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If your a loyal reader of my blog or maybe your new to my blog, if you know one thing about me, it’s that I love to have fun with my readers, and I love to share exposure with my readers also. Well, your going to love this one, I decided to kick the fun up a notch and at the same time make it useful for all my readers and Twitter friends. Ready!?
Top 100 Most Helpful Twitter Tips…
I realize that there are a lot of people on Twitter, and we all want to monetize it to it’s best potential and have fun doing it at the same time, and I get a lot of questions asking me, how do I build my followers, so I decided, all my Twitter friends here, were all going to get to put in our most helpful tip.
Here’s How This Works…
Everyone is going to be able to leave a Twitter Tip that has been the most helpful for them so that your followers and their followers can learn more ways to build their Twitter presence and business presence and at the same time gain exposure and even build your followers just for leaving a tip.
All you have to do is simply add your best Twitter Tip and add your First Name and Last name along with your Twitter URL or whichever URL you choose, it’s up to you. For example, here’s how it will look…
Example On How To Post Your Twitter Tip…
“My Twitter Tip is to keep it real and interact, don’t sell, just tell.”
Terrance Charles
http://www.terrancecharles.com/3freegifts.html
And that’s it… As simple as that 
We all have different tips and sharing them here will be really useful and helpful to your followers and other loyal readers that come by and check it all out. I must warn you though, this will be filling up quick with good tips, so you want to make sure you be quick on getting your tip in the comment which will bring you even more exposure to the website of your choice too.
Let’s ROCK and ROLL!
To The TOP,
Terrance Charles
TerranceCharles.Com
Popularity: 25% [?]
Topics: How-To's, Internet Marketing Tips, Online Social Networking, Twitter Internet Marketing | 44 Comments »
9:52 pm on August 31st, 2009
I’m going to start it off. Another Tip is to interact, share and help. It’s not about how much followers you have, but about how targeted your followers are that are interested in what you have to say
Terrance Charles
http://www.twitter.com/TerranceCharles
What is your Twitter Tip?
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10:32 pm on August 31st, 2009
Download and install TweetDeck. Excellent way to sort your followers and interact with them. I don’t even use the Twitter home page anymore. I can use TweetDeck for posting, DM’ing, replying and checking out mine and other followers.
Plus lot more that you can do with it.
Sally Lahm
@SallyLahm
http://www.ddpups.com
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1:12 am on September 1st, 2009
Be real. Be authentic. Bring something to the table because you will find yourself always taking something away from the “Twitter Table” which you can use in your business.
Find useful and helpful products that might be of interest to others. It’s ok if they are affiliate products, but know what they are, stand behind them and offer insights into what other people are doing and what their products and services entail.
I still use the Twitter main page rather than TweetDeck because I am switching between a few systems and locations and it keeps my flow consistent. I’ve utilized Tweet Later to great advantage and also use BudUrl as a link shortener when promoting products or other websites.
Like the line Clint Eastwood made so famous, “Go ahead and make my day.” Well with Twitter there are wonderful opportunities to make the day for many.
Cheryl C. Cigan
http://www.known.com
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1:34 am on September 1st, 2009
Connect with people and stop marketing!
there are enough spammers on twitter already!
people need to stand out and differentiate themselves by connecting with people and actually helping them out before they try to sell them something!
Connect and build relationships. That would be my best advice.
“People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care” pretty much sums it up!
Thanks for the great post Terrance!
Dbk
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1:34 am on September 1st, 2009
My twitter tip is…. Become a master retweeter, everyone loves for one of their tweets to be RT’d. Make someone smile by RT’ing!!!
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3:03 am on September 1st, 2009
Send your own messages. I get my mention stream filled with RT’s of someone elses lists of thank yous. I would never dream of following you if you’re too lazy to write your own tweet. Plus it keeps me from following up on my REAL friends. Bad Twitter Karma.
Lynda Malerstein
http://powerjourneys.com
Feel the Freedom of Letting Go!
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3:17 am on September 1st, 2009
Don’t fall for automated systems that promise to get you “hundreds” of Twitter followers. Think quality, not quantity! Spend a few minutes every day finding people who care about the same things you do, and follow them. Then write tweets that share valuable content of some kind. You’ll have lots of followers in no time!
Terri Z
http://www.twitter.com/TerriZSoloCEO
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3:22 am on September 1st, 2009
Hi Terrance,
Everyone has made excellent points. Very thoughtful and insightful advice.
Here is a couple of tweets I occassionally post to Twitter from my @AJ2000 Twitter account.
Twitter Tip: Manage your Twitter reputation & Tweets well –> Reputation helps boost word of mouth sales & RTs!
and
Those like @TheEllenShow with such a lg diff b/n followers 2 following ratios are the true Twitter Influencers!
and here’s two quick excerpts from my free 21 page PDF report called Twitter Marketing Mindset:
** START OF FIRST EXCERPT **
Credibility is the King Twitter Marketing Mindset Principle
What is credibility?
The simplest definition of credibility, in my opinion, is that it’s how trustworthy and believable other people believe you are. Credibility increases as people’s level of trust and belief in you rises. And more importantly, it’s their perception of you that counts.
This is an important point: No matter how good your intentions are, people will judge you based on your actions and behaviors (and what they think of them). Their final verdict dictates how credible you are.
Your credibility level can range from poor to outstanding. It’s based on the various elements that make up credibility.
I get into more detail on the elements of credibility in my report.
** END OF FIRST EXCERPT **
** START OF SECOND EXCERPT **
Here’s Why Credibility is Important on Twitter
Credibility builds trust.
When people trust you they’ll believe what you have to say. They’ll feel as if they know you. And in most cases they’re going to like you.
Credibility (trust, believability, familiarity, and likeability) has influence on people’s actions and decisions. With the power of influence you’ll be able to persuade people to take the actions that fit in with your conversion goals.
A few examples of conversion goals include getting the email list opt-in, sale of your product, gaining new clients, or purchase of an affiliate product you recommend.
Basically, credibility reduces barriers so that your sales and profits increase.
And if you’re a business or entrepreneur who is marketing on Twitter, then sales and profits are one of your major goals.
** END OF SECOND EXCERPT **
Excellent idea for a blog post Terrance! I’m looking forward to reading what else is posted on here.
Sincerely,
Eric Bonnici B.Sc. B.A.
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4:38 am on September 1st, 2009
Oh boy! Well, I have a few LOL…you know I can’t do anything ‘by the rules’!
1. Be personable and relatable. People take interest to personality and being able to relate to you as a human being.
2. Interact. Hello, SOCIAL Media! Don’t just help people you see asking for it in your stream. Use Twitter search to find people looking for help with something you can assist with. Compliment people. Say hi.
3. RT but RT good stuff, not everything that comes through your stream. Search articles and even Tweets to find good things to Tweet (and RT) that are relative to your readers…great stuff that doesn’t belong to you.
4. Be active. A few minutes a day is great and all but the more time you can send a few Tweets, the more visibility you gain and relationships you build. Remember, this IS part of your business – it’s not a waste of time.
…I could go on LOL but I suppose those would be my topS!
This is fun. Good going TC – getting us involved!
Karen J.
http://www.twitter.com/areak
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6:35 am on September 1st, 2009
Entertain, make people laugh, produce something interesting. And, don’t forget to sell: socializing is fun temporarily, but sooner or later you’ll get tired of it unless your twitter activities also generate a sale here and there.
Additionally, visit your local bookstore, buy a cup of coffee or Chai, and read for an hour in Joel Comm’s book ‘Twitter Power: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time.’ Better yet, buy the book!
Good Luck!
Egbert Sukop
@esukop
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Twitter: SuperAffil
8:09 am on September 1st, 2009
Here’s an advanced marketing tip for those marketing on Twitter: The mindset between your time on Twitter or other social media sites and your mainstream marketing activities is very different – and it’s the same for your followers there. If you try to send people straight from a social media site to a salepage you’ll hit a disconnect.
Instead, entice them with a free gift (of true value) to move your followers onto your onw opt-in list, or write a pre-sell blog post and send them from Twitter to that post, then from the post to a salespage, easing them from one headspace to the other. Just make sure the pre-sell page is helpful information, not just a salespitch for the product – leave that for the salespage and just discuss the problem the product addresses, why it’s a problem and the benefits of solving that problem – then offer them a link to one possible solution.
Hope it helps,
Doug Champigny,
http://advanced-twitter-marketing.com
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8:55 am on September 1st, 2009
Use a Twitter Client – as great as the standard service is, you will quickly end up in a morass of tweets from those you are following.
The internet is full of noise and if all you’re getting is “noise” or static from your Twitter stream, ask yourself what are you doing online with Twitter in the first place.
To connect or waste time (yours and others)?
Clients like Tweetdeck, Hootsuite and Seesmic among others give you the capability to stay in touch with others particularly if you use the follow me, follow you convention many have adopted.
All the best,
Tom
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9:08 am on September 1st, 2009
Don’t be afraid to unfollow.
There is a convention adopted by many on Twitter to build their follower list – follow me/follow you.
This is used by many for different reasons:
#1 They think it’s the done thing and don’t want to offend
#2 They want to create a huge list of followers (to boost their ego)
#3 They want a huge list of followers so they can blast marketing message after marketing message in the hope their shotgun approach will yield results
In reality, having huge numbers of followers coupled with following an equally large number results in a polluted Twitter stream for you and others.
If you find others who are adding no value to your Twitter stream, unfollow them.
Twitter is not just a broadcast mechanism, it’s a community where you can connect with others and a small amount of followers who listen and engage are better than a large amount who do not.
All the best,
Tom
http://twitter.com/JointWinWin
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9:13 am on September 1st, 2009
[...] This post was Twitted by JointWinWin [...]
9:26 am on September 1st, 2009
One Tip
become a person of value to those you follow and those who have chosen to follow you.
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9:38 am on September 1st, 2009
I am in the camp of numbers mean influence… but I have made a decision of everyone that I have followed… all 65,000 of them.
I look for leaders in their field, and I follow their followers.
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11:05 am on September 1st, 2009
I go through the list of people who I am following/follow me and weed out those who have nothing to say except advertising ‘follow me’ sites. What is the point of followers if you aren’t saying anything interesting to them!
I look for other people who are talking about keywords relevant to my business (healthy chocolate!) and send them an open reply tweet.
I am also enjoying using Sokule which is a new paying add-on for Twitter.
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1:16 pm on September 1st, 2009
Socialize!! Twitter is a Social Marketing Platform! A big worldwide cocktail party!! Have fun! If you use Twitter to sell, people will unfollow you so fast! Use Twitter to make friends, a blog to educate and your list to sell your awesome product!!
Take care and God Bless!
Lisa~
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1:50 pm on September 1st, 2009
Be real,unique and original. There are so many people out there duplicating what someone else has done. For instance I have started a hashtag trend called #truewealth. I am doing this so people can learn and define what “true wealth” is and what it means to them. I suggest to think outside the box when you are tweeting and be original. When you separate yourself from the pack, you will stand out and shine above all the rest. You can follow me on twitter @McDonaldBryan
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2:08 pm on September 1st, 2009
Most important tip I consider is, USE A REAL PHOTO of yourself and for those that haven’t put a photo in their profile then do it!
If you’re a business use your company logo. Otherwise you’re just faceless in the sea of twit madness.
REAL PEOPLE follow other REAL PEOPLE. Get REAL and be followed.
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11:57 pm on September 1st, 2009
Be helpful, friendly, approachable, sincere, and accurate. Share lots of resources. 80/20 or 90/10 useful content to promotion.
@ShelHorowitz
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12:52 am on September 2nd, 2009
Twitter is a digital handshake. The same principals and ethics the govern our offline relationships apply.
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12:56 am on September 2nd, 2009
First, I have to say that I agree with alot with what’s been shared thus far.
Be authentic, and bring something of value. Allow your tweets to reflect who you really are.
As far as the numbers go… I feel that it is far more important to have a deep and narrow niche rather than accumulating 1000’s of faceless followers and spammers.
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1:11 am on September 2nd, 2009
#Twitter is Self Cleansing – http://bit.ly/CNfgf
Happy Tweeting
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1:27 am on September 2nd, 2009
Great idea Terrance.
Practice the law of reciprocity (or, the Golden Rule). If real people are following you, that means at some level they’re giving you a precious gift—their attention. The courteous thing to do is give it back, and then some.
Whatever you do, don’t do the Scoble dump, even if you’re able to spin it to make your dump sound magnanimous. Twitter tools make it easy to pay attention to those who are paying attention to you and to screen out the so-called noise.
Trey Pennington
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1:53 am on September 2nd, 2009
Unless you’re a major celebrity, you need to be willing to follow most of your followers back. The Twitter limit makes it too difficult for masses of people to follow you if you choose not to follow back. This will seriously limit your ability to leverage Twitter.
I have several links on my blogs that allow readers to follow me on Twitter. Through my blogs, I’ve gained over 3,000 followers each month!
Joseph Kim, MD, MPH (@DrJosephKim)
http://twitter.com/DrJosephKim
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3:13 am on September 2nd, 2009
Hey Terrance
All of the tips have been Great thus far .I Just remember to always Tweet Value & never forget that this is Social site & so you must engage with people & never allow urself to be to automated. Be genuine,be sincere & be willing to listen ……. Thanks Much Success!
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4:00 am on September 2nd, 2009
My tip: HAVE CONVERSATIONS!
There are way too many people just using Twitter as a spam ad board…that’s too ONE way and people can see straight through it.
Ask questions and reply to other people’s tweets. Make it TWO way so it’s more fun….and people will know you’re REAL.
Stuart Stirling
Here’re My Four Best Free Reports For You
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4:27 am on September 2nd, 2009
Everyone on here has already stated it pretty clearly, but heck, here’s another nail. lol Be real with people. This has been the most amazing place for me personally to meet people I would have never would have met. And it’s not by selling affiliate marketing or whatever happens to be the “Latest thing by Donald Trump” lol.
It’s about showing class when posting stuff and not blasting others. I personally LOVE quotes, I love to RT the one’s I feel worthy and also share what I’ve learned from others.
This is a great way to learn about others, and learn from others. Have fun!!!
Kathleen Schmidt
http://twitter.com/KM_Schmidt
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4:38 am on September 2nd, 2009
Add VALUE to your followers and extract jewels from them. Don’t focus on numbers, focus on your IMPACT.
@BrotherJesse
http://www.twitter.com/BrotherJesse
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4:50 am on September 2nd, 2009
What a great idea Terrance.
Luca Di Nicola
http://www.twitter.com/rsonline
One of my regular Tweets is:
“Ask not what your followers can do for you but what you can do for your followers”
Give quality tweets; share great tips, content, links to great blog posts you’ve read then throw in an affiliate link once in a while.
Important: choose your promotion wisely – if you use it or would use it then it’s good product
Final tip – Retweet Retweet Retweet great tweets
Thanks
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1:03 pm on September 2nd, 2009
Lynne Jarman-Johnson
@LjjSpeaks
My twitter tip is:
Be consistent, Be considerate, Be comedic, Be careful, Be yourself!
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1:18 pm on September 2nd, 2009
My Twitter tip is: Twitter is not a soapbox to preach from or a market place to sell from. Its a social place to network & share valuable tidbits of info and have fun. Give people a good view of the real you.
Vernon Harleston
http://www.thehighroadshow.com
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3:24 pm on September 2nd, 2009
Remember that Twitter is a communication tool to connect with people. Your number of followers doesn’t matter if they don’t care about your content.
Make sure your Tweets are a blend of responding to others, initiating conversations with others, sharing interesting information you don’t profit from, sharing yourself and contributing to the community. After you show that you’re not just out for yourself others will gladly support you.
Twitter streams that only broadcast news about the person or company are ignored. Don’t be that guy or girl. Enjoy the power to connect with tons of great people for personal and professional benefit as well as the pleasure of sharing with your community.
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3:34 pm on September 2nd, 2009
I think it’s important to provide good content, compliment and offer help to other people. Apply principles that allow people to feel good about themselves. If you’ve read Dale Carnegie’s book “How to Win Friends and Influence People”, those principles still apply to today’s social culture. enjoy your blog Terrence.
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8:15 pm on September 2nd, 2009
Be yourself, and be sure to connect with people. Share your stories, don’t just hawk products.
Engage your followers with priceless information.
Be real, and treat everyone with respect.
Life, and not just Twitter, is about relationships, and how we can improve together.
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1:06 am on September 3rd, 2009
So many great tips so far!
Certainly be yourself – as most have already stated.
And YES Twitter is a SOCIAL media, which implies conversation, connection (two way), friendship, and fun. Twitter should be fun.
I have learned a lot from folks on Twitter. Connecting with great people is always an uplifting experience.
Conversation implies give and receive. But the GIVE comes first, and the aim is to give more than you every get back.
Life too is all about giving. — What did you give today?
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2:29 am on September 3rd, 2009
Let your personality shine through. Be Yourself. Let people get to know you. Remember it is SOCIAL media. People want to know YOU not your business or opportunity. That time will come as they get to know you.
Carlton Riddick
http://www.laptoprichesnetwork.com
Twitter: @carltonriddick
Facebook: CarltonRiddick
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4:24 am on September 4th, 2009
Twitter is not only a great place to socialize, but also make money as well. I would recommend using Twollo, which is a Twitter software that connects you with specific individuals and/or businesses who is most likely very interesting in your Tweets.
Where else can you socialize/tweet, meet new friends, connect with potential clients, associate with great businesses, and at the same time make some extra money… TWITTER!
God Bless,
Twitter: JonGall
FaceBook: Jon Gall
Great Info: bit.ly/2zAf4M
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10:00 pm on October 26th, 2009
Nice blog and great post. I love Twitter and use Tweet Automation for my blog hehe, very useful Twitter tool for me. Thanks Terrance
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5:39 am on November 8th, 2009
Build relationships with people across the country and around the world. Share what you learn, lend a hand, tweet positive thoughts, make someone laugh, introduce good friends, share part of yourself. People will be attracted to you.
DebbyBruck
Homeopathy World Community
Creating Waves of Awareness.
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2:04 pm on November 19th, 2009
My tip is that Twitter is a community first. Join the community, get to know some people, and then share your resources. If you force what you have to offer on others, your social marketing will not be effective.
P.S. That’s how I got to know Terrance Charles, and now he is a valuable twitter friend!
Eric Hartz
http://twitter.com/Eric_Hartz
http://www.JointVentureConsultant.com
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Twitter: irishimguy
12:55 pm on December 23rd, 2009
My twitter tip is to make your blog viral using Tweetmeme and retweets in the text of your blog. I have put a little video explaining what I mean. You can see it here http://paulsbonusandreviews.com/2viraltwittertricksvideo
Hope that is helpful.
Paul – IrishIMguy
http://twitter.com/irishIMguy
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9:02 am on February 5th, 2010
Thank you all for sharing your Twitter Tips and I wish you the best in 2010 and beyond, see you around
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