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When it comes to social networking and networking your home business online, often times people will turn to social media sites such as Myspace, Linked-In, Facebook and Twitter.

Today I would like to discuss Twitter and the mistakes I often see newbies (new users) do on Twitter that can drive followers & business away from them.

Here are some things you should NOT do on Twitter.

1. Do not send business information, sales information or business links to people via DM (Direct Message) unless that specific user asked to receive that information from you. This includes automatic DM’s that folks send to everyone who is now following them. (Thanks for following me type of DM’s)

2. Don’t Tweet business links 24/7. No one wants to read tweets that contain your business link over and over and over again. If you do that, you will be labeled as a link spammer.

3. Don’t do keyword searches for your area of interest on Twitter and then send @ reply business spam messages to users. A lot of users will report you for spam & block you from their Twitter streams & accounts.

4. Do not set your Twitter account up on auto-pilot aka, Tweet later type of services unless you plan on logging in every day and tweeting in real time too. Tweet later type of services is where you set up an account with them, draft up your Tweets and have that service post your tweets on Twitter for you.

Part of networking is being real, connecting with and chatting with your followers. You can’t do that if your Twitter account is on 24/7 auto pilot.

5. Watch what you tweet. No one wants to read tweets about what you did in your bathroom, bedroom, etc. Furthermore, leave the trash talking potty mouth at the door. You don’t want to offend your followers by discussing inappropriate content or using foul language.

For Twitter to work for you…you really need to mix up your tweets. Yes, tweet about your business and provide some business tips…but also spend some time chatting with your followers so that they can get to know you and you can get to know them.

Do you have any ‘mistake’ type of tips you would like to share with our readers? If so, leave them in a comment!

Shelly

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