Discuss the fun task of marketing a t-shirt shop. Where to advertise, local marketing tips, word of mouth, press releases, search engine marketing, keyword advertising, magazines, etc.
1) Add value - share interesting or useful info, blogs (others as well as your own) etc
2) Always respond to peoples @ messages
3) Avoid political, religious and other subjects which people will find offencive
4) Big followers - does not mean many listeners - the RTs tell that story
5) Change your BIO regularly
6) Don't expect Twitter to deliver revenue alone, it is only ONE element of the strategy
7) Even an attentive follower won't read all your messages
8) Follow people who are in your field or area of interest
9) Follow the advice of people that have demonstrated competence - not think they know how to...
10) FollowFriday send a message saying why people should follow them
11) Getting followers is not a right its a privilege
12) Give - don't take
13) Have an avatar (picture) of your face or company logo
14) Help promote the dreams of other people, and they may return the favour
15) If someone RT re-Tweets a message - send them a thank you
16) If you are going to auto DM only send a welcome message
17) If you post info of any kind, leave plenty of room for retweeting
18) In marketing messages use appropriate keywords
19) Its not the number of followers but the number of Re-Tweets you get
20) Limit what you automate
21) Make sure your BIO is up to date and human
22) NEVER DM a request to follow you on another social networking site ie FaceBook
23) NEVER DM or tweet a MLM program
24) NEVER DM or tweet a traffic follower program
25) NEVER sign up to any of the Twitter ad services-it undermines your position
26) NEVER tweet when drunk or under the influence
27) Occasionally ask people to RT a post, if you ask every time they wont
28) Only promote your services less than once every 10-20 tweets
29) ONLY use a DM for personal messages or if you must to welcome a follower
30) Open up a bit.ly account for short URLs
31) Please report (@spam) unfollow & Block Twitter Spammers
32) Rerunning tweets occasionally is a good idea
33) Set your wallpaper to promote your message
34) Share thoughts and links from others (RT)
35) Thank people who re-tweet you. Either DM, @ reply, or re-tweet something of theirs
36) Treat followers with respect & courtesy & every now & then thank them
37) Tweet real stuff - highs and lows
38) Tweet regularly - at least 4 times a day
39) Tweet to show you are human
40) Tweet to show you are more than a marketing machine
41) Twitter is not an IM service-keep private discussions short
42) Use a # in front of #keywords - it helps people track useful information
43) Use favourites to save and show brand/product testimonials
44) Use travel time to tweet and read tweets on smartphones
45) Use twitpic or other photo services occasionally
46) Use Twitter to meet up with your new contacts
47) Want more followers? Re-tweet the good stuff you find
48) When you have over 100 friends use Tweetdeck or Seesmic to help you to manage
49) Work on building a relationship-not pushing message to people
50) You don't have to follow everyone, only those of interest
As mentioned in another thread, one big tip for Twitter is that it can be what you make it
Some of the above tips won't be good for some people and they may be perfect for others.
For example, I personally wouldn't recommend:
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5) Change your BIO regularly
I don't really see a need for that.
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16) If you are going to auto DM only send a welcome message
I wouldn't recommend auto-DMs at all. I personally don't think they serve any value to the person receiving it and more often than not they annoy people.
There's no real rulebook when it comes to Twitter.
Our fearless leader raises 2 good but debatable points and is entitled to his opinion.
I believe there are ways to appropriately auto DM those who choose to follow you. Here are a few reasons:
1) If they are following you for the right reasons (to learn more about you and enjoy your tweets) why would they be against a little bit more information about/from you?
2) If they are following you for other reasons (to get you to follow back) they should have no complaints about a little message from you..
3) All DMs are not evil. If they were, Twitter would not have included the feature. But if you message people with only selfish interests, can you expect anything other than complaints?
In fact, in the auto DM service I use, they specifically state when you create your auto DM text that it should not be about you, but rather about the person you are messaging. So, as you continue forth on your path of tweeting and begin to send auto DMs, please keep in mind that they should be useful to the recipient, not just to you.
I don't believe there is anything wrong in, if every time someone follows you they are automatically sent a welcome DM with the message of your choice (in my opinion). Use this at your own risk if you choose to be selfish with your DMs. People like value, give them something they can actually use and they will thank you for it.
As far as changing your bio regularly goes, you don't have to and yes maybe it's not neccessary. I put it in there cos i know of a few people that use them to give tips of the day, funny quotes, interesting facts etc, to great effect. I love visiting to see what todays message is and can be really funny or interesting.
Lets not forget, Twitter gives you a chance to show off your PERSONALITY!!!!!!
Finding funny little ways to do so keeps people smiling, re-tweeting and relationship building and there is nothing wrong with that.
Like Rodney said in his post there is no rulebook, what works for one may not for the other and vice versa but i definitley wouldn't say don't try something. It's diiferent for every sinlge person and only by trial and effor will you find out what works for you and what doesn't.
50 Tips for using Twitter 
