If You're New to Twitter....
Posted 01-08-2009 at 02:20 AM by JKVirtualOffice
I am happy to see so many of us on Twitter and so many more Virtual Assistants joining daily. Twitter really is a great platform for networking vitually and quickly becoming a must have tool in the toolbox for Virtual Assistants.
However, there are a couple of things that I wanted to mention which are really important when you set up your Twitter profile.
1. Upload an avatar. People are hesitant to follow other Twitterers who have the stock brown/blue Twitter avatar.
2. Do not lock your updates. This will also keep people from following you and one of the key points to Twitter is to increase your sphere of influence by increasing the number of people who are interested in following you.
3. List your real name. Your Twitter ID can be whatever you want it to be (although I recommend using something that is close to your business name or otherwise indicates what you do). But I recommend that you list your real name in the name area on your profile. As a business person, people want to know that who they are dealing with. Think about your other profiles on Facebook, LinkedIn and others. You post your real name there so it just makes sense that you list it on there.
4. List an interesting and professional bio. People DO read these and often a Twitterer's bio will play a big part in someone choosing to follow you.
And finally, I leave with this post from Mashable about some of the "types" of Twitterers that don't get followed so we can all avoid some of these pitfalls.
However, there are a couple of things that I wanted to mention which are really important when you set up your Twitter profile.
1. Upload an avatar. People are hesitant to follow other Twitterers who have the stock brown/blue Twitter avatar.
2. Do not lock your updates. This will also keep people from following you and one of the key points to Twitter is to increase your sphere of influence by increasing the number of people who are interested in following you.
3. List your real name. Your Twitter ID can be whatever you want it to be (although I recommend using something that is close to your business name or otherwise indicates what you do). But I recommend that you list your real name in the name area on your profile. As a business person, people want to know that who they are dealing with. Think about your other profiles on Facebook, LinkedIn and others. You post your real name there so it just makes sense that you list it on there.
4. List an interesting and professional bio. People DO read these and often a Twitterer's bio will play a big part in someone choosing to follow you.
And finally, I leave with this post from Mashable about some of the "types" of Twitterers that don't get followed so we can all avoid some of these pitfalls.
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More great Twitter advice Kimberly. You are definetly my twitter guru!
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Kimberly, good tips! I am wondering though, about the point of using your name - what about a Twitter account for a community like VAF, in that case does it make sense for us not to list the owner's name since it's a group representation and not a business or personal account? Thanks for your feedback!
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For accounts like VAF or that represents a group, then I believe it's perfectly okay to not list a name. For a solo entrepreneur business like a VA, a name should be listed. Sometimes, I've also seen the Twitter ID listed in the name area along with the first name of the personal responsible for handling the account. Usually, that's been a bigger business type account though.
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Kimberly,
I appreciate that you are on top of providing the Twitter Tips! I have to say following these "rules" will definitely improve your ranking and number of promising followers in the Twitter platform. Thank you for sharing! |
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Kimberly,
Thanks for the twitter info. Any other information or tips you want to share about getting started on Twitter I would greatly appreciate. Thanks |
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