If you are facing the dilemma of whether to get involved with Twitter it is important you plan what you want to achieve and to build contacts that interest you. (Quality not Quantity) has worked well for me. I started using Twitter about 9 months ago @YouCouldSave. I kept myself low key to try and understand how to make it work best for me and I now have a little knowledge and understanding about the people I connected with and what’s working well. You might be flattered when someone follows you but many are not interested in you as a person or business and soon it becomes clear from the tweets you read.
I kept a fairly low tweet rate over the 9 months, in fact 368 tweets. I always tried to keep within my 140 character messages limit to allow people to Re-tweet the message. I wanted 80% of my tweets to be business related in order to introduce people to my blog and I often write about the offerings of my followers. The other 20% of my tweets are non business to allow me to build a more personal relationship with non business followers. I am more than happy with the progress so far and with the results from using Twitter.
One thing I have noticed about some Twitter users is the high ratio of tweets they make, and sending the same messages over and over. This can be annoying to read day in day out, especially if they don’t bother to interact with you on a more personal level. Block is a good function Twitter offers.
When I first signed up to Twitter I felt like the new boy in a foreign School. I certainly didn’t understand the abbreviations and hash tags or what I was supposed to do. I thought each message was being directed at me! There are now plenty of books available which will guide you how to use Twitter properly.
Some of the people listed below have been a great help over the past few months and I just wanted to say thanks to them all. Many of them I have met in person and been involved in their community projects.
@RedIncBrighton Passionate Company with tools in place to reduce costs on office supplies and print. Offerings include many green initiatives, charity donations and a friendly team of professionals.
@vobes Met Richard Vobes a few times. He always has time to say hello via a tweet and check you’re OK. He has a very interesting and sometime humorous podcast.
@funkyinteriors Online resource for all things funky for your home, even down to funky toilet paper!
@artistsmakers Runs various empty shop projects and has built a great community spirit locally to me.
@therubbishdiet She inspires others to reduce their waste. She is hoping to turn her blog into a book, very friendly and enjoy her tweets.
@bullyinguk An inspirational bunch of peoples that stop bullying at work, home, school, or on the Internet, and one of my favourites and early finds.
@deandonaldson world-renowned digital conspirator, Dean Donaldson is the Director of Digital Experience and responsible for Eyeblaster’s global evangelism.
@broadbandgenie Interviews, buzz and rants all about broadband, they have various article on my site about broadband.
@BetterLifeCycle This man is cycling from London to Cape Town for charity. One man. One Year. One Great Idea. Please support him.
@glennhilton He is passionate about social media, technology, authenticity, and everything that’s good, a true professional twitter user.
Some of the individuals on this list are not necessarily the biggest or even corporate users; however, they interact and offer useful information.
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This post is a Blogger on January 23, 2010
What a wonderful surprise to wake up to on a cold grey Monday morning. Thank you so much for the mention. I love Twitter but I confess I did find it tricky to get into at the beginning. One of the hardest things was trying to find the right balance between enjoying the social conversation and promoting waste reduction links and tips. I also find it difficult to use it everyday due to the time available. But that doesn’t matter as whenever I log in there’s normally an online friend to say hello to and my tips are there whenever anyone checks out my profile. This is a great post and I look forward to more of your tweets
Some Tips For Reducing Waste In The Home In Under 10 Minutes From The Rubbish Diet Blog