27 July 2010

How to start tweeting to benefit your career, relationships & daily amusement.

Twitter is man’s best friend. It's a timely news source, social outlet, bookmarking tool, and promotional loudspeaker. So why do I constantly observe friends joining Twitter, announcing themselves in 140 timid characters, and never tweeting again? “I don’t have anything to say,” they defend. Tweeting is easy as sending a text message or commenting on a Facebook photo- and trust me- you DO have something to say. Follow this 3 step guide to uncover the latent tweets you never knew you had.

1. Link. Share links to photos, videos, music, news articles, blog posts, and websites. We know you’re already looking at em, so help us all out by curating the daily web experience.

2. Reply. Respond to fellow tweeters using the @ and RT tags. This cross promotion puts you on their radar, builds relationships, and fosters high quality content circulating the web.

3. Rant. Document your daily ponderings through questions, statements, celebrations, woes and rants. Share that emotion in a way that others can relate for a bonding moment of “me too!” 

Now that you’ve got three tools for effective tweeting, spend a few hours with your Twitter page open while crusing the web. Every 30 minutes, pause to take inventory of what’s in your browser history and what’s on your mind. Translate that into a concise blurb and tweet your heart out!

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