6 Ways To Make Your Twitter Profile Work

Posted by Scott Williams
10 Comments
July 17, 2009
Twitter

starbuks twitterBelieve it or not, your Twitter profile has more of an impact on determining your overall Twitter presence and whether or not someone wants to connect with you than you may think.  Here are 6 Ways To Make Your Twitter Profile Work:

  1. Your Bio.-Make sure your Bio. is complete and speaks to your personality.  Remember there are many ways to say the same thing; state your bio. in your unique way.   It can be a one-liner, a joke, details, hashtags, traditional…  make it you and make it work.   No Bio. = #FAIL!
  2. Your Pic.-  Make sure that your profile pic. is a real picture of you or your brand’s logo.  The pic. should be a tight shot, preferably a head-shot; no full-lengths or far-away shots..  Don’t waste your time with the Avatars; you are too unique to have some computer generated version of you.  Your profile pic. is one of the most important aspects of your profile, Tweeps need to know who you are before they listen to what you say.   If you are using your brand or logo, make sure it’s scalable to make sense for a Twitter profile pic. N0 Profile Pic. = #Fail
  3. Your Background- Make sure that your background reflects your personality.  You can have a custom background created or there are plenty of free backgrounds out there…  if you don’t believe me just Google, Free Twitter Backgrounds.  Having a great twitter background doesn’t mean that it has to be really busy or custom; you can utilize the standard Twitter backgrounds simply put together a color scheme that is uniquely you.  Standard Twitter Background and Colors = #Fail
  4. Your Location- Make sure that you either use your iPhone location or real City, State, County or Area Code.  It’s great to know what area of the world that tweeps are representin’.  If it’s a brand without a specific location or multiple locations, you can use a catchy saying that reflects those locations.  No Location or Silly Location = #Fail
  5. Your Web- Use either a custom twitter landing page, your website or blog, facebook page or leave it blank if you don’t have one.  This is a great opportunity for people to connect with you at another level; however make sure that your blog is current.  The Web is the only part of your profile that may be appropriate to leave blank.  Linking a blog that hasn’t been updated in months = #Fail.
  6. Your Tweets- Make sure that you are saying something; in other-words tweet Something and tweet something of your own.  Don’t have extended periods of not tweeting, all @replies or all re-tweets.   No tweets + all @Replies + Re-Tweets Only = #Fail

Share your thoughts on these 6 Ways or add additionals to the list!

  • http://paravane.wordpress.com jimmy paravane

    I give that newfangled Twitter thingy 6 more months before IT’S a #Fail! And nobody needs more than 1MB of RAM. What? (grin)

  • http://www.burlwalker.com Burl

    I think another think under the “Tweets” category is the number of times you tweet a day. There was one guy, I liked what he said, but he must have tweeted 50-100 times a day every day. So I removed him. I recommend only 4-6 tweets a day, but everyone must come to their own conclusion. The other “Tweets” category is that not all the posts should just be links to your website or blog. We sometimes want to know about your life as well and what is affecting you.

    PS. Love your blog!

  • http://www.ChurchTechy.com stubbyd

    I’m with you on most of them but disagree about the Avatars – but I would say that as I use one :)

    My avatar says so much more about me than a ‘real’ picture ever could. Though I’m notoriously fickle and even the current one won’t last long before I put something else there. Maybe even a picture.

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  • http://theonlinelibrarian.blogspot.com The Online Librarian

    Thanks for the suggestions! They’re good for us newbies.

    Marcie

  • http://pouregon.com Mike

    Also your name, not to be confused with your username or Twitter handle, should reflect your industry if you want people to find you. If no one knows your name they are searching for you. If your name is your field of work, Oregon Wine & Beer, you will be found more readily.

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