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Smart Twitter Profiles
Posted on August 27th, 2011 6 commentsDo 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?
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Jean, those are great tips. Funny thing about having a cute/cheeky profile is that I could not come up with one for the life of me. Maybe that was a good thing after all.
P.S. I hope everything is going good in your neck of the woods. I really miss our chats on AQ.
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Hey! How are you, TK? Yes, cheeky, witty and not lame can be tricky–in this case it is nice to know playing it straight has some advantages. Let me know when you have the sequel to “Return the Heart” is ready as I’d love to read it.
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I’m relieved to hear I shouldn’t have a cheeky line!
And I’m not very specific in my location either – or my ‘photo’ for that matter. Privacy is important to me too! -
I guess I’m either an open book or created a great twitter profile by sheer accident. In either case, Galley Cat would be proud of me.
Meow!
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Nah, it’s your skills that lead you to create a great profile!
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Privacy is a nice thing to have, because once info is out on the net, it’s out there! (In most cases.)
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TK Richardson August 29th, 2011 at 17:36