Comments on: Are You Making the Right First Impression on Twitter?

By: Neil Butterfield

Neil Butterfield — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 12:42:58 +0000

Great advice here Jack. I loved your opening lines. :-)

By: Jack Martin

Jack Martin — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:41:23 +0000

I get what you’re saying, Emily. Thanks for the comment.

It’s always weird to see Followers and Following numbers side by side, because they really represent two completely different things. Followers is how many people want to hear what you say, and maybe even interact with you. Following is how many people you want to listen to, and maybe interact with.

So yeah, people with high follower numbers that don’t interact with anyone – unless you’re a ‘celebrity,’ it’s pretty weird. That’s when I feel like a “little person,” like you said.

By: Emily Thousand

Emily Thousand — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:04:41 +0000

I have to respectfully disagree with what your follower/following count says about you. I think it is a bunch of BS that you need to have a lot of followers but low following back count in order to seem like you are “doing it right.” I actually think that is doing it wrong. I respect people who have a lot of followers but actually take the time to follow others back. I think it’s a good thing to do and strengthens relationships. Sometimes I am actually hesitant to follow people with high followers/low follow back because I know they are just using that to broadcast messages. I am just a “little person” at that point. I would rather follow someone who actually wants to build a relationship with me, and vice versa. So I take a high follower/following count as a GOOD thing. I am not advocating for blindly following everyone back, but I don’t think people should stop following others back just so they can seem more “important” or cool by having a lower ratio.

By: Jack Martin

Jack Martin — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 15:38:54 +0000

Totally, Nick. Less is more. And I don’t think we read hashtags the same as text. I find myself brushing over hashtags a lot without even paying attention – it just muddies up the message.

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:40:54 +0000

Too many hashtags and links is a huge pet peeve. It rarely conveys what the post is even about! It’s important to keep things easy to read in order to entice people to actually click on the link to learn more. If it’s just a bunch of symbols it’s meaningless.

By: Mirta Oliva

Mirta Oliva — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 06:50:33 +0000

Excellent! I have to follow these guidelines – awareness is the key!
Thanks.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 06:39:16 +0000

Thanks for the advice Jack. As a twitter newby, I have much to learn and understand.

By: Jack Martin

Jack Martin — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:29:31 +0000

Thanks Romona!

By: Romona Foster

Romona Foster — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:16:57 +0000

Very well written Jack…retweeting as you requested.

By: Jack Martin

Jack Martin — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:25:59 +0000

Thanks James.

I honestly don’t notice too many backgrounds – only the bad ones. You have to be careful with adding text in your background because varying screen sizes lead to problems.

I like Will’s that you linked to. Just a design of company colors and shapes. You don’t have to look at it – it just enhances the content you’re reading slightly. I don’t really dig the sideways name and website, because it’s not any information we can’t find in his bio, but it might just be that I don’t like turning my head sideways.

Personally I just use of of the simple default backgrounds Twitter offers. Less is more, ya know.