Spotlight on Marketing

You shouldn’t be on twitter if: you only want to post pushy ads about your business, with links to your own site; you think your company’s twitter account can be managed by a temporary intern; your bio says you’ll sell twitter followers; you use the TrueTwit validation service…

This is Part 79 of an ever-growing blog series, with each post featuring links to 10 useful, funny and/or provocative articles/lists/blog posts/videos/sites I’ve come across about how to use twitter more effectively (and how NOT to use it).

This is Part 74 of an ever-growing blog series, with each post featuring links to 10 useful, funny and/or provocative articles/lists/blog posts/videos/sites I’ve come across about how to use twitter more effectively (and how NOT to use it).

This is Part 73 of an ever-growing blog series, with each post featuring links to 10 useful, funny and/or provocative articles/lists/blog posts/videos/sites I’ve come across about how to use twitter more effectively (and how NOT to use it).

This is Part 69 of an ever-growing blog series, with each post featuring links to 10 useful, funny and/or provocative articles/lists/blog posts/videos/sites I’ve come across about how to use twitter more effectively (and how NOT to use it).

I love twitter! I’ve noticed that different people use twitter in different ways, and that’s OK. People often ask me for advice about how to use it, so I thought it would be useful to share how I use it, and what my policies and strategies are about following people… How do YOU like to use twitter?

This is Part 55 of an ever-growing blog series, with each post featuring links to 10 useful, funny and/or provocative articles/lists/blog posts/videos/sites I’ve come across about how to use twitter more effectively (and how NOT to use it).

This is Part 52 of an ever-growing blog series, with each post featuring links to 10 useful, funny and/or provocative articles/lists/blog posts/videos/sites I’ve come across about how to use twitter more effectively (and how NOT to use it).

This is Part 47 of an ever-growing series of blog posts, each one featuring links to 10 useful, funny and/or provocative articles/lists/blog posts/videos/sites I’ve come across about how to use twitter more effectively (and how NOT to use it).

In June 2009, I wrote a blog post, “Convince Me With Your Twitter Bio. Please!” Since then, I’ve come across many more badly written, unconvincing twitter bios. Here are some examples, and some tips about what not to say or do on twitter.