Once upon a time, I was scared to get on Twitter. I didn’t really understand the concept and thought it was kind of silly. I’d been on Facebook for a while and understood its value as a way to relive the humiliation of high school all over again, but Twitter seemed pointless.
When I finally bit the bullet, I started out as your garden variety Twitter-lurker and had some fun while trying to market my name. (In hindsight, I probably should have considered the ramifications of naming myself after lunch meat, but that’s neither here nor there.)
I was recently mentioned by a productivity coach as one of his favorite people to follow in his list of 7 Twitter tips. I noticed that his list wasn’t a round number, which compelled me to even it out with 3 of my own Twitter tips:
1. Pepper in a few profanities throughout your tweets. It will give you credibility with the degenerate crowd that hangs out on Twitter after midnight. (You know who you are.)
2. Direct message people at 3am in hopes that they have all DMs set to go to their phones. People love that.
3. Be sure to tweet while drunk. It’s a great way to show off the real you, with the added benefit of culling your following down to manageable numbers.
So, what are YOUR favorite Twitter tips? (facetious or otherwise)
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As usual, your tips are a cut above… I also feel incredibly honored..Thanks Ilene and see you on the 11th…
reply to people with cryptic sexual innuendo to start the rummor mills churning. especially people of the same sex
Love it—What a great way to show off your creativity to a potential client!
That is a brilliant idea Nanette! I like to overuse the word “super.” You can really do it with any borderline Valley-girl speak- OMG, for real, sweet, totally, etc. People totally respect you more when you use these!
it’s even better when you just add super to the other word and make it one new word, like that’s supercool, supersweet, you are supermegaawesome
Personally, I’m a big fan of “fantabulistic.”
So this is what you are doing after I go to bed??
Pretty much.
ok, i can’t seem to ever get away from your blog without a stomach cramp. Another hilarious post. Don’t forget #abnoxiouslylonghashtagsthatnoonecanread … It’s the best way to disguise the fact that you can’t spell.
Anytime you can throw out a That’s what she said joke – do it! And if you can piggyback that with Nanette’s first suggestion, you might actually find a future spouse!
i’ll come back when i can think of more!
Ileenie Weenie, thank you for sharing your fabulous Twitter expertise and bringing me into the fold yesterday. I will closely watch and follow the superfantastic tips here….
@ juliewickert