Beginning Twitter – What Do I Tweet About?

At first, you feel a little weird tweeting.  You think everyone is going to read it… until you realize no one is going to read it because you don’t have any followers yet.  The biggest question you have, and rightly so is, what do I tweet about?

Rest assured everyone feels that way when they start out on Twitter.  In fact, without looking at the number of updates a person has, you can usually if someone is new to Twitter.  Their tweets sound tentative and directed at no one in particular.

Instead, form a bold plan and hop right on the Twitter train.  Here are some beginner examples to get you started:

Tweet #1:

“Yes, I’m new to Twitter.  Get over it… I have. 🙂 “

(Option B is to not mention being new at all – start with #2)

#2:

(Tell what you’re doing) “Right now I’m setting up another WP blog about ________.”

#3:

(Again tell what you’re doing) “I just finished writing the outline & intro to my newest ebook. I can’t wait to get it out there; I think it will answer a lot of questions.” (No links in post)

#4:

(Ask a question) “I’m not liking my WP theme. Anyone care to share links to their favorite free WP themes?”

#5:

Retweet someone else’s tweet, being sure to put the @ in front of their name.  “RT @TerryBrother Quote Tip: Want your #quote to be easily RT’d? Make it ~120 characters leaving room 4 others 2 add RT & your @name”

#6:

@Reply to a tweet.

If you can give help to someone, all the better.  The sooner you start showing your expertise in your niche, the better.

Now start following people you respect in your niche(s).

#7:

@Reply to another tweet.

This is a good time to respond to tweets by the big names in your field.  You are not only establishing a relationship with these people, it looks good to have their @name in your Twitter stream.

#8:

Tweet a favorite quote. “You succeed only if you aren’t afraid to fail.”~Anonymous Be sure to then thank @whoever’s name when they RT your quote.

#9:

Throw in a random tweet.  “Good grief, I just realized I’ve been wearing my shirt inside out all day. (This kind of tweet gets people talking to you as they have similar stories.)

#10

Offer up a freebie tweet “Do you want to write an ebook? Here are the 10 steps [put link to article here].

Now you can start following lots of people and most of them will follow you back.  You’ve established yourself as a real person who takes action, needs occasional help, likes to help others, likes good quotes, can laugh at himself, and is interested in building relationships with people. It’s all there for them to see in your timeline.

Notice you don’t jump right in promoting a product and try to follow 2000 people? That’s because you’re a human, not a bot or a spammer.

Tip – You can retweet (RT) someone’s tweet or reply to a person’s tweet even if they don’t yet follow you.  You do have to be following them or you won’t see their tweet in the first place, unless you are directly on their Twitter page viewing what they’ve posted.

When people decide whether to follow you, they will jump onto your Twitter page and see what you’re about.  If they see you exchanging tweets with people they are following, they feel good about following you too. You have some friends in common.

Hopefully this will help you get past your initial fears regarding Twitter and not knowing what to tweet about.  Once you get rolling, your problem will more likely be, how can I stop tweeting and get some work done?