The one thing that I truly enjoy about Twitter over Facebook is something that I believe will dramatically change over the next 2-3 years. I am sure you all remember better than me, but not so long ago people were afraid to use their real names. Growing up I remember people saying that if you…
Besides basic text tweets there are three other types of posts: Photos Polls Videos There are tons of studies that show that photos do very well on Twitter. I highly recommend trying photos in your tweets. If you are worried about having high quality photos to use there are plenty of stock image website to…
When I first wrote these tips back in March, Twitter was a very different place. The changes made on Twitter in the last few months like the removal of the Discover Tab, the addition of Periscope and Moments, and the changes made to Twitter Cards and Analytics have been the biggest changes to a major…
After you have followed all of the previous tips; finding the right people to follow, the right people to talk to, the right things to talk about, using lists, hashtags and retweets, how long to make your tweets, and analyzing your analytics to see how things are going you are doing a great job. But…
I am sad to say that I do not use this tip at all… Twitter has a highly underrated feature called lists. They are a great way to organize your favorite twitter accounts. This is a great tool to track what your competition is tweeting about, and you will never miss a tweet of theirs…
Hashtags are what used to make Twitter special. Today, Instagram works through hashtag, Facebook has hashtags, even Google Plus has hashtags, and technically speaking Pinterest has hashtags too. So, now that everyone uses hashtags Twitter isn’t so special. Regardless, it is more normal to use hashtags on Twitter and Instagram than any other platform. So what…
Auto-DM’s (direct messages) are a great way for people to know that you are really creepy, you give them no value as a follower, and your tweets are probably automated or really stupid. I’m actually not really sure why anyone uses DMs and I have yet to find a good use for DMs except maybe…
So far we have discussed who to follow, who to tweet to, how often to tweet, and when to tweet. So now the biggest question of all! What should I tweet about? First let’s talk about length of a tweet. Not too long ago, when someone wanted to retweet you they had to fit their comments in…
Many people wonder when the best time to tweet is. Some say morning others say at night while all your fans are asleep. With twitter it is known that most of the views on your tweet will occur within the first 2 hours of your post. In the analytics it shows every single tweet that you…
After you have built your list of people you follow it’s time for some action. The question is how many times should you tweet. The answer is the amount of times you have meaningful things to say. For some people 10 times is the correct amount of interactions per day, for others 100 is the…