5 handy tips for those who are new to Twitter

1. Top 5 tips
for new twitter users

2. Set the scene
Make your Twitter profile look good.
No one wants to follow an egg on the standard basic sky
blue Twitter background.
Go to ‘settings’ and ‘profile’ to add a profile picture and
your name, location, website and bio.
Go to ‘settings’ and ‘design’ to change that boring old
Twitter background and inject some personality into your
page.

3. Don’t fall into the celeb trap
Celebrities very rarely follow back.
This can leave you with a poor follow back ratio
which isn’t going to help your Twitter ranking in the initial
stages of setting your account up.
If you are dying to know what Lady Gaga has been up to
just search for her in Twitter and you can see her posts.
You can see most people’s Twitter posts without
following them first, unless they have a padlock symbol
which means they have protected their tweets.

4. Tell your friends
Start by following your friends and acquaintances that are
already on Twitter.
You can tweet your friends and tell them you are new to
Twitter and ask if they wouldn’t mind following you back.
Following someone you don’t know when you have no
followers could make you look like a Twitter nobody, or
even worse they could think you are:
A SPAMMER!!!

5. Start to spread your twitter wings
Once you have established that your Twitter account is
worthy of some follow backs move onto following the
people you don’t know, but would like to get to know.
Use the search bar in Twitter to look for people who share
your interests.
Use the gear icon to access advanced search to refine
your targeting even further.

6. Interact
Don’t be afraid to start a conversation, after all, Twitter is a
social networking site and most Twitter users (with one or
two exceptions) are friendly sociable people!
When someone you like follows you say thanks!
If someone says something funny or something you agree
with reply or retweet it.
If someone is spamming or saying things that are
inappropriate report or block them.

7. The results
If you keep doing this before
you know it you will have lots of
new followers and you will find
that Twitter is a
great place to be!