How to Use Twitter More Effectively

Sometimes people wonder how to use Twitter more effectively. Actually, there is no single answer to that question, but I feel it is time to tell at least how I use Twitter because this may inspire you too. My profile page can be seen here: https://twitter.com/henrikblunck


Originally, Prime Tweeter was created as a blog to write separate articles about each Twitter user worth following, but it quickly became outdated. I have therefore chosen to write this article as a recommendation to follow my profile. You can then see the people I follow, and maybe that can inspire you too. :-)

Write a Clear Message
You need to be clear and concise when you tweet. Your message needs to come across in language everybody understands. In that way you avoid misunderstandings, and some people WILL misunderstand. Some do this wilfully to waste your time, but with experience comes the ability to know when to stop wasting time. Others will ask good questions, and these are the kind of people you want to communicate with.

Huge Potential for Good Advice
You can learn a lot from constructive criticism. In fact, many use Twitter as a testing lab for new ideas, and that is highly effective because Twitter is populated with a lot of people who know their subjects so well. You can find expertise that would take hours to search for in a matter of minutes. That is the power of Twitter.

The More You Contribute to Others The More You Will Get Back
The law of good karma works so well on Twitter. The more you bring to the table, the more you will actually get back. When you show good qualifications in a certain field, you will attract more interesting readers to your blog or other websites - and it brings value both from linkbuilding, but certainly also because of qualified organic traffic.

Sometimes, this feels like you are speculating in traffic, but nothing could be further from the truth. You want to focus more on good content for your followers, and for that purpose you use hashtags on Twitter.

Hashtags are small keywords that will alert people to the subject of your tweet. When you are discussing the blog software WordPress, you add #WordPress to your tweet. When you're talking about the sitting President, you can use #Trump, and by using these hashtags, you're telling people what you're talking about. The magic with hashtags is that they are searchable, and Twitter users often use these searches when they're looking for specific information, so it's highly effective...

The best way to get acquainted with Twitter is quite simply to get over there and see what's in your timeline. You will quickly get the feel of conversations, and practice makes perfect.

Good luck on Twitter - and do remember to write a comment if you have any questions. It might inspire me for another article on this blog. :-)