Everyone makes mistakes on twitter, I did too when I started to use twitter back in March 2009. My mistake what not having an avatar (I was camera shy then… kidding). I came up with 4 mistakes which I notice a lot of new twitter users make.
1. No avatar
This is one mistake no twitter users should make. When you have the default twitter avatar then your avatar screams “I am a spammer” As soon as you register a social media website like facebook or twitter the first thing I recommend doing is uploading a photo of yourself. I made this mistake too. (oops)
2. Auto tweet
One thing I don’t like about auto tweets is that some twitter users use twitterfeeds to update their tweets so they post a tweet every few minutes. Although some of them are valuable, I won’t read much of their tweets after a while. So don’t overdo them. The one below screams “I am a spammer, block me ASAP”
3. Self promoting
I realize that because people think that twitter is viral, they tend to overdo by self promoting their blogs or website too much. I’ve been getting tons of tweets from twitter users asking me to visit their blog when I have not seen them before. Their first tweet to me? See below
4. Not engaging
Too much “me, me, me,” talk will turn people ears off. I quickly realized that a lot of new twitter users get the wrong idea about twitter. Which is they think that twitter is about telling people what they do. I’ve seen tons of people joining twitter and all they post is their daily routines. Twitter and schools are alike. You can’t start off your first day of school talking about youself. You start by connecting with people and then later on as your relationship builds, you can talk about what you did and people will listen as they already know you.
when i was a newbie , i used to follow the point No. 4 !! haha i was not engaged at all but now that is not a thing and now i am used to twitter and i love it 🙂
Great post bro.
One thing that I've been doing lately – in response to #2 and #3. I actually schedule ONLY my personally promoting tweets. On the surface, that probably seems like my emphasis is in the wrong place, but what actually happens is just the opposite. Because I now know that my “work side stuff” is all done and accounted for, I am truly logged in to connect and talk with people. My time spent on Twitter becomes even more focused on others and what's going on there. Now, like you said, don't overdo it – but again, by scheduling your promo stuff, you get a real visual of exactly how often you are tweeting your own info out. For me, it's easier to see that it's not too much in a list than to have to think about it each time I log in. Food for thought as people jump in and start learning the tool.
Thank You
well said!
You've got a point here, I like your take on really engaging on Twitter while, at the same time, broadcasting your 'professional' tweets. Truth be said, all rules are there to be bent. 🙂
Being that I am new to Twitter. well… still just don't fully understand it this was a great rookie tutorial. I am using twitter to hopefully meet others in my field, learn from them and share my knowledge. Thanks
Great post on Mashable today outlining 21 simple rules of social ENGAGEMENT.
http://mashable.com/2010/05/18/rules-social-med…
Or my all time (not) favorite: using Twitter to direct everyone to your Facebook page.
Good tips. I agree..
So true… I bet everyone has made some of them 🙂
Nothing can be more irritating than the auto tweet.
The Autotweeting has to be the Worst of course what Jon Mos said about Directing Twitter to a Facebook Page has to be included they want you on twitter and facebook just to ignore you
The larger percentage of the people I ended up unfollowing (not too many actually, about three or four) consists of those who use auto tweet. One that got my goat was feeding as many as 8-10 tweets a minute. Unfollow, unfollow, unfollow.
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This was good advice–short & sweet for new Twitter users–Thanks, Aaron!
This was good advice–short & sweet for new Twitter users–Thanks, Aaron
Agree with this list, Aaron, but would also like to add point #5: Tweeting once and then ignoring your account altogether. *shaking head* I think many folks view Twitter as an immediate-response mechanism and feel entitled to add 2000 followers after they tweet about what they had for breakfast…but that is not the case. Quality and quantity definitely come into play.
Here are a few charts and graphs I compiled from primary research that sheds light on how to grow your Twitter followership: http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/27617.asp. Thanks for letting me share.
I think you are right on with this article. When I first joined Twitter, I didn’t interact or post for 3 months! I just watched and “listened” to people I was following so that I wouldn’t make mistakes once I started interacting.
No worries,
We’ve all been on that boat before. 🙂
As a relative ‘newbie’ to twitter I found this very useful, thank you. I agree with wileyccoyote in that quality, not quantity is what matters when you are looking to add followers.
Cheers to you! Couldn’t have said it better myself.
Great post.