30 Twitter Tips & Tricks

1. Get Rid Of Useless Re-Tweets. I usually ignore these huge RTs. Sometimes people greet multiple friends at once – OK I understand this – but why do ten people have to re-tweet this?
2.  Don’t Be Pushy. Sometimes people try to promote their product, which is fine by me, but they take wrong approach. I have seen they send their tweets (with the link to their product) to many users at once, usually those who have many followers, with the tweet containing no real information what the link is about.
3.  Be Nice. I think this one is self explanatory. People enjoy pleasant conversations.
4.  Do Not Repeat Yourself. I know you want your blog or product be seen by everyone, but if you repeatedly tweet that link to your followers, they might just ignore or un-follow you.
5.  People have names. It feels good if people actually address you by your real name sometimes and gives you a feeling you interact with a human being.
6.  And They Have Short Memory. Since Twitter lacks threaded conversations, it is sometimes difficult to know what a certain tweet was a response to. Try to include some sort of indication what question you are referring to. I sometimes RT the message in my reply to make it obvious to what I was replying.
7.  Give Credit & Share. If you find something you like, share it and tell where it comes from. If someone tweets something interesting that you want to re-tweet, thank him and mention him in your re-tweet.
8. 20 Twitter Directories to Find More Friends and Followers – Join these and you are bound to get many followers.
9.  How to get the most out of Twitter search – Tips on using Twitter’s powerful search engine.
10.  The Top 7 Photo Sharing Tools for Twitter – Find out where to share photos on Twitter.
11.  How Optimize Your Twitter Bio to Get More Followers – Even the 160 characters short bio is important.
12.  General Twitter tips for starters – A must read for every beginner.
13.  TwitPic - Take advantage of TwitPic to post pictures on your tweets. If you want to post pictures while away from the computer.
14.  WeFollow - Great website that allows you to add yourself to a listing of Twitter users by tags you find interesting.
15.  Tweetbeat - An excellent site that takes the trending topics on Twitter and gives you a clearer explanation of present and past trending topics.
16.  Keep some space available in your tweet in case someone re-tweets your post.
17.  Try making your valuable tweets during the times people will most likely see them.
18.   Do not whine or complain. Everyone will un-follow anyone who constantly whines or complains.
19.  Add hashtags to your tweets. For example, if your tweet is about computers, consider adding #computer in the tweet.
20.  Tweet frequently. No one is going to follow someone they do not know who has not tweeted in months. Try at the very least to tweet a few times a week or daily if you can manage.
21.  Try making all your tweets informative, useful, or funny.
22.  Do not post mundane posts, e.g. eating a bowl of cereal.
23.  Following a few of the masters of Twitter and Social Networking will give you an understanding of how to tweet better, posts to RT, and inspiration for tweets of your own.
24.  Mention your Twitter page as many places as you can, e.g. your business card, e-mail signatures, web page, blog, Facebook, etc.
25.  Create a tweet button or at least your Twitter name on your pages.
26.  Change your profile picture. Use a picture of yourself to make it seem more personalized if this is your personal Twitter account.
27.  Utilize as much of the 160-character limit Twitter BIO space allows. Include keywords your followers or potential followers may be searching for.
28.  Create your own background image. However, do not make the image too much like an ad or sales pitch. The background image must be less than 800k and we recommend a size of 1600x1200 for a large image or smaller.
29. Share Great Content.
30. Have Good Manners.