Hello again friends and fellow Bloggers,
This week was an eye-opener for me, absolutely. I had a
personal twitter account and a business twitter account, for many years, yet I
never truly used either. I’ve learned there are two kinds of people in the
world – people who use twitter, and people that get left out. Due to this
portion of the course, I wanted to learn as much as I could about twitter, and
purchased “The Tao of Twitter” by Mark W. Schaefer, and was enthralled from
page one. A simple read, but literally the basis of how this crazy collection
of 140 characters functions. I have learned a lot, more than I ever thought without
just “diving in”, and know I will continue to learn as I get more familiar with
this service I’ve subscribed to for years.
My business account is:
And although it may have a birthday of 2010, it is being
born as we speak, and I’ve put a ton of work into in the last few days. After consolidating
my scattered business contacts, I have developed a method of reaching all of my
social media places of interest with much less effort than before, and I
understand, with practice, it will get easier.
The profile picture on my account is that of the original
marketing collection, and although my facebook profile changes frequently (we
rotate out pet models with the pet warmer), I’m sure people who are familiar
with us will recognize the product.
Almost immediately upon exploring twitter I managed to get
myself banned, as this account has been nearly 100% idle in the last 6 years
and then suddenly SUPER active. I could verify a few bits of information to
unblock my account and continue. Of course, the following day I was banned
again for a different reason: following too many friends in a single day –
which I thought was impossible. To attempt to get the analytics functioning I
need about 200 followers, and right now I’m at about 170, which is fine, but
still doesn’t beat the 800 I am following.
I completely understand these numbers will be grossly disproportionate at
first, and I can choose to adjust later if I receive more followers
organically, through my entertaining content, or paid advertising, if
necessary. What I did read, however, is
the follows on twitter are generally reciprocated, therefore all the follows I
have organically received, I have also returned.
Otherwise, I have added tweets, contributed to Hashtag
Roundups and games, and “loved” many items in my field of interest – animals.
So far, it seems to be going fine. I’ll let you know as things progress, but I
haven’t burned down any bridges yet; don't worry, though, there's still time.
Thanks for taking the time to read!
Cheers!
JennL.
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