Cultivating New Connections on Twitter With or Without Auto Direct Messages

“Hi! Thanks for following me! I’m glad to meet you! Find me on Facebook!” Sound familiar? It’s an Auto DM. We’ve all gotten them. Love them or hate them, they’re here to stay. There are myriad free and easy programs out there that will send automatic direct messages on your behalf whenever someone follows you. [...]

Charming Your Audience: Tips for Writing High-Quality, Professional, Tweets or Facebook Updates

Twitter and Facebook, with their millions of users, generate quite a lot of noise. Not everyone is on these sites to attract customers and clients. Some people are there to keep in touch with family and friends, keep tabs on their favorite celebrities, or just stay current with popular culture and trends. One of the [...]

Clean Up Your Twitter Bio! – Working Magic with 160 Characters

It is a paltry 160 characters, but your Twitter bio is one of the most important aspects of your Twitter profile. More often than not it is the first thing a potential follower will notice about your profile. If it’s uninteresting, they won’t bother to read your tweets, and definitely won’t follow you. What are [...]

Do You Tweet Like a Spammer? Social Media Mistakes You Should Never Make on Twitter

I’ve been on Twitter for a good long while, four (internet) years. In that time I’ve seen well-intentioned habits turn into big mistakes. They begin innocently enough, common courtesies, but Twitter’s not a small community any more. Now that Twitter is all grown up it’s time for everyone behave like adults. I’ve also seen self-styled [...]