1. Watch what you tweet, they are readily available to the world. You may believe that
stupid or raunchy gossip you laid down will get swallowed up, but believe me, it could be easily discovered
by anybody searching the web.

2. If you plan to be off Twitter for a time period, be sure your last tweet was
a good one. That tweet is what people will see when they check you out to see if you’re
worthy of following. What you had for lunch is not going to cut it.

3. Don’t rush right in and follow 2000 people. When people go to check you out
and see you’re following numerous people and barely anyone is following you, they will be
suspicious you’re a bot. Take your time developing a following and give your potential
followers a chance to follow you back and even out your numbers a little.

4. For that matter, have more than 1 or 2 tweets under your belt before you begin
Racing after followers. If you don’t know what to say, retweet (RT) someone else’s
excellent tweet, and/or @reply to others’ tweets.

5. If you suspect you are not picking up all your replies (like perhaps someone forgot to
put the @ in front of your Twitter name), use the search function to locate these lost
tweets. Simply click on the search function and put your Twitter name in.

6. Use hashtags in your tweets so others with an interest in that same thing will
find you. For instance, using #bowling in your tweet will ensure your tweet will be found
by those interested in and searching for bowling. The more eyes that see your tweet, the
better, right?

7. Don’t send blanket promotional DMs unless you want people to un-follow you
and consider you a spammer. That is not what the DM function is for. DMs are reserved
for talking personally, yet privately with someone.

8. You may have a reason for locking your Twitter stream, but if you’re using
Twitter for business exposure, don’t do it. It’s much harder to get followers and let’s face
it, you want followers.

9. Don’t forget to promote your Twitter usage on your blog. Cross promotion is
a good thing. You let your blog readers know you’re on Twitter, and you let your Twitter
followers know your blog address.

10. Stay active on Twitter. If potential followers or current followers visit your
Twitter page, they’re going to form some negative opinions as to why you haven’t tweeted
in three weeks. Maybe you’re just messing around, maybe you’re not real serious about
your so-called business, maybe you have a hard time sticking with something, maybe
your business has gone belly up? Get on there several times every day during the work
week.