Time for Tip #3, but before we move on though lets have a quick look at Tip #2 and what exciting delights it brought us.
So Tip #2 was to interact with fellow Twitterers; this involved communicating with people following us (including the Smores), seeking out new people to follow using the search facility, and following those people who are following us.
The results were pretty insignificant, it is fair to say that a lot of people started following us but an almost equal amount stopped which meant there was no significant increase in followers.
It is fair to say that we found it hard interacting with our followers & those we were following; we just don’t have that much in common with them, and as for the celebs… well what do you Tweet to Demi Moore?! Effort will have to be made to seek out fellow Twitterers who share similar interests, so we can work on interacting.
The exercise wasn’t completely wasted, however, we did have a few replies from fellow Twitterers, obviously enamored with our fab chat, and on Friday @PammyWeaver got a boost when one of her followers recommended others to follow her. Which led to our discovery of the Follow Friday (they really should issue a handbook when you join), it took us 3 weeks to discover this fact but apparently on a Friday it is the ‘done thing’ to go out of your way to follow someone new.
“Instead of searching for people interested in the same topics as yourself #followfriday gives you the chance to find recommendations from friends who they think deserve your attention.” Makak Media
This has been duly noted and come next Friday we will be following and recommending like mad.
Moving swiftly onto our next tip.
Tip #3
We thought we would continue our ‘ interacting’ and use this weeks tip to look at our profile and what tips there are to spruce it up a bit. This weeks tip comes from Twittin Secrets, so sshh don’t tell anyone.
Optimize your 160 character “One Line Bio” which appears on the upper right of your Twitter profile page. In most cases the goal of the bio line is to get the reader to think you are “follow worthy.” Make it real, make it fun, make it interesting, make it YOU.
Make your personal picture (icon) a good one – in fact, make it great! Twitter is driven by personalities, so use a picture that expresses the “personality message” you want to get across. Logo’s, text, and images without humans or animals are often too business-like and negate the driving social force that propels Twitter.
Already I can see this tip being very helpful, am very much looking forward to scrapping my personal picture and replacing it with something a bit more professional. We will keep you posted on our progress.
See how well we did this week.
Followers 59 (+8)
Following 105
Followers 64 (+4)
Following 111
Keep posted guys…
