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Twitter Again – Twitter Beggars
By Sean | August 18, 2009
After a week of twittering I’ve come up with the following conclusions:
1. Always use a photo of yourself or if you’re insecure about that — at least a photo of a real person. This is social media right?
2. Use a first and last name. Your username does not have to be your name but you should have a first and last name if you want real followers.
3. Build manually at first until you understand how twitter works. Be selective about the tools you use to automate aspects of your twittering so that you can maintain a personal experience with people.
4. Don’t, don’t, don’t, put links to sales pages in your tweets more frequently than you do real content. So far the closest I’ve come to posting a commercial link was a free sign up to a new social media site. I do plan on monetizing Twitter eventually but not before I earn the privilege of peoples interest and at least a modicum of trust (proof) — that I’m not just another Twitter-Beggar.
More to come…
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