If you follow someone, introduce yourself – let them know where and how you found them and start that unique conversation on the right foot. Just like meeting someone in the real world, you don’t see someone and start following them around from a safe distance – walk up and say hello. You’ll have better relationships with your followers because of it.
Latest Updates RSS
-
rogerchristie
-
SilkCharm
Twitter Strategy Chart
Cool no?
-
simontsmall
Like any social media talk as if you were standing infront of the person or people. Be a human about it.
-
voirol
Listen before you tweet. And when you tweet, keep listening more than you tweet.
-
SilkCharm
Journalists: don’t spam people on Twitter asking for their contacts e.g. in Mumbai then disappear never to be heard of again until the next disaster/crisis. That’s not engagement, that’s just using people. We break the News, but not so you can sell more ads or get more eyeballs.
-
fulltimecasual
again, i’m probably contradicting someone here, but i cant stand seeing those “Welcome new followers @somebody and @someoneelse tweets.” They serve no purpose except to clog up a timeline.
-
divinewrite
If you’re having a private (DM) conversation with someone, make sure you keep it that way. Don’t accidentally broadcast a direct message. I did this once, and it was very embarrassing. I sent my first DM properly, then decided I needed to say something else. But this time, I accidentally sent a normal Tweet instead of a DM. It went out to everyone, completely out of context. Ugh. I still shudder and blush!
-
SilkCharm
Be nice. Even when people are being really silly, responding with humour and a light touch goes a long way. Yelling at them about how they don’t “get social media” just makes enemies not friends. GROUP HUG !!111!!!
-
stephen-collins
The @KevinRuddPM story suggesting they crashed Twitter over fast follower pickup is demonstrably rubbish. They should have said “Something went wrong. We have no idea what. Sorry.”
Honesty, openness, preparedness to fail publicly are key in the hyperconnected world.
-
kcarruthers
for the most part people on twitter (apart from the bots) just want you to have a conversation with them – reciprocity is important
Laurel Papworth