A guide to getting the most out of twitter for newbies and intermediate users.

1. 20 top tips & tricks
Andy Priestner / @PriestLib

2. Write a
meaningful bio
and add a
good portrait
photo to
attract
followers
(ditch the egg)

3. If you only
broadcast
and never
listen,
people will
start to notice
and unfollow
you

4. Manage your
twitter
experience
(and your
other social
channels) by
maintaining
them in one
place

5. Use the search
facility to
locate topics
that interest
you and to
discover (and
follow) people
with similar
objectives

6. Use hashtags to
group your
tweets by
content
(and search
using hashtags
too)

7. Tweet useful
content –
news,
blogposts,
websites –
and offer
your own
take on their
value

8. Don’t be
tempted to
obtain
followers by
any quick
route, this
will not aid
your twitter
presence

9. Tweet
regularly but
not too often,
people might
think you are
addicted
rather than
engaged

10. Take part in
Follow
Friday (#FF)
to promote
good people
to follow
and to find
new ones

11. Set aside time
in your
schedule to
tweet – make it
part of your
routine in order
to keep up the
momentum

12. Maintain a
balance
between how
many people
you follow
and how
many follow
you

13. Engage in
conversations
and (good-
natured) debate
– this is the key
to getting value
out of twitter

14. Invest your 140
characters with
wit, warmth
and character -
learn the art of
constructing
concise but
interesting
tweets

15. Show personality
and humour in
your tweets - no
one is going to
follow a twitter
account that
could be run by a
robot

16. Retweet
other
peoples
tweets and
others will
retweet
yours in
return

17. Favourite
tweets that
you want to
come back
to explore
when you
have more
time

18. Tweet at
lunchtime and
between 4pm
and 5pm
when twitter
is busiest and
they will be
seen

19. Set up
keyword
search alert
channels, so
that tweets
matching
your interests
are gathered

20. Create lists in
order to
organise your
most valuable
followers into
areas of
interest so
you don't miss
their tweets

21. Don’t sit there
like a potato!
You get out of
twitter what you
put in - tweet,
follow and
engage, and you
will be rewarded
for your efforts

22. Follow me on
https://twitter.com/PriestLib