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How to tweet, according to the Twitter elite

Posted Oct 4th, 2009 at 1:06 PM and seen 10455 times

How to master Twitter.

Blogger Gregory Ferenstein recently collected Twitter tips from some of the most popular tweeters who attended the 140 Conference.

He discovered:

1. Tweeting is a full-time job.

2. Promote others more than you promote yourself.

3. Be genuine.

4. Thank every retweet and reply—and consider direct messaging instead of replying or creating a separate account for replies.

5. Don't buy into the idea that you need fancy software.

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by @noelleee

 Noelle Chun

Comments (11)

Oct 05, 2009
Bilal Jaffery said...
Sad, I have never seen you retweet others on Twitter.
Oct 05, 2009
Jim Turner said...
Not everyone can be @Genuine. That would be crowded.
Oct 05, 2009
Mark Milke said...
Now I have a question I must ask: why isn't Guy Kawasaki retweeing others and using a separate account for replies?
Oct 05, 2009
susiewee said...
Guy does have a separate account for replies.
Oct 05, 2009
Andrea said...
I agree Mark and Bilal. I love Guy's tweets and retweet regularly but have never been thanked! Not that I'm bothered, I enjoy reading his tweets, but find it interesting.
Oct 05, 2009
@seemasugandh said...
Maybe Guy's a robot... sorry, just saw Surrogate. :-)
He wrote me back once and I promptly picked up 40 followers I then lost within a few days. I found it quite funny-haha.
Soooo thank you Guy Kawasaki... for all your Tweeting tips.
xo
Oct 06, 2009
aikidok said...
Yep Thank for every RT and reply its mostly the key to be followed, even so, u need to tweet just how u feel.. be you
Oct 06, 2009
wes said...
Very practical common sense and greatly appreciated suggestions...not to mentions #s 2-4 being biblical principles too:-) thank and bless you Guy!
Oct 06, 2009
James Avery said...
I think there's a lot to be said for points 2-4, but if tweeting is a full time job, how does one earn a living, without tweeting about how to get 400 followers each day, get your teeth whitened or make a fortune online? All of these are very fast ways to get yourself unfollowed, so I think there has to be some balance here between social notworking, sorry networking and actually doing some proper work!
Oct 07, 2009
Sara Herring said...
Have to agree with Avery, how do you earn a living if you only tweet (earnestly and without spamming) all the time?
Oct 07, 2009
Georgina Ryan said...
I too have had a reply from Guy or his assistant or who ever but they responded!

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