatically!