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<\/center>This article isn’t intented for the sensitive or those not interested in improving their Twitter image.<\/strong>. Yes, let’s lay the cards on the table right from the start. However, if you have a sense of humor and now and then a bit of self-assessment this article is harmless and very useful (maybe even entertaining).<\/p>\nBefore starting I’m borrowing the words of the professed Jeff Bullas<\/a>, a true social media “guru\u201d<\/strong>, who by the way doesn’t refer to himself as a \u201cguru\u201d. And thank God for that because it’s a (1-) mistake in Twitter or any other social media platform<\/strong> to refer to yourself as a \u201cguru\u201d. Even worse if you write in third person<\/strong> since it sounds like the preface of a late national hero’s biography.<\/p>\n As we pointed out before it’s important to avoid refering to yourself as a \u201cguru\u201d<\/strong> or to do so in the third person as if you were a national hero. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n This one’s very good, at least he admits it:<\/p>\n This point is self-explanatory. In our previous articles<\/a> we’ve already talked about this, even in Facebook and even more in Twitter you need to leave aside the excessive ambition of trying to sell services, don’t try to turn your followers into buyers or subscribers.<\/strong> It’s just not the place for that. You can do it occasionally but only occasionally. Otherwise, a profile that does little more than repeat once and again how great the person is, what great things he\/she does or has, creates no rapport, much less dialogue or engagement.<\/strong> People choose a product or service not only because of the product or service itself but because of the brand’s experience, the professional, the agency, everything. Whoever sees your profile and reads your biography already knows you are the best at: \u201cmaking money in only 3 days\u201d. Repeting it on your timeline would be like listening over and over to \u201cDivinyls – I Touch Myself\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n There are different types of \u201cSerial Tweeters\u201d:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Neither extreme is good. You need to tweet: we already know not to tweet too much. Nor too little.<\/strong> In order to build an audience you need to be there, participate, share, keep your timeline updated, chat, etc.<\/strong> Leaving shyness aside doesn’t only apply to publishing tweets but also to have the courage to take the first step and follow other people. At the beginning it will be up to youto propel your profile and in order to do that you need to start cathing people’s attention so they need to know you exist which translates to “follow…”. Now, if your profile is professional and you wish to create a community that truly connects yuo with people with the same interests as you who can contribute to something valuable in the future then you shouldn’t become a “serial follower”, you need to have a filter and know who to add. Use keywords such as “smm”, “marketing”, if that’s your niche. Use tools such as JustUnfollow<\/a> that allows you to find high profile people and next you’ll be able to know who’s following you, who stopped and useful information that will come in handy to make your profile better.4 Commandments<\/strong> according to Jeff to avoid losing followers in 140 characters<\/strong> (some have achieved this in less):<\/h3>\n
\n1- Think<\/strong> before writing
\n2- Use common sense<\/strong>
\n3- Don’t drink<\/strong> while you tweet
\n4- Don’t write a tweet if you are angry<\/strong>
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\nNow we’re ready, let’s get going!!<\/p>\n1- Twitter’s Bio:<\/h2>\n
\nYou are not a machine so as to list your \u201cfunctionalities\u201d<\/strong> therefore try to be as human as possible<\/strong> and use keywords or words that help you connect with the audience of your choice and let others see your personality<\/strong>. People want to know who you are (we’re curious).
\nIt takes you less than 20 seconds to quickly scan your profile,<\/em> so don’t miss this chance!<\/p>\n![\"revrun](\"https:\/\/postcron.com\/es\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/revrun-not-a-good-bio.jpg\")
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<\/center>With all due respect… Unless you really have an egg for a face or you think you do (let’s hope not) please try to avoid having Twitter’s default avatar<\/strong>. To do so would mean to automatically lose the trust<\/strong> of whoever looks at your profile and in thousandths of seconds has to decide whether to follow you or not. Meaning: you think of yourself as a guru but have an egg for a profile picture? What? You proclaim to be and do this and that but you have the picture of an egg? If so what you say can’t be trusted. If you don’t have a professional picture look for one<\/strong> that meets the following requirements:<\/p>\n\n
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\nTake a look at this LINK<\/a> to see the dimensions and weight your picture should have.<\/strong>
\n <\/p>\n3- Welcome messages.<\/h2>\n
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<\/center>The mistake itself isn’t to fail to send a personalized message thanking you for being one more follower<\/strong> but wanting to greet, sell, promise you’ll become a millionaire, that you’ll get 100.000 fans if you click on a link and many more incredible things in only 140 characters<\/strong>. When you see a message like that you wonder why the hell have I decided to follow this person in the first place. If this is any indication of the rest of his\/her tweets will they all be offers and self-praise? And you lose a follower. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n4-Too good to be true: excessive self promotion.<\/h2>\n
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<\/center>Maybe there are community managers that want to listen to it<\/strong>, so here’s the link<\/a>.<\/p>\n5- Tweeting too much:<\/h2>\n
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\nIn the last article<\/a> we reviewed how to come up with a viral tweet and there are statistics that show most people share content that: makes them look smarter, more humanitarian, that improve their image and also contribute something useful and entertaining<\/strong>. Following those parameters, try to emulate this behaviour!<\/strong> \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n\n
6-Well, ok, there’s no need to be shy either<\/h2>\n
\nTake a look at the times that bring the best results and take advantage of this to program your uploads tidily and daily. I work for program tweets<\/a>. If you use these tools responsibly and carefully you can make your community grow while avoiding the absence or excess of communication<\/strong> or a robot’s automation (which is true but try and pretend).-<\/p>\n6.1-<\/h2>\n
\n <\/p>\n7- Hashtags: #useitwithtemperance.<\/h2>\n