Well everyone, I did it. I made a Twitter.
But before I go anything further, let me just take a moment and thank all of my guests who popped in and out of my Weekend Blog Party. You guys were amazing guests, so kind, thoughtful, and engaging with one another! So many of you were able to promote your own work and support one another’s. I had so much fun hosting that I am considering making it a monthly or bi-monthly occurrence. However, I’ll leave that up to you guys. Let me know if I should host another Blog Party and how often!
Back to Twitter: I kept seeing on multiple author/blogger sites that every author/blogger should use Twitter. In fact, I’ve heard that Twitter is the “most” successful at engaging followers, and although I’m not sure if that’s true, I figured I would expand my horizons and try it out.
However, now that I’ve dived into this new form of social media, I find myself at a bit of a loss. Therefore, I implore my followers (particularly those with a Twitter account) to leave a comment with a link to their Twitter accounts (so I can follow) and their #1 Twitter Tip!
Here is mine!
Find me on Twitter and let’s tweet!
KaylaAnn 
Hi,
I’m on Twitter @ruthrblair – I have it set to post my blog posts automatically. But I’m not so good at engaging on there. I did read recentlty that a tweet is really only visible when you follow a lot of people for 18 minutes, so you need to keep repeat posting for real engagement. You need a business WordPress for the plugins to do that for you – I’m not upgrading. I get very little engagement on Twitter, but then I get out what I put in, I suppose.
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Wow that is crazy! Only 18 minutes? Twitter is definitely a different type of social media beast. I’ll try to find you on there
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Congratulations Kayla
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Thanks Novus!
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@dorindaduclos
Try not to use the entire 240 characters you’re allowed. The less the better as you fly by in the feed. You want to grab attention
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Oh that’s smart!
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Hope so! 😀
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i’m on twitter, but don’t engage, so probably a waste of time. my weekly word press blog posts appear on twitter, but that’s about it. seems like a huge time waster to me, but some people love it, they love all the interaction and have strong opinions about things that they like to share. i like instagram, facebook, word press. occasionally pinterest. that’s enough already! 2-3 social media platforms is plenty.
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I starting to get that. I have quite a few other social media sites so I’m just gonna try to see what works best for me. Thank you for your input!
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Hi Kayla.. I am on Twitter but not too much engaged in it .. I usually use it if I have to raise a complaint against anyone … that definitely works there … 😉
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I can tell already that it is not yet my favorite platform but I’m gonna keep playing around with it and see.
Haha I’ll keep that in mind
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Sure Kayla… Let us know if you reap any benefit from it…
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Will do!
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I have 2 Twitter accounts – https://twitter.com/riccikeeper and https://twitter.com/AmanHoff1. I am following you on both. 🙂
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Thank you Eugenia! I followed you back as well! 🙂
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😉
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Welcome to Twitter. Just an advice though. Don’t engage in arguments. People will try to provoke you and irritate you too. Don’t be ashamed of using the block button. Hope you enjoy Twitter life.
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Lavanya that is fantastic advice! Thank you so much!
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I have a Twitter account, but I don’t use it much- I prefer Instagram. And here’s a Twitter tip: To engage your audience, “use Twitter polls and ask questions.”
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Fantastic tip, thank you Sarah!
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You’re very welcome ☺️
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Great post! Thanks for the shout out and the tip! Also, super interesting idea about deleting, rewriting, and reposting
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