When you tweet, keep 'em short! Short tweets are easier to read and are therefore likely to attract more attention. Also, they are more easily retweeted that way. A retweet often has extra characters to account for, such as "RT" or additional commentary from the retweeter. I say, shoot for 120 characters.
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Do advise linking your Facebook Status with your twitter account? It's harder to follower your advice above when they're linked, right? @4our2cents
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I'm not sure what you mean "linking your FB Status with your Twitter account." Do you mean setting it up so when you update one, the other is automatically updated? Personally, I prefer to update them separately. That way, I can tailor them according to who my audience is on Twitter vs. who it is on Facebook.
Yes, thank you. That's exactly what I meant. Currently twitter is updated automatically whenever we post to blog/fb but I definitely see the advantage of a separate and more defined tweet. I appreciate your quick response.
I only started using twitter last week (I'm @YummyInspires) so thanks for the great tip! Am still learning!
Thanks, I just really started to use twitter about a week or two ago and it is still confusing to me
What is the difference between using a keyword or putting the # with it?
A # makes it a hashtag. Hashtags are used to organize tweets into a particular stream so anyone following that hashtag can see posts in that stream. It's like creating a conversation around that particular topic. I hope that makes sense!