We’ve previously talked about the follow & be followed necessities of Twitter because the tool is useless unless you use it socially but does that mean you need to follow everyone who follows you?
Let’s face it, if you followed every conversation on Twitter, you’d never get any work done and let’s also face the facts about some of the reasons people using Twitter.
- Some Twitterers just want to talk about what they ate for breakfast
- A good number of Twitterers just want to sell you stuff
- Some of them Tweeps just make a whole lotta white internet noise
But there are also some very interesting conversations happening and hot topics being discussed and where else could you personally connect with gurus in technology and media? This virtual water cooler can be very beneficial in many different ways!
So, how do you know who you should follow on Twitter?
When you get an invite, consider this:
- What is on the URL they’ve linked to in their profile?
- How many followers have they got and do they follow?
- Is there anything of value in their last ten tweets.
That last one is a biggie. Twitter, as a social marketing tool can be great for many things including getting valuable information. If you see a bunch of spammy links, don’t waste your time. If you see nothing but gibberish, you probably haven’t got time for that either. And another famous futile attempt is the stream of TinyURL’s that don’t have any accompanying text to tell you why you should click.
You don’t have to have a huge amount in common with everyone on your follow list but if you are a little bit selective about who you choose to follow you’ll definitely get more out of this very popular social media tool.
Have a most outstanding day.
Sean RasmussenAussie Internet Marketing
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