9th Sep 2009
Ten Steps to raising your profile on Twitter

Like much of the digital world, we've been watching very closely the phenomenal growth of Twitter and whilst a proven revenue model is still to be found for the microblogging service, there's no doubt that it has no become a vital tool for the dissemination of information to niche or targeted audiences.

 

It should now be a key tool in an individual or organisation's armoury to not only raise their profile but also to communicate information and key messages to relevant audiences. So, with that in mind we've put together some tips as to how you can use Twitter better both in terms of adding new quality followers but also ensuring that you get heard in the Twitter-sphere.

 

Twitter should not be used for spam- marketing messages can be appropriate if to a select and opted-in audience but in the main, the key value of Twitter to any organisation is having an instant news and information service, whcih can both be proactive and reactive.

 

1. Add a good picture and relevant biog on your Twitter profile that you're happy for people to see.

2. Add your Twitter signature to your email signature and encourage people to follow you

3. Start to follow interesting people

4. ReTweet interesting things from interesting people and organisations

5. Don't tweet for the sake of tweeting

6. Mention people you follow- where appropriate- in your Tweets

7. Check out Twitter applications like http://wefollow.com and http://mrtweet.com for recommendations of relevant and interesting people to follow

8. Aggregate Twitter feeds through http://www.tweetdeck.com

9. Use hash-tags on topical Tweets

10. Monitor trending topics for areas you can react to or ReTweet with your viewpoint