Hey Bobby, sure that’s a valid point… but (you knew I was going to do that right? LOL) there are many people including myself that use automation for articles and RT’s. Not all the time but consider all the platforms and tools out there. For example a favorite of mine is Triberr. Triberr will automatically send out a tweet that you’ve approved. I’ve seen quite a few people use Buffer too. Point is sometimes we DON’T have time to read all the articles out there. I’ll be honest with you, I don’t read all the posts I tweet but,I know my readers/followers will find them interesting. Keep in mind this sort of Carte Blanche is only given to people I trust, therefore as much as I would love to plug in my opinion sometimes I can’t since I have not read the post. Again, this is only one instance when people don’t put in their own 2cents. There are many other reasons, and maybe I’ll list them one day in another post…All valid from a marketing stand point. Thanks for pitching in Bobby!

Hey Lauren, that’s true… however have you considered adding names of people within the post? That will usually get some response, if not a RT especially if you’ve associated the two.

I’ve actually found that Trending Topics are so overcrowded that there’s very little room to get involved! If you click on one of those, the tweets are so numerous and they fly by so quickly that the odds of someone seeing one of yours are rather small.

Hello Mike, absolutely there’s a huge list I could add to using Twitter. But in this post I was focusing more on “mistakes” and what not to do. But since you broached the topic I agree, there’s nothing better than actually having a connection with your followers. Granted you only have 140 characters available to you, but if anything it makes you a better writer…well one that gets to the point. 😉 lol

Another suggestion is, every once in a while I will look at my new followers and randomly choose a few to send out a “welcome to my time line” Tweet. If they respond I add them and follow them… if they don’t well then I just don’t follow them. This has given me the opportunity to keep my follow list clean of bots and people that just don’t communicate.

Ouch Henke, sorry to hear that! I’ve never gone that route… not to say I wasn’t tempted. But as someone who likes to have complete “control” of my social networks I stayed away from Twitter automation software. I do use some applications that make my use of Twitter easier, Hootsuite, Triberr, and lists that I’ve created through the years. I’ll admit I’m happy with the results.