Smart Twitter Profiles

Do you Tweet? If you do and you are using your Twitter account to get your writing name (or other professional name) out there, you might want to give Galley Cat’s listing of the top 5 Twitter Profile mistakes that writers make a quick scan. I made one of them. How about you?

(I admit, I tried to make my personal description a tad cheeky. Although, I thought despite the cheek it still gave (yes, past tense–I did change it) readers a bit of an idea of who I was/am and that I am maybe not 100% run of the mill author-to-be.)

The fact is, I find that many Tweeters make that ‘mistake’ fairly often–Tweeters not describing themselves very well. So… Who are you? What makes you unique and special? Why should I follow you? Tell me in that tiny little area and you just might find yourself a couple of extra followers tagging on each week.

As for profile pictures–I don’t care if you have one. Really. Not a big deal.

And location? I don’t care about that either. In fact, I prefer NOT to put down my location. I don’t live in a city of millions (New York) so a little personal privacy is a GOOD thing.

What do you look for in a Twitter profile? Do you think their listed mistakes are a big deal?