Social Sprite’s Social Media Tip of the
Week
Twitter Connections
I know many of you use Twitter and have
made great friends and fans there. I have, too. But lately I don’t feel like
I’m connecting. It does take time, but I’ve come up with a plan to deepen my
connections in about an hour or two a week and I’d like to share it with you.
ü Figure out the three to five people you’d like to get to know or get
to know better. These can be fans of your work who have reached out or a fellow
creative whose work you admire.
ü Create a private Twitter list of these people’s tweets so you can go
to it and keep up with what they are sharing.
ü Spend ten minutes a day reading through the posts via this list.
Respond to the things they post, jump into a conversation they’re having if
it’s appropriate or just say hello and ask about their day. Treat it like real
life. Do what you’d normally do to build a relationship with someone.
ü Once you feel you’ve become friends with these people (this means
the relationship has moved beyond just Twitter) move them to another private
list of your personal friends. Keep in touch with them still via this list by
visiting it a couple of times of week for about twenty minutes. The time you
spend depends on how many people are in your personal network.
ü Add another person to the “getting to know” list so you always have
three to five people in it and continue the process.
ü Sometimes you may not connect. That’s ok. Let that person’s Twitter
stream be one of the many in your main Twitter feed as before. Things may
change later on.
Enjoy getting to know each better. Stronger
connections mean a better world for all of us.
To connect with Joanne and take advantage of her tips and tricks visit her NWCU profile
Joanne, my adventure didn't really begin until I really started interacting with the twitterverse. I think it is an amazing vehicle that is underestimated by many. It's amazing the relationships that can be built in 140 character or less!
ReplyDeleteTwitter is a great place to build relationships. I have some clients who are completely baffled by it though and lately I'm a little overwhelmed by the flow which led me to come up with this plan.
ReplyDeleteThanks as always to you and Roger for letting me share here and for al you do!