Post by ange4mig on Oct 2, 2009 1:10:11 GMT -5
10 Twitter Tips
To encourage you to join the fun on Twitter, both for our 4th Birthday and for ongoing promotion, here are 10 Tips to get you started...
1 - Remember to type in the hashtag #tm4 at the end of your posts relating to our 4th birthday. Then anyone can search for #tm4 and see all the posts in a “thread.” It’s better for promotion, and more convenient for readers.
2 - If you reply to a Team MiG (or other) tweet, put @teammig later in the tweet (rather than at the beginning) so everyone sees the tweet, not just the person you’re replying to.
3 - Try to limit your tweets to 120 characters or less (rather than 140), so there’s space for others to make a comment and retweet.
4 - To build up our volume of MiG/Team MiG tweets, retweet other Team MiG member tweets. Just copy and paste a tweet, and add a “RT” to the beginning.
5 - If you retweet, you can add your own comment at the beginning.
6 - If you need more room for text, you can skip punctuation and use abbreviations.
7 - To shorten a URL so you have more space, you can go to bit.ly, type in your URL, and bit.ly will provide a shorter one. Another source is tinyurl.com. (However, be cautious about clicking on shortened links – or any links - from “random” people. There are online tools to verify shortened links.)
8 - For a URL to be a live link on Twitter, you have to include the http:// at the beginning, along with the www.
9 - Be yourself and let your humor and personality show through.
10 - Make an effort to tweet at least once a week to keep people engaged.
And most of all, have fun!
Kay
NOTE - Normally I avoid having double postings, but this thread applies to Team MiG Celebrations because of our birthday tweets coming up later tonight. It also applies to online promotional initiatives, so after the birthday party this thread will only appear on the Street Team Re-Launch Board.