The Birds & The Be's of Twitter
THE BIRDS AND THE BE’S
- Be Real- Be yourself, don’t try to act like some fake guru or millionaire. If you want to talk about your day, share links, talk about your family, your whereabouts, be funny, be silly, get engaged in the dialogue… whatever it is just Be Real. If people want to follow you great; if they want to remove you, that’s fine also, that’s the beauty of Twitter. “Do You! It’s A Statement… Not A Question.”
- Be Revealed- Share a real picture of yourself as your profile pic and not some weird avatar or some models pic that you swiped off the Internet. If you have a catchy, professional, branded logo… they can be used as well. Reveal yourself!
- Be Responsive- If someone is @replying or DM’ing you with something that requires a response, take a few moments at some point in your day to respond. Remember all DM’s and @replies don’t require a response; don’t get caught up in the unnecessary back-and-forth 2-way conversation.
- Be Respectful- Don’t use twitter as a vehicle to have arguments, spew expletives, disrespect other Twitterers… and take some of those extra, extra long 2-way conversations to DM. Only follow those that you want to follow; understand that you can respectfully choose not to follow those that follow you. Give credit to others, show some RT love. (you can start be Re-tweeting this post)
- Be Relevant- Have an understanding of the Twitter culture… In other-words: learn the difference between an @reply and a DM, learn the processes and the systems, familiarize yourself with some of the many Twitter Tools & Apps. Make Twitter relevant to you, your business, your purpose, your vision, your desire, your need…
Share your thoughts on any of the Birds & The Be’s of Twitter! Do you have any additional thoughts to add? If you’re real cool you can add some additional Be’s that begin with Re’s. ie. Be Renegade, Be Relational
