
Since attending the Future of Social Media Conference last month - I am a converted 'tweeter' or 'twitterer' - whichever you prefer. Since joining in, there are a few things that I have picked up:
Be selective with who you follow, and you will be updated with the exact news, opinions and cool stuff that you want to be - with no need to search for it. And its all in one place.
Don’t waffle - well you cant you only have 140 characters! Welcome to micro-blogging! Get to the point and thoughtfully share comments, opinions and links. Use ‘tinyurl’ your shorten your links.
Mobile apps - I found Twitteriffic to be a great free iPhone app that allows you to update on the move.
‘Retweet’ - seen a tweet that you love? Re-post it on your profile, but be sure to credit the original in your tweet.
Don’t use it for boring status updates - like what you are having for dinner etc - this is not Facebook.
Celebrities - Stephen Fry is still the most followed person on twitter - over 195,000 now. There is nothing groundbreaking in his tweets, they are simply entertaining, and give you and insight into his life - meanwhile raising his public profile. And why not.
Corporate Tweets - More and more companies are creating profiles, I think its a good thing, the audience after all select which brands they choose to follow, they are in control.
I read in Marketing magazine last week that Twitter is looking into how they can start charging for corporate accounts - no doubt the first of many tactics in the development of the revenue model.
I just set up the PlaygroupTweet where we’ll post our best blogs, and cool things the Playmates spot in the industry.
If you want to be one of the first followers - you can find us here:
http://twitter.com/PlaygroupTweet
Clare
http://twitter.com/claredeans