7 Tweet Secrets for Greater Flow
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 8:03PM
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I met my boyfriend on Twitter...
Twitter is a magical place with unlimited possibilities. I've been active on Twitter for 3 years, 5 months and 28 days (to be precise). I've met so many amazing and inspiring people. Since then, I have seen some massive changes. Three years ago it was a much smaller community. There was a much more supportive atmosphere where people concentrated on quality of followers and not quantity. I wrote a lot more about this topic in The Power of Influence. In fact, Twitter was the reason that Wiley came to me to write a book on social media in the first place. I unleashed my tweet flow and landed a book deal, a boyfriend and a blossoming business all thanks to the Twitterverse!
Early on I cracked a code to attracting a targeted list of followers to maintain influence and authentic audience retention. It's called Tweet Adder and I run the software daily searching for people and targeted key words. If you're looking for a cost effective way to manage your Twitter promotion and management then this will be a great tool to collect for your business.
**Please note: Software like TweetAdder can only really work when used in conjunction with an authentic social media strategy. No one likes a spammer, a bot or emotionless automated messages or tweets. It is, however, a cool tool to find like-minded people.
Today I thought I'd suggest 7 Tweet Secrets for Greater Flow so you can start to make magic happen in your own tweet stream...
1. The key is connection. Remember that there are real people out there that are looking to make authentic friendships with you. Ensure that your attitude is open to the possibility of forming real friendships. When I first tweeted with @VPSEAN I had no idea that this guy on the other side of the planet would end up being the love of my life.
2. Be yourself. Just be you. Share your interests, your dreams, your observations and your view on life. Being you is a true gift that you can share with the world with your own authentic voice. Tweet from your heart.
3. Ask questions. Asking questions is the best way to strike up a conversation with someone. Imagine you were standing by yourself in a crowded room at a party. Joining the party is about asking questions to break the ice and start the conversation flowing.
4. Don't be paranoid. Only a small percentage of people out there are perverts, stalkers, identity thieves or serial killers. Don't allow yourself to live in fear that your tweets might attract the attention of weirdos. They're out there, but fear only attracts fear... so live fearlessly! Note: Do be sensible about information about your children. Don't ever give out their real names, schools etc.
5. Keep a list of your favourite people. If you have a lot of followers or are following a lot of people then make lists of people you are interested in keeping up to date with. Twitter allows you to make the lists private so you can create a hot girls list or cute boys list without them knowing. Or you could become a celebrity stalker.
6. You can't please everyone. Being a people pleaser is a pain in the butt. If I answered every single time a person tweeted me then I'd go bananas. Seriously bananas. Realise that you can't please everyone. However, try to respond as much as you can to the people you do know. Never feel bad if you miss the appropriate window of time to respond. If the tweet is older than three days...forget it. Our attention spans have evolved to be shorter for a reason. It's time to be more present and surrendered!
7. Celebrate and share awesome content. When you read something cool then re-tweet it, share the love or link to it in your blog. Supporting the work of others is so important. True success is celebrating the success of others when them.
8. (BONUS) Follow Friday or #FF or #FollowFriday is annoying. This is seriously outdated and cluttering the tweet stream. Ensure that you give compliments or express appreciation to others, but a tweet with 8 twitter handles saying 'Follow Friday' is not effective what-so-ever. Thanks, The Management.
I hope this helps inspire your tweet flow!
Until next time,
Love Sarah xox
