Something to Twitter About
Whether you are using Twitter purely as a means of socializing, or as tool to get your self or your site noticed you will need to have something to say. Now I am not suggesting your life is so boring you can’t think of anything but … you can only talk so much about your cat or the man at the local corner shop right? For marketers there is nothing that will kill you faster on Twitter than having nothing to add but a link to your own site. So where just can you find interesting stuff to twitter about?
Read Other People’s Tweets
Follow links that other Twitterers use. You don’t have to read every page word for word. Learn to pick out keywords or ideas that are clear. You can then make useful tweets or retweets based on these.
Keep up with Current Events
Local, National and International News are always an area of interest on Twitter. Whether you are on the spot, listening to the news, or following it on the web, being informed is the best place to come from. If you are on the spot, take pictures and tell your story.
Use other Websites
Digg is a great source to find refreshing articles and blogs. If you interested in a particular niche, then search within that, or a related niche. You don’t need to read every article or post all the way through, or watch every video. Just get enough to give you a good idea of what is going on. Pick out key words and key ideas. StumbleUpon is another site that can bring up some interesting ideas to work from. Search through places like Yahoo Answers to see what people are wondering about and linking to as well as Twitter.
Read
Reviews are great reading. Read reviews on books, movies, music – anything. Books are a wonderful source of information and thought-provoking material. If you are a marketer you are probably thinking you need to look within the niche you are working with but this isn’t necessarily so. On Twitter you are a person, not just a business. The more you read the more you have to bring to others.
Be Real
More than anything else on Twitter it is important to be who you are. This doesn’t mean filling your tweets with lots of lol’s or ‘I’m going to grandma’s house’ tweets. You can save that for private chats. You don’t have to be a super brain or an expert either. Just be who you are and show interest in other people.
Stay interested and you will be interesting and build followers. Twitter is a great place to enjoy and learn. While it is good to follow and be followed you don’t have to be like everyone else. It doesn’t matter if you are a shy wallflower you have something to say. Every real person on Twitter is human too, and each person has something to offer. Everyone is an ‘expert’ at something so don’t be afraid to show your true colors.
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I was searching the net for something just like this, it always seems to be a problem with me when tweeting. I like how you added the be real part!
Ah!!! at last I found what I was looking for. Sometimes it takes so much effort to find even tiny useful piece of information.Nice post. Thanks