My tip:
I tweet about television sometimes because I love pop culture and like to share my loves with others. I live on the East Coast, though, and I’ve learned that it is very important to not tweet spoilers–too many details that would ruin a show for someone watching it later. This is courtesy even if you live on the West Coast, as many people watch shows later via DVR or DVD. Generic discussion is fine, but try to becareful about oversharing in the moment.
Here’s me sharing love about Mad Men.
http://twitter.com/debontherocks/status/3352960876

Here’s my tweet about why Twitter is awesome:
http://twitter.com/debontherocks/status/2556934447

LOVE the idea for your resource. Rawk it Alli!
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Favorite uses: Other than the common uses of sharing my own links, having convos, querying for information, etc., I actively use Twitter as a way to keep up on my favorite blogs. So, I *love* when people use Twitter to share their new posts. It’s an immediate reminder to check awesome new content.

Twitter also has proven to be an amazing way to rally folks around an effort; in my case, a dedication to self-care and fitness (via @shredheads). In addition to the benefit of having terrific leaders (@mublogger and @wbgookin), the ease of Twitter really helped facilitate people getting (and staying!) on board. I’ve been actively working out since MARCH…and I’ve got the abs to prove it (heh!).

Finally, this weekend, I discovered a new angle regarding sharing/friendship on Twitter. Jennifer James (@mombloggersclub) wrote a really beautiful post about her top 25 women to follow on Twitter; even if I had not been on that list I would have wanted to share it because unlike a lot of Top X lists, she actually detailed WHY for each woman. Anyhow, I had been offline for a bit and would not have seen the tweet, had a follower of mine not let me know about it. I looked at Jennifer’s feed and saw that she had not tweeted the people she included (probably because she’s extremely humble!), so I took it upon myself to @ all of my friends on the list (including the lovely @alliworthington!) and then I went through and also @’d those I didn’t know/follow. Many of these women also hadn’t happened to see the link and much RT’ing, happiness, and new following commenced. All of this is to say that it was a neat way to help promote a quality post across a wealth of networks; and I got to learn about some excellent women to follow from someone who I admire and respect enormously.

Bad behaviors: My whole body cringes when I see people beg or bribe for followers. I just don’t understand that behavior… if someone really wants followers, why not look for new followers (e.g., Mr. Tweet) and engage them in a conversation that makes them want to follow you back?

-Christine
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My problem on twitter:
I have to be careful of just sitting back and reading everyone’s tweets, forgetting to actually get engaged in the conversation. I feel shy, and insecure that I don’t have anything of great significance to add to the discussion. I know it is about putting yourself out there and taking the steps to just do it… I think there are many people, much like me, wanting to get involved and more engaged in the conversations, just not knowing how to jump in.
That is why I look forward to your book. I know you will have great info for twitter users just like me!!
Oh, and here is one of my BIGGEST mistakes…. hitting send before I properly proofread my tweet!!!!
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I love tweetlater, and use it to automate sending out messages to my followers. I try to use common sense with this tool I have a number of saved tweets that I use and continually add more. I set them up for delivery throughout the day. I typically send out one per hour. I select them randomly, so the order yesterday and today are different.

I’m sure this bothers some followers, but I don’t have the time to craft each message and post regularly every day, so this allows me to do that. I also notice on days that I miss, my twitter traffic is reduced. An indication to me that I’m walking the tight rope acceptably.

I also did an experiment with the dreaded auto DM’s when people follow me, using tweetlater, I rotate 5-7 auto DM’s… my feeling is I “really connect” with a few new people daily or weekly that I would otherwise miss now that my follower count is getting higher.

Tweetdeck seems essential once you have over 100 followers, without it I would miss tweets from people that I don’t want to miss.

Twitter is clearly a great tool and walking the line between shameless self promotion and good twittenzenship.

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b) Explain hashtags and commonly used abbreviations.

c) Cautions about:
* drinking and tweeting!!!
* REPLYING when you intend to DM!!!

Knock it outta the ballpark, girlieQ!!
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