Tweet Like Big Bird
by Pauline G. Dembicki
Twitter is an engaging media with a challenge to put our thoughts into 140 spaces. Here are my top twelve observations.
1. Enormous accounts don't necessarily have focused followers;
2. If engaging with others is one of the purposes, automatic messages are counter- productive;
3. When you don't tweet for more than a week, your followers fall off;
4. Use #HASHTAGS;
5. Looking at some accounts, some do not retweet, you need to determine if they otherwise have value to decide whether to follow them;
6. If I follow you, and you do not reciprocate but send me a DM asking that I follow you on a dozen other media, I'm reaching for the block button;
7. It's not all about self-promotion, it's about engaging and exchanging information, awesome pictures, quotes, other authors information, news and opinions; you need to retweet;
8. Once in a while you need to clear out people who are not following you or who have stopped tweeting;
9. Pin a tweet to your page and retweet pinned tweets of your followers;
10. Blocking offensive content will impact your brand;
Top two:
11. Look at followers and following of people with common interest to follow, and
12. Tweeting at different times of the day and days of the week can help you see when your followers are around. Watch for your twitter analytics.
Pauline is an attorney in the Chicago area who focuses on wills, trusts, probate and trust administration. She has over thirty years of experience and encourages people to plan, plan, plan. She has several books about wills and trusts available in kindle and createspace.
@paulineatty is her twitter address. You can also follow her here on goodreads.