Twitter Etiquette & List of Recommended Tools
Tue, Nov 3, 2009
Twitter is a social media site unlike any other. You can meet people from all over the world that you did not know, but who may have similar interest.
Twitter is a place to get to know people, share information and help one another. It is about creating value & education. It is not about selling your stuff.
If you consistently advertise or send people to lead capture pages then do not expect to attract quality people. In fact most of us on Twitter call these people spammers. Just remember that no one wants to be SOLD all the time. It is called Social Media for a reason.
Think of Twitter and social media as if you were at a party. What would you do, say, or act? I hope you would ask people questions about what they like, about their job or what is important to them ? Family, friends, hobbies, movies & more.
Twitter is truly an amazing place to learn and make new friends, but it can be a little overwhelming if you are new. I found some great tools to save you time & help you on Twitter.
There are over 250 Twitter tools and applications, so I decided to save you countless hours learning about all the different tools and share some that have been a big help for me in my video & list below.
List of Recommended Twitter Tools
Free backgrounds for your Twitter page.
Schedule tweets, Automate welcome messages, Automate to follow and unfollow others.
Form groups, shrink tweets & URL’s, Facebook status updates & much more.
Automatically follow people with similar interest by keyword search.
Find your Target market by category or location.
Allows you to schedule RSS feed for content from your favorite sites, RT your favorite people and either schedule specific time or add to rolling schedule. Definitely check it out !
(Click the image to get a better look a the features.)
(Click the image to get a better look at the features.)
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Tags: Social Media Marketing, Twitter
Great post and great site! Following you on twitter has helped me learn a lot about it! I’m still a rookie though.
Thank you Stacy for the information.
Great info as always!!! You have helped me so much! Thanks and Happy New Year!!!
I am still learning new things about twitter everyday. Thanks for sharing the TweetMiner. I know that is going to save me some serious time.
I appreciate the feedback and comments ! : – )
From Twitter(katenasser):
Good post. I agree completely that tweets that mostly lead to squeeze pages etc… do not attract quality followers.
I add the following etiquette tips to this discussion:
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a)If you disagree, do it in a respectful way. Every tweet you publish on Twitter can end up in a Google search. Once published, never forgotten.
b)When you view a URL via Twitter and don’t really like it, do not send a reply to the poster “Did you read this URL before you posted it?” This is rude. If you want to show your disagreement, Tweet a specific reply on how you disagree or why you don’t like it.
c)The “bio” field on your Twitter page as well as your tweets help people decide whether to follow you. One man labeled himself as a curmudgeon and then began to make sarcastic remarks about my posts. I blocked him.
d)Remember to do “thank yous” to those who retweet your tweets and list you in #FollowFriday and other generous acts.
e)There is a big debate over whether you must follow everyone who follows you. I vote “no”. Following is based on interest in what is tweeted. You certainly can follow everyone that follows you if that is what you want. Yet there is no obligation. I follow many not all.
Kate Nasser
I need to know how to Twitter
Hi Eldon,
Are you already on Twitter and need to learn how to use it? Or are you trying to create a Twitter account? I can give you tips. You are welcome to email me. My website has a contact field at the upper right.
Happy to help.
Kate Nasser
Thank you for the useful summary of Twitter tools. You might want to add to your summary by pointing out that though some of these tools are free, some (like Twollo) are not, and some (Tweetlater, which is now called Social Oomph) have free and paid options.
Thanks for all the tips and information for those of us in need of honest help and good ethics!!! You are an inspiration to keep on going.
I love the video. Except for the picture above the head, of course.
Congratulations on getting the Flip Cam — it’s an incredible tool, isn’t it?
We’re all learning together. Hey, BTW, are you in Irvine?
Excellent info, Stacy, especially for those of use who love and use Twitter, but are still investigating and deciding on which Twitter clients to use.
I do feel overwhelmed @ times but your info sure helps…I’m beginning to get the hang of it!. Thanks for the helpful info. I’ll catch on…eventually
I just came upon your site via a RT from @AskAaronLee. Your site is wonderful! Not only is it a clean and lovely design, but you give real quality information here. LOVE when I find a new resource like this! Bonus–I found a few new Twitter tools that I am going to put to good use.
Thank you and keep up the great work!
Thank you all for all the recent comments! Sarah, I really appreciate the nice compliments. I am happy that you have found value here and I am always here to help & exchange ideas
Have you ever considered adding more videos to your blog posts to keep the readers more entertained? I mean I just read through the entire article of yours and it was quite good but since I’m more of a visual learner,I found that to be more helpful well let me know how it turns out!
Great sight and very good advice Stacy.
I’m glad I found your blog and I’ll be checking out these tools as well as a few others as it’s nice to get some help through the maize of options out there.
If Twitter has a problem it’s that it’s almost too successful and that brings far too many choices to what is an already constantly changing environment.
Just keep up the good work and I’m sure that you will be well loved by all your followers for the wonderful help you provide.
Frank,
Your comments are so kind. You have really made my day. Thank you. Thank you. Please feel free to reach out to me anytime. I am here to help and exchange ideas.
Stacy
Andrew,
Thank you for the feedback. I agree with you about video. It is the way of the future. I am also a visual learner which is why I have been working to put more video’s with my articles. I actually have one for this article and it somehow went missing from youtube? I will get it back up. Thanks.
Stacy
Thanks for the great article especially for some of us new to the tweet-world.