The Biggest Decision with Twitter

It is time to make a big decision that may change the way you use Twitter. The decision is based on quality versus quantity. Do you want a large list of followers? This is helpful for marketing and list building. Do you want a group of highly focused followers that you communicate with regularly? Either way, you probably want to find some people to follow. » Read more: Following and Finding Followers in Twitter

It is important to change your background so it is not the default Twitter page. If you leave it as one of the standard twitter choices you are missing opportunity to set yourself apart from others. Remember that many users still manually look at each person to determine if they will follow back or not. Distinguish yourself from the crowd, attract more followers, and appear professional.

Your background can be packed with a lot of additional information to tell more about you. You can add information that promotes much more than you can add to your bio. » Read more: Twitter Backgrounds

There are really only two basic types of Tweets. Replies (also called @mentions) or retweets.

@Mention or Replies

You can reply to someone’s Tweet simply by putting the @symbol in front of their name. For example, “@HolyWebMaker, your blog is awesome!” This makes the tweet appears in their reply page instead of in the general Tweetstream. This is a great way to start conversations with people and establish relationships. Simply comment on one of their tweets or mention something you read on their blog. Many of the Twitter client applications make this simple. » Read more: Basic Tweet Types