Basic Twitter Tips
// April 21st, 2010 // No Comments » // Social Media
I am launching my new site Pouregon.com on May 1st. While I am looking over websites and Twitter accounts of wine, beer, and coffee shops I see tiny mistakes that take a moment rectify.
The bio is there to tell who you are and how to contact you. I see it over and over. @CompanyX tweeting for you to come down for their special but no website link, just their funky username, and no way to find them. People forget that websites and social media are not just for your current fans but to help new people find you; make it easy.
Your Twitter account should have a username, which is your @XXXXXX, and your profile name, which instead of your business name, I believe it should be your field. For @MikeCanDoIt, my profile name is Portland Real Estate. My follower count has surpassed others who may be more influential than me but I am easier to find. On @Pouregon, my profile name is Oregon Wine and Beer. If you Google “Oregon Wine and Beer” Pouregon’s twitter account lands anywhere from #1 to #7. Twitter is powerful, use it.
But remember followers aren’t everything. Keep that in the back of your mind. Some people will be influenced by the number you have but after a while many understand it doesn’t mean a lot. But the more you have there is more potential to connect.
Make sure your name is capitalized in the right places. My website mikecandoit.com had one marketer call me looking for Mr. Candoit (candwa). One Twitter it is MikeCanDoIt. I convinced on lady that I saw her non-capitalized name as CindysHair not CindyShair, and that was the most gentle mistake I have made reading usernames
