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Thursday, April 26, 2012

25 Twitter Do's and Dont's

Twitter Commandments

Unlike Facebook and many other closely monitored social media outlets, Twitter is a lawless community where anyone can post anything. And while some people take advantage of that wild-west-ish world for spam and other unruly or exotic calls-to-action, many of you are just looking for some general guidelines to tweet by and/or tips for growing your network. For those of you that fall into the latter category, here are twenty-five do's and don't for Twitter:

DON'T...
  1. DON'T Complain about work. 
  2. DON'T Tweet about religion.
  3. DON'T Tweet about politics.
  4. DON'T Be afraid to express your opinions.
  5. DON'T Be too personal or negative.
  6. DON'T Repeatedly post the same link or tweet. 
  7. DON'T Abuse trending topics or hashtags. 
  8. DON'T Over sell your own stuff.
  9. DON'T Over share your own stuff.
  10. DON'T Post more than one #FF per Friday.
  11. DON'T Use corporate rhetoric and jargon.
  12. DON'T Exceed five tweets per day. 
  13. DON'T Post a picture you wouldn't want to see on the front page of the newspaper.
  14. DON'T Post similar messages over multiple accounts.
  15. DON'T Say anything you wouldn’t say to someone’s face or to a TV camera.
  16. DON'T Publicly mention and thank everyone who follows you.
  17. DON'T Follow someone today and unfollow them tomorrow.
  18. DON'T Send automated/scheduled tweets and replies. 
  19. DON'T Just post a URL with no supporting text.
  20. DON'T Follow more than 25 new people at once.
  21. DON'T Follow hundreds of people at once and remove all who don’t follow you back.
  22. DON'T Send a canned direct message whenever someone new follows you or your company.
  23. DON'T Make your account settings private.
  24. DON'T Be guilty of the self-congratulatory retweet.
  25. DON'T Forget to reply to mentions.

DO...
  1. DO Complete your profile.
  2. DO Add a picture of your face or logo.
  3. DO Have a sense of humor and be funny.
  4. DO Follow hashtags (#) when attending events/webinars.
  5. DO Collect people’s Twitter names just like you do phone numbers and email addresses.
  6. DO Create hashtags (#) for your own events.
  7. DO Promote new tools/resources.
  8. DO Establish yourself as a thought leader in your industry.
  9. DO Follow thought leaders and bloggers in your industry.
  10. DO Follow people your followers are following.
  11. DO Follow people suggested in #FF (Follow Friday) tweets. 
  12. DO Make your Twitter usernames easy to find.
  13. DO Make your tweets useful resources so people need you.
  14. DO Interact with those people you follow who don’t follow you back yet.
  15. DO Use the “Favorites” feature as a list of testimonials.
  16. DO Link to your own resources/articles as well as others.
  17. DO Direct Message people instead of sending them an email.
  18. DO Develop relationships with reporters, bloggers and other media people through Twitter.
  19. DO Respond to concerns people tweet about you, your company or products.
  20. DO Use your company account to update customers as well as prospects.
  21. DO Be sure to follow back everyone who follows your Company Account.
  22. DO Integrate your Twitter efforts with your other marketing initiatives.
  23. DO Follow the celebrities you’d want to be friends with, the newspapers you read, the products you use, the restaurants you eat at, the designers you wear, and the athletes you root for.
  24. DO Tweet at your favorite celebs and people you don't personally know.
  25. DO Follow @RyanPratt ;)
Mention or direct message me if you have any questions, comments, additions, or concerns.

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