Do you have a twitter account? If you have, what did you usually update in your profile? Twitter has been considered as one of the free micro-blogging service that let any twitter users to disseminate and at the same time read some of the twitter user’s updates. Since the existence of twitter in the world of the internet, it became one of the famous micro-blogging services. However, I have noticed that some of the twitter users are taking advantage of its friendly usage. And I admit, I can consider myself as one of them. If you were one of them, you should have to take into account these dos and don’ts of twitter that I had read, before someone will call you a spammer.

The don’ts

• Don’t keep on talking about your recent company.

• Don’t use bad words when updating your status, readers may find it rude.

• Don’t try to put everything about you which sounds unnecessary.
• Don’t just post a link about your website; this would really sound like spamming.
• If you were just a new twitter user, don’t get rush in following various people when many of them are not following you. Again, this would only show that you were spamming.
• And lastly, don’t ignore those followers who were following you and don’t just ignore their direct messages. If possible respond to them, this would be one of the best ways to build their trust on you.

The dos

• If you already sign up for your twitter account make sure you have a genuine avatar. This would let the other twitter users to easily determine you.
• If you were working in a prestigious company and somebody mentioned your company in their twitter updates follow them and send them a direct message as your compliments.
• If you have a blog, news and among others put it to your twitter update but minimize its usage.
• Put a least one twitter status update a day; don’t post a link in every minute of the day. This could be considered as spamming.
• Think twice before posting your tweets, not clear tweets would end up into a mess.
• And lastly, just enjoy tweeting by following of course its dos and don’ts.

How to use it is a good question that needs a quick answer. There are lots of social networking sites such as Facebook, Friendster, Multiply, Myspace and microblogging sites like Twitter and Plurk. We all know that sometimes we can’t access all sites that we join because of unavailability of time. That is why I found out this site, a very informative tool that can makes me access faster, at the same time helps me monitor my updates. I am talking about Hellotxt, “In just one click and you’re done”. If you’re not familiar with Hellotxt, why don’t you try it here. You can checkout my profile Janlac’s Hellotxt.

Hellotxt is also microblogging site looks the same with Ping.com.

Social networking sites that are available at Hellotxt include:
* Twitter   * Facebook   * MySpace   * Friendfeed  * Plaxo  * Jaiku   * Blinko   * Bebo   * Linkedin   * Hi5   * Tumblr   * Plurk   * Utterli   * Flickr   * Blip.pl   * Numpa  * Socialmedian  *ETC…

Twitter is one of the popular micro blogging and instant messaging service. It is also known as a social media or social networking site which will give you benefits in these ways:

1. Improve your business tactics and strategy.

2. Locate for new opportunities.

3. Build an industry relationship to other people.

4. It will affect both offline and online media.

It was a good suggestion that the higher the organization you have, the more Twitter is important to you by using blogging and messaging method.

Here are the Effects of Twitter:

• Connections: You can get friends, feedbacks and interesting topics. My Twitter Profile

• Awareness: It will increase your expertise and effectiveness in networking.

• Opportunity: I found this local internet conference.

It is really great.

Twitter Success

Formula = Share information + reach out nicely

1. Seed: Searching for a group of people to get a followers at the same time earn new friends.

2. Talk: Talk to them in a nice sociable and very interesting way. Providing informative ideas, much better.

3. Contribute: Share informations, links to your blogs or news blogs.

4. Network: Earn friends, avoid Spamming.

5. Reciprocate: Check some of your followers at the same time follow that person who follows you.

Please let me know your feedbacks about twitter.

A businessman in Vouncover is recommending Twitter as one of the best online social networking tools just like Facebook and other social media sites.

Tech entrepreneur Stephen Jagger said many businessmen are now saying that Twitter really helps their small and large businesses grow. Had they not discover Twitter they would not also increased readership and business clients.

Jagger, owner of www.reachd.com also said Twitter now is being shared by more than three million users worldwide and the number is counting every day. It even surprises a lot of online entrepreneurs because of its unprecedented rise to stardom in social media networking circles.

He advised businessmen to try the power of Twitter in networking a lot of prospects and clients or else they will be left behind in today’s fast pace business competitions. “They will be left behind if they don’t also try using online social media in their respective businesses.”

Twitter is a micro blogging with its members only ask to answer a simple question of “What are you doing? They will have to answer only 140 characters or less. Twitter calls this micro-blogging or Tweets symbolized by a small bird silhouette on its homepage. Although it’s only made up few lines but it became a phenomenon in the online world with memberships already reached more than two million people.

With his Twitter account, Jagger has 239 followers and he is likewise followed by 179 followers. If you will add this to his 941 friends in Facebook he will have an instant connection and online contacts of 1,100 to do business with every day online. He said the beauty of this is that if he would update his Twitter, at the same time his Facebook is also updated.

Jagger maintains that the best idea here is to let people know what you can offer as well as also know what they can also offer.

Source:http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=62e01b7f-ac0c-490c-82f4-e70710a0a04f

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