25 twitter do's & dont's

25 DO’S & DONT’S FOR

DON’T…

DON’T…Complain about work.

DON’T…Tweet about religion.

DON’T…Tweet about politics.

DON’T…Be afraid to express your

opinions.

DON’T…Be too personal or negative.

DON’T…Repeatedly post the same

link or tweet.

DON’T…Abuse trending topics or

hashtags.

DON’T…Over sell your own stuff.

DON’T…Over share your own stuff.

DON’T…Post more than one #FF per

Friday.

DON’T…Use corporate rhetoric and

jargon.

DON’T…Exceed five tweets per day.

DON’T…Post a picture you wouldn't

want to see on the front page of the newspaper.

DON’T…Post similar messages over

multiple accounts.

DON’T…Say anything you wouldn’t

say to someone’s face or to a TV camera.

DON’T…Publicly mention and thank everyone who follows you.

DON’T…Follow someone today and

unfollow them tomorrow.

DON’T…Send automated/scheduled

messages and replies.

DON’T…Just post a URL with no

supporting text.

DON’T…Follow more than 25 new

people at once.

DON’T…Follow hundreds of people at once and remove all who

don’t follow you back.

DON’T…Send a canned direct message whenever

someone new follows you or your company.

DON’T…Make your account settings

private.

DON’T…Be guilty of the self-

congratulatory retweet.

DON’T…Forget to reply to mentions.

DO…

DO…Complete your profile.

DO…Add a picture of your face or

company’s logo.

DO…Have a sense of humor and

be funny.

DO…Follow hashtags (#) when

attending events/webinars.

DO…Collect people’s Twitter names just like you do

phone numbers and email addresses.

DO…Create hashtags (#) for your

own events.

DO…Utilize new tools and

resources.

DO…Establish yourself as a thought leader in your

industry.

DO…Follow thought leaders and bloggers in your industry.

DO…Follow people your followers

are following.

DO…Follow people suggested in #FF (Follow Friday) tweets.

DO…Make your Twitter

usernames easy to find.

DO…Make your tweets useful

resources so people need you.

DO…Interact with those people you follow who don’t follow

you back yet.

DO…Use the “Favorites” feature

as a list of testimonials.

DO…Link to your own “stuff” as

well as others.

DO…Direct Message people

instead of sending them an email.

DO…Develop relationships with reporters, bloggers and

other media people through Twitter.

DO…Respond to critics or

negative comments people tweet about you, your company or products.

DO…Use your company account to update customers as well

as prospects.

DO…Be sure to follow back

everyone who follows your Company Account.

DO…Integrate your Twitter efforts

with your other marketing initiatives.

DO…Follow the celebrities you’d want to be friends with, the newspapers you read, the

products you use, the restaurants you eat at, the

designers you wear, and the athletes you root for.

DO…Tweet at your favorite celebs

and people you don't personally know.

DO…Follow @RyanPratt ;)

www.ryan-pratt.com!@ryanpratt

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