Twitter Tips - Beginners Guide to Twitter

1. Create your profile on Twitter and fill in your profile, because people tend to read your bio before following you.
2. Use the “Find People” link to find your friends or people who have interests similar to yours, or are in the same field.
3. Add your twitter profile on your blog or website, and ask your visitors to follow you on twitter.
4. If you have your profile on Facebook, then ask people in your network to connect with you on Twitter.
5. Add your friends from other social media sites to your twitter network.
6. Never forget to thank people who follow you. This is the basic courtesy rule to be used on any social media platform.
7. Find a topic that is informative and interesting and tweet it.
8. Along with tweeting useful links, try to share ideas, ask questions and answer questions asked by other people.
9. Send direct messages to your followers to stay in touch with them. Don’t only focus on growing your network; maintain your network as well.
10. It’s a nice strategy to write “please retweet” at the end of your tweet, it increases the chances of your message to be retweeted.
11. If you want your post to be re-tweeted by others, make sure RT @your name fit well within 140 characters.
12. Tweet like Your grandma's listening: Twitter is public, so do not hurt others, be polite and take care of spelling.

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