Sep 09
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2 Twitter tips based on observations
Increasingly organisations are utilising Twitter. Sadly, many organisations and especially NZ companies are doing two fundamental things wrong that will stop people following them.
Worse still with the introduction of a myriad of automated Twitter tools that give statistics on users, these fundamental mistakes will make it look like you are a spammer.
Tip 1 – Don’t ask followers to verify themselves.
Do not ask people to verify that they are a real person when they follow you. Captcha tools are annoying and difficult for many people to read. If a spammer follows you this has no effect on your Twitter account.
For me personally using such tools tells me that you can not be bothered to see if I am worth following and you will have an automated process to follow me back.
Take a moment to follow only those Twitter accounts that you are interested in.
Tip 2 – Don’t make your Organisation Tweets Private.
By making your Tweets private to only your followers it gives the impression that you are hiding illegal, immoral or otherwise objectionable material. It also makes it impossible for potential followers to know if you have interesting information so they can follow you or not.
