Comments on: Are you being ignored in the Twitter playground? http://www.candocanbe.com/social-media/are-you-being-ignored-in-the-twitter-playground/ Helping small businesses attract the right clients Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:15:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Joy Marsden http://www.candocanbe.com/social-media/are-you-being-ignored-in-the-twitter-playground/comment-page-1/#comment-3793 Joy Marsden Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:41:10 +0000 http://www.candocanbe.com/?p=1673#comment-3793 Thanks for the recommendations, I love the expression putting the 'social' in the social media to make things work....simple but effective! Joy Thanks for the recommendations, I love the expression putting the ‘social’ in the social media to make things work….simple but effective!
Joy

]]> By: Kristine http://www.candocanbe.com/social-media/are-you-being-ignored-in-the-twitter-playground/comment-page-1/#comment-1395 Kristine Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:17:13 +0000 http://www.candocanbe.com/?p=1673#comment-1395 Thanks for the great insight! I think we can all relate at one time or another to being that twitter or kid on the playground. Twitter should be a fun and engaging thing to do! Not I have to do this. Make it fun and make it mean something to you and be about something you are passionate about. People will sense this and follow and RT too! Aloha familyforest http://familyforest.wordpress.com Thanks for the great insight! I think we can all relate at one time or another to being that twitter or kid on the playground.
Twitter should be a fun and engaging thing to do! Not I have to do this.
Make it fun and make it mean something to you and be about something you are passionate about.
People will sense this and follow and RT too!
Aloha
familyforest
http://familyforest.wordpress.com

]]> By: dee blick http://www.candocanbe.com/social-media/are-you-being-ignored-in-the-twitter-playground/comment-page-1/#comment-1394 dee blick Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:33:22 +0000 http://www.candocanbe.com/?p=1673#comment-1394 Personally I think it is a good idea to map out your twitter strategy even if it is on one side of A4 and it will vary depending on the size of your business. For example I am working with a global brand and they are spending some time on this and only allowing nominated employees to tweet on certain subjects. They have to get the tone right and agree what can be put in the twitter domain, what can not. Conversely a small business owner has no such restrictions. But...the power at our fingertips can create an instant result that backfires if we tweet with no prior thought. This is your business, be considered. You are not at the pub with mates! So, thinking about what you want to tweet and what is going to elicit a good response or even non-response is so important. I have recently unfollowed people who thought that poor humour dressed up as a racist joke was ok and using expletives was fine. And don't get me started on spelling mistakes and punctuation!!! Twitter is not a business channel like say Dm when you can be more overt in your intentions. It is a social tool that can be used for business if you can blend disseminating useful messages (tips) with some conversation and blog links plus an overt sales message thrown in. I sell masses of my books through twitter just by referencing my amazon status or retweeting positive messages from readers. However I blend this with lots of tips and woffle on my daily antics with the odd world exclusive on the hens. I also personally reply to everyone who writes to me, especially the readers who write in each day asking me questions about my book This does take time but I eschew auto responders. Imagine you were at a party. You would try and engage in a variety of conversations and would show an interest in the people that interested you. Twitter is not that dissimilar but always press the delete button if you tweet in haste. Don't repent in leisure! Personally I think it is a good idea to map out your twitter strategy even if it is on one side of A4 and it will vary depending on the size of your business. For example I am working with a global brand and they are spending some time on this and only allowing nominated employees to tweet on certain subjects. They have to get the tone right and agree what can be put in the twitter domain, what can not.

Conversely a small business owner has no such restrictions.

But…the power at our fingertips can create an instant result that backfires if we tweet with no prior thought. This is your business, be considered. You are not at the pub with mates!

So, thinking about what you want to tweet and what is going to elicit a good response or even non-response is so important. I have recently unfollowed people who thought that poor humour dressed up as a racist joke was ok and using expletives was fine.

And don’t get me started on spelling mistakes and punctuation!!!

Twitter is not a business channel like say Dm when you can be more overt in your intentions. It is a social tool that can be used for business if you can blend disseminating useful messages (tips) with some conversation and blog links plus an overt sales message thrown in. I sell masses of my books through twitter just by referencing my amazon status or retweeting positive messages from readers. However I blend this with lots of tips and woffle on my daily antics with the odd world exclusive on the hens. I also personally reply to everyone who writes to me, especially the readers who write in each day asking me questions about my book This does take time but I eschew auto responders.

Imagine you were at a party. You would try and engage in a variety of conversations and would show an interest in the people that interested you. Twitter is not that dissimilar but always press the delete button if you tweet in haste. Don’t repent in leisure!

]]> By: Tola http://www.candocanbe.com/social-media/are-you-being-ignored-in-the-twitter-playground/comment-page-1/#comment-1392 Tola Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:25:14 +0000 http://www.candocanbe.com/?p=1673#comment-1392 Hi everyone Confession they say is good for the soul but bad for the reputation. I have had to unfollow several people so I could really enjoy those who I enjoyed following. It was very hard but I have since started enjoying tweeting again. As I can follow tweets without the clutter of just links. It's so important to keep it social or else it becomes a drag. Hi everyone

Confession they say is good for the soul but bad for the reputation. I have had to unfollow several people so I could really enjoy those who I enjoyed following. It was very hard but I have since started enjoying tweeting again. As I can follow tweets without the clutter of just links.

It’s so important to keep it social or else it becomes a drag.

]]> By: Robyn Hatley http://www.candocanbe.com/social-media/are-you-being-ignored-in-the-twitter-playground/comment-page-1/#comment-1391 Robyn Hatley Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:53:21 +0000 http://www.candocanbe.com/?p=1673#comment-1391 Kare, great article as always! The key word is definately "social". And I reckon its the quality of your followers (NOT the quantity) that really make the difference! Kare, great article as always! The key word is definately “social”. And I reckon its the quality of your followers (NOT the quantity) that really make the difference!

]]> By: Karen Skidmore http://www.candocanbe.com/social-media/are-you-being-ignored-in-the-twitter-playground/comment-page-1/#comment-1385 Karen Skidmore Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:56:59 +0000 http://www.candocanbe.com/?p=1673#comment-1385 Charlotte Baker kindly left me this comment on my LinkedIn profile, which I thought would be useful to share here as I hadn't come across this hashtag as yet: Charlotte Baker: Oh there is still so much lurking going on! Any easy way to get into the conversational habit is joining #watercoolermoment organised by @e_nation at 11am every morning. Chatting is what it is all about so you have 'permission' to join in Charlotte Baker kindly left me this comment on my LinkedIn profile, which I thought would be useful to share here as I hadn’t come across this hashtag as yet:

Charlotte Baker: Oh there is still so much lurking going on!
Any easy way to get into the conversational habit is joining #watercoolermoment organised by @e_nation at 11am every morning. Chatting is what it is all about so you have ‘permission’ to join in

]]> By: Karen Skidmore http://www.candocanbe.com/social-media/are-you-being-ignored-in-the-twitter-playground/comment-page-1/#comment-1384 Karen Skidmore Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:42:23 +0000 http://www.candocanbe.com/?p=1673#comment-1384 oops - try that again: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Women-Out-Walking/374437803958?ref=ts oops – try that again:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Women-Out-Walking/374437803958?ref=ts

]]> By: Karen Skidmore http://www.candocanbe.com/social-media/are-you-being-ignored-in-the-twitter-playground/comment-page-1/#comment-1383 Karen Skidmore Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:41:37 +0000 http://www.candocanbe.com/?p=1673#comment-1383 Thanks Anne and I think your Women Out Walking is a great example of how to use a Facebook Page - in fact here is the link for anyone interested http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Women-Out-Walking/374437803958?ref=ts Thanks Anne and I think your Women Out Walking is a great example of how to use a Facebook Page – in fact here is the link for anyone interested http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Women-Out-Walking/374437803958?ref=ts

]]> By: Karen Skidmore http://www.candocanbe.com/social-media/are-you-being-ignored-in-the-twitter-playground/comment-page-1/#comment-1382 Karen Skidmore Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:38:31 +0000 http://www.candocanbe.com/?p=1673#comment-1382 Thanks Claire - that's very lovely of you to say. Thanks Claire – that’s very lovely of you to say.

]]> By: Karen Skidmore http://www.candocanbe.com/social-media/are-you-being-ignored-in-the-twitter-playground/comment-page-1/#comment-1381 Karen Skidmore Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:34:29 +0000 http://www.candocanbe.com/?p=1673#comment-1381 Thanks for stopping by and confessing it was you, Julia :O) Thanks for stopping by and confessing it was you, Julia :O)

]]>