Raúl Ordóñez · @jasp

A quick Introduction to Twitter for Bloggers [english] es una anotación en el blog de Performancing que propone una serie de consejos para los bloggers que no se atreven a dar el paso para comenzar a utilizar twitter:

• Read first. Find interesting people and see how they use the service. Work out the style and flow of the system before wading in.
• Audition new contacts and drop if spammy or noisy, your time is precious
• It is not a popularity contest. While people who follow many contacts tend to have greater number of followers, you want to have a good signal to noise ratio otherwise it becomes unworkable. Follow people who are interesting, not just to rub shoulders with celebrities!
• Just like with a blog, do not launch into connecting with people on Twitter until you have done the preparation work. You need a page full of tweets and the basic profile information before you add anyone. Set all your preferences and fill in your details at least to the level where a casual visitor would know your name, where you are, your blog and a little of what you think.
• When you have shared some interesting thoughts and links go after following people. I follow people I know, have heard of, who reply to me or who others send @ messages to. Eavesdropping on others conversations has given me some of the best people to follow as I can see a taste of what their conversations will be like.
• Do not be upset if someone does not follow you back! People have limited attention to spare so can not follow everyone.
• Post information, links and questions. Post too many links or follow too many people too quickly and you will find yourself banned or at least flagged by Twitter as spam.
• For networking, engage people in conversation. Ask interesting questions and you will get back interesting answers. Do not be afraid to reply to a question posed by someone else. The worst that can happen is they do not reply. Do not always blame the user, the system does drop a lot of messages and people mis-spell names (my name has two r’s and two t’s and people are always spelling it wrong, even people who know me really well!). Stupidly there is no reply function.
• Once you get used to using the web service, try a desktop Twitter client or using your mobile. There are lots of great 3rd party Twitter services that add to the enjoyment too [...]

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