Because Twitter's not just for twits ;)
Over the past few months I have noticed some over eager people, very often professionals, new to twitter making credibility damaging mistakes. So, I thought I would highlight some of these errors and explain why they are a turn off to people on twitter:
1. Hash tag spam
A few days ago a hashtag caught my eye #myparentssaidthat and the responses were the exact same things my parents said!
Take a look at the image, I bet your parents said some of those things too. I was amazed that our parents often said similar things to their children.
As the hashtag was in it’s early stages, I tracked down the originator and asked them about it.
Meet Marc Lawn @BusinessGP
It’s Friday today – on Twitter it’s known as FollowFriday.
Now, if you don’t know where FF came from, feel free to read this – http://mashable.com/2009/03/06/twitter-followfriday/ for the longer version, or below for the shorter version and why I think it’s good
FollowFriday began in January 2009, and it’s a way of recommending people on Twitter to your followers. You recommend a person, and then you say why others should follow them. You could recommend more than one person, and send more than one Tweet about this if you want. The important bit (to my mind) is to tell people WHY they should follow this person.
I'm happy to use Increase Sociability.