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@DavidSpinks If you're not seeing results, it's probably not twitter's fault, it's how you're using it. That's ok. Reevaluate why you're there and apply.
#1
@mooshinindy Be yourself on twitter. People will either love you or hate you for it but at least it's you.
#3
@calamity7373 Create a dialogue with your followers, don't just push promotions about your brand in their face.
#4
Twitter about how your promoting your business, or how your getting paid, give followers something they can use! @DunnMich
#5
Don't just talk about your product, talk about your area of expertise. And the key talk - have a dialog with your customers or potential customers.
#6
Be the first to share. Get an RSS feed of topical news for your industry and post a link as soon as breaking news hits the search engines.
#7
@UTFCU From reports I've seen, we're the first credit union to use Twitter. We promote rates, products, special events.
#8
Have you written a lot? Tweet the titles of all articles you have written, and each URL, so your followers can easily find them. @BeerFoxTM
#9
Twitter is a conversation. Take some time to listen to what is going on and respond, don't just talk at people. @virtualewit
#10
From @hatmandu: don't just use auto-follow tools to spam legions of people - instead, create individual conversations
#11
Use Twitter as way to grow your networks on other social media channels. It can be the hub of your social media wheel, each channel a spoke
#12
Marketing Is about promoting what your expertise is & how that is advantageous to someone else. Now get tweeting that!
#13
Twitter is not a scripted dialog. It is an open conversation between you, your followers and your potential followers. @followthecolson
#14
If someone you know has good news (e.g., been promoted), but is too modest to Tweet about it, you might consider Tweeting about it yourself. @appellatelaw
#16
@bradjward Don't get caught up in the numbers game. 100 relevant followers on Twitter is worth more than 1000 followers any day of the week.
#17
@makingcjc learn ow to RT (re-tweet) it not only helps you stay active, but let's people know what your interested in.
#18
"Retweet" is a powerful tool on Twitter; helps to build your brand, following, trust & seen as an expert in your field. @mayhemstudios
#19
@sarahebuckner: It drives me crazy when people don't post for a few hours, then post 9 times in a row. If they do that a lot, I unfollow.
#21
@KristieKreation Don't just retweet, post links and post quotes!! Make sure you carry on conversations so others know a little about you.
#22
@TimPiazza: When you trend, trying to follow your brand is like riding in the front of a roller coaster. Every moment thrills and scares.
#23
@watsonk2: Tweet 80% content your readers will find helpful and 20% self promotion. A good mix will get you farther than 100% promotion.
#24
@Arsene333: Before you click send ask yourself "Would I follow this person solely based on this one tweet?" If yes, clink send.
#25
Make sure you're able to talk to the people who follow you. Make sure your on when their own, and free to chat.
#27
@SandyDfromNJ: Twitter is a great place to clarify your vision, mission & message. Are you being Re-Tweeted?
#30
Like in Shakespeare the more interesting characters are rounded, not flat or static. So be well rounded (or appear to be).
#31
First- Get followers. Second- Keep followers. Sounds easy right? It's actually not. It takes patience and hard work.
#32
@Arsene333: Think of Twitter as your own public relations campaign.
#33
You are the brand!!! Nothing else. You're selling yourself as a person and showing that you are worthy of being followed.
#34
B human. dont B the person who only talks abt their product/service. Interact w/ ppl (RT, DM, etc) on a personal level.
#35
Don't be all over the place. Be known as the go to page for a topic, and as a reliable source for information on that topic.
#36
@jennielees: Pay it forward - giving is as good as getting, and social capital is invaluable. It's not all about you any more.
#37
@douglaskarr Find out who is tweeting your links with Backtweets http://backtweets.com/
#38
@azvibe Don't use twitter if all you're going to do is promote the latest and greatest or ask for help for your business. Be yourself!!
#40
@KevinEikenberry: The 3 Twitter Marketing P's To use twitter effectively, be provocative, provide value, and most of all, be personable
#41
Remember that Twitter is about communicating, not marketing. Focus on adding value to the conversation, not selling something to someone
#42
@JillHarding Simply be genuine and share useful information as in time it will come back to you.
#44
@bnyquist Don't constantly or ever change your avatar as it's one of the main consistencies in your online branding.
#45
Broadsting is great for TV. Not for Twitter. Participation is a two-way street. Get to know your groups and they will get to know you. @chuckgose
#47
Keep your business and personal life separate. Would you like to see someone you were considering to do work for you drinking on a boat?
#49
Build relationships. Share ideas and info with people who have similar interests and then meet them offline @gioias
#50
Twitter is a great equalizer. CEOs, gurus, and regular joes all have to make the best of 140 characters. @karamartens
#54
BROADCASTING is one thing. LISTENING is a major thing and REACTING is the real thing @gambitfauri
#56
Putting a real name and face on your identity allows customers to associate with your brand on a personal level
#59
@jecates Following thousands of people hoping to get their attention is more likely to get you blocked than followed
#61
@ForwardSteps Want your blog posts fed to Twitter? In friendfeed setting, you’ll see Twitter publishing.
#62
With every tweet you’re either giving people a reason to retweet or you’re giving them a reason to unfollow @claymabbitt
#63
@augie_malson develop/build relationships with your (potential followers) 2.use a background image that connects to your other sites.
#64
Listen think then react. Don’t tweet just because. Many following doesn’t mean you are a “super star” @greenphare
#65
@unmarketing Twitter is a conversation about your business/industry whether you're there or not. Your choice.
#66
I might be crazy enough to believe Twitter can lead Social Awareness movements. Lead people to involvement @BeTheLink
#67
If you can’t have a vested, genuine interest in your followers then you are in the wrong business @PhillipM
#68
Build relationships through interaction and remember quality of content over quantity will get you the right followers @yougonetwork
#70
@unmarketing Take 5 min daily to reply/retweet others, nothing about you. Engage, interact, build.
#71
Twitter works best when integrated. Use it to supplement blogging and other social media efforts
#72
Watch, learn, and listen – then jump on in. You can’t understand social media until you use it. @VisitFingerLake
#75
All tweets are read – not just your branding or marketing ones. Be careful what you tweet! @krisplantrich
#78
@LindsayManfredi Twitter should be about relationship building and trust. Use it wisely and people will get that. Please don't try to sell to me.
#79
@coffee_online If it smells of marketing then you're going to convince no-one. That includes spraying fake camouflage scent to cover your tracks
#81
@socialjulie Good marketers can focus on intricacies with a short lens and can then strategize with a long lens and with a strong ROI filter
#82
Building communities that will be sticky takes longer than a few tweets – tweet early and tweet often.
#87
@ForwardSteps Remember to leave 20 or so characters free at the end of tweets, for news that you’d like others to RT
#88
@jacobm Promote your twitter name, I have a link to my twitter profile in my email signature, on my business cards, and at the
end of all of my posts.
#89
Don’t think Twitter can’t be useful for something. You can sell, broadcast, activate, converse, and share. @JasonFalls
#92
Expertise, sex, news, controversy, and humor get retweeted. Making fun of yourself is my favorites. @briancarter
#93
@photogeneve if you are a business, don’t always try to promote! Share things you find interesting, and others might too
#97
Don’t answer “What Are You Doing? Instead: Reply, Retweet, and Respect (by following back those who follow you @authorlisalogan
#98
Twitter bios rule. If say something interesting about yourself in 140 characters imagine what you can do with stuff you really care about? @jennypratt
#100
Follow people outside your niche. I’ve read books I would have never known existed all from random tweets.
#101
Honestly, I really don’t care what you have for lunch. But I do care to know about the light moment you created @jennypratt
#102
Staying on message in Twitter is dangerous. Learn to adapt and listen to what they are telling about your service/product
#105
@askfrasco Twitter is a give and take relationship, you have to contribute yourself in order to have others contribute to you.
#106
It's called a "social network" for a reason build your network online as you would in real time | you don't have 2 to like every @homestarstaging
#107
@socialarts Find something that you care about, make it your goal to share that passion with followers, without expecting ANYTHING in return
#108
@Leahsgotit Encourage followers, all R potential customers. If 1 posts abt being down, send a cheer-up tweet, they'll remember U well 4 it.
#109
@addresstwo a drawing at a tradeshow you have to tweet a link from the booth to enter. I got a ton of traffic off tweet-to-win back in may.
#112
@LeahsGotIt Most imp., be genuine. Ppl will smell it if you're being a ratty salesperson. Yell 'n sell just as annoying in tweets as on TV.
#113
@socialjulie Marketing on Twitter is really a stripped down type of marketing. It's authentic communication; no other approach will work.
#114
@smquaseb Twitter is an ongoing conversation you participate in. It isn't about how much info you can shove out, it is about communicating.
#116
@jacobm Remove people you follow if they don’t bring any value to you or if you just don’t find them interesting.
#117
@MarcusBarnes Posterous will allow you to easily post MP3s, files, videos and photos to Twitter.
#120
@LisaMarieDias Keep in mind; even if you don’t have a fleet of followers, by tweeting, you are sending info out into the larger worldwide web.
#121
@hendrylee Experience has told us that early adopters to a marketing technology that works is going to give an unfair advantage over others who come in much later.
#122
@jacobm Follow people YOU think are interesting, don’t just follow folks because everyone else is.
#123
@joshmiles Want to recruit your employees or coworkers to Tweet? First take a minute (in person) to explain what to do and why they should.
#124
@OnRamp101 Don’t be a stranger. Say hi on the weekends. Tweet in the evening. Bring a bit of your self into your Tweeting, even if you’re using it primarily for business connections and learning.
#126
@screationz First and foremost, you need to know the difference between posting often and spamming.
#127
@mpdotcom recommends finding a valuable blog post referenced on Twitter, leaving a comment on the blog, then retweeting it.
#128
@FranchiseKing suggests tweeting one of your recent press releases or blog posts daily, mixed in with other links to useful and relevant articles and blog postings.
#129
@MoxieMarketing creating a strategy before jumping into Twitter. What do you want to accomplish? Who do you want to reach?
#130
@JonBacon create real conversations, and remembering that everything you do on Twitter represents your brand.
#132
@searchguru note that best way to get retweeted is to post content that has value, such as useful blog post.
#133
@LisaP check Twitter first thing in the morning, then spending about 10 minutes on it at two hour intervals to keep up with the most important tweets.
#134
@RainShadowVA tweeting periodically throughout the day, such as with your morning coffee, at lunch, at the end of the work day, and in the evening.
#135
@DesireeScales HootSuite allows you to manage multiple Twitter profiles through a single interface and provides metrics showing the results of activities in Twitter.
#136
@MichaelHartzell creat a unique landing page to link to from your Twitter profile with a greeting and introduction that is a "secret page" only for your Twitter followers.
#137
@JoeManna note the importance of commitment, and recommends spending at least a half hour per day discovering and Tweeting.
#138
@StaciJShelton following people who retweet your content in order to build relationships with people who value what you share.
#139