101 Ways to Rock and Be Rocked by Twitter
I could not resist this post written by post by Shama Hyder courtesy of John Kremer www.bookmarket.com
She really did come up with 101 ways to use twitter. I am sharing a handful and you can read the entire post at
http://bookmarket.ning.com/profiles/blogs/101-ways-to-rock-and-be-rocked
Use your real name. Save the company bit for the info section.
- Use a picture that shows your face. Skip the silly goggles, hats, and political stickers. – - – Show me who you are!
- Create a twitter background that gives people a quick synopsis of who you are.
Share a link to your own blog posts.
- Find a cool new tool? Share it. My latest find- The Jing Project.
- Show gratitude.
- Ask for help. (Anyone know why puppies love peanuts?)
- Start a discussion!
- Re-tweet important tweets. Re-tweeting is when you repeat what someone has already twittered. Best example of re-tweeting I saw was when a Portland twitter buddy’s daughter went missing! The twitter board lit up with re-tweets. She was found.
- Share a pic. http://www.TwitPic.com
- Post updates during conference time!
- Report earthquakes and other natural disasters. Seriously-Twitter is faster than the Associated Press.
- Help a Reporter Out. Just follow @SkyDiver for relevant tweets.
- Brag about your clients. When they deserve it of course! One of our clients, K9Cuisine, personally delivered 24k pounds of food to the Houston SPCA after Hurricane Ike hit. –
Create an informal mastermind. I once heard of a few school teachers who used Twitter to share lesson plans and get feedback on challenges.
- Quick Surveys! What do you like better? Posts with lists or paragraph type posts?
- Make predictions.
- Perform an act of kindness. When @Dalbee heard my twitter pleas for help navigating – - Boulder, he quickly asked @laurenpreston to pick me up from the airport. She also dropped me back!
- Give and get Free stuff? No, seriously. Just ask @Aruni who scored a printer. And @DaveTaylor who scored free tickets to a Cirque show in Las Vegas.
- Find product reviews. I never buy any big tech gadget before asking the pundits on – Twitter to weigh in. Just don’t ask MAC or PC. The responses shut Twitter down!
Movie reviews! Just go to http://www.search.twitter.com and type in the name of a movie you are considering going to. Tada! Real time reviews. Also you can follow @FilmBuzz
- Share a recipe! You can’t share food, so might as well share the recipe.
- Review a product.
Find an intern!
- Hire a new team member.
- Get the scoop on a potential hire. Just search for their name at http://www.search.twitter.com.
- Get the scoop on a date. Never done it myself but boy have I heard stories!
- Find a great new restaurant. Just ask a local…or do a search!
- Tweet-Ups. Meet up (physically!) with the people you twitter with Vent.
- Get customer service help- quickly! Network Solutions, Comcast, Zappos, Whole Foods, and Dogster are just some companies that come to mind who have a presence on Twitter. It’s ALMOST as cool as having a fairy Godmother.
Find JV partners.
- Brag about a job well done by another company or individual. They WILL work harder for you, and appreciate the remarks. @MariSmith is one of our greatest fans on Twitter, and we adore her for it!
- Find a job or a contract position.
- Establish expertise by providing your expert opinion when called for.
- Use it as a virtual water cooler. A lot of people on Twitter work from home, and appreciate the virtual water cooler.
- Share hope and pride! This was a common theme during the election period.
- Share tips. Swallowing a tablespoon of peanut butter cures hiccups.
- Find new blogs to read and explore!
- Connect with people across the globe.
- Don’t post spam links. This serves no one. Remember, it’s just as easy to un-follow someone as it is to follow them.
Find speaking engagements.
- Find speakers for your events! Both speakers and event planners hang out on Twitter.
- Share book reviews.
- Find book reviews. More accurate than Amazon in my opinion!
- Use cool tools like http://www.TweetLater.com to automate direct welcoming messages to new followers. Much like an auto responder. Use wisely!
- Ask top bloggers your questions! @ProBlogger @JonathanFields @LizStrauss @BlogSquad are all on Twitter!
Follow Susan Levin on Twitter: http://twitter.com/speakerservices
