Getting information and ideas out to the masses is what social media and networking is all about, particularly if you are in business, but is anyone reading what you have to say? Twitter is one of the best business networking tools as it’s easy flow, quick and sharp updates make for a great business tool. These tips will show you how to get your tweets read.
1- React and Engage
The core thing to remember about getting your tweets read, is to be human in your tweeting. If you tweet like a robot, or worse, like a spammer, with no level of personal engagement, you will look like spam and people will get bored and un-follow you. Tweet personal touches occasionally, such as, “Good morning, hope you’re well!” as this provokes response as well as breaks down the fourth wall so people can see you are friendly and will want engage with you meaning they sit up and pay attention to your feeds.
The more you engage with your followers, the more they understand you care about them and so you build a relationship.
2- Search Your Business Data
There is no better way of knowing your tweets are being read than setting up searches for them. For example, always check to see if you have anyone @mentioning you in response to tweets. This way, you know your information is being seen and provoking conversation and discussions.
Another great idea is to search Twitter for your company name or topics using hashtags. Hashtag searches allow people to make a tweet easy to find so if you get into the habit of using # to locate your tweets, you can see who has being doing it in response about you and your niche area of business!
Searching your Re-Tweets is also an obvious but very effective way to see who has not only read your tweets, but found them interesting enough to retweet and inform others about them. Tools such as MarketMeSuite allow you to pull in all this data in a clean, sophisticated and easy manner so you have it all in one place where you need it!
3- Tweet Questions
This is such a simple idea that it can be easily forgotten and overlooked.
By tweeting questions, it invites followers and users to interact with you and converse. By getting a response, you know your tweets have been read! Something as simple and easy as adding “what do you think?” or “would love to know your thoughts” at the end of an update encourages responses. And, if people repsond, you know you’re message is getting out there.
Remember, if someone asks you a question, you tend to respond to it automatically, think like a human being when you tweet and you get the exposure and response you want.
4- RSS Feeds For Your Blog Or Website
Allowing RSS Feeds to be activated via your business profiles, sites and blogs, means you allow people who are interested in your business to get involved and tweet your updates automatically. These feeds encourage maximum exposure which is crucial to your business and online presence.
You can see who have been activating these feeds by searching for the URLS of the updates using MarketMeSuite. This is a great way of seeing who takes your posts seriously. Not only do you have the benefit of seeing how many people are active on your RSS Feed, you can also rest assured that all their followers will be made aware of you and your updates without having to do anything!
5- Schedule your tweets
Scheduling tweets and updates is a fantastic way to make sure you are getting valuable content out to your audience around the clock, even when you’re sleeping! Using apps like MarketMeSuite, allow you to schedule your tweets for an exact time and date so you know they will be seen by the people who matter most world wide. It’s not always possible to be sat at the computer, so setting up tweets to go out automatically really helps you stay up to date and in tune with your online social media audience.
Key Take Away
Knowing how to follow through with tweets and how to connect with your audience, means you can trust that your tweets are being read. Searching your links, keywords and tags all help you see who has re-tweeted, responded and engaged. Most importantly, make reacting and engaging once someone has taken action on your tweet a priority.
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Mark March 4, 2012 at 1:54 pm
There are also many free tools like Tweetwhen that can tell you the exact time you should be Tweeting at to reach as many of your followers as possible. Thanks for the tips Nikki
M Mark
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Danijela February 23, 2012 at 4:33 am
Hello Nikki,
thank you for these tips.
I know that, because of the different time zones, we may sometimes miss a good content. For this reason, I check out my favorite bloggers timelines. This way, I see all their tweets in one place and I find good content easily. Although I don’t use scheduled tweets, I think this is a good idea, so I’ll probably follow your advice.
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TJ McDowell January 28, 2012 at 5:43 pm
Up to this point, I’ve been using Twitter as an easy way to get on key people’s radar. I’ve got some people following me, but I usually don’t get replies to my Tweets. Do you think it’s just a matter of not having enough followers, or could it be that the wrong people (ie bigger names) are following me, so they’re less likely to reply?
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Nikki Peters January 30, 2012 at 6:41 am
Hello TJ,
it is possible that bigger brands wont reply or interact as much. Your best bet is to use tools like MarketMeSuite to geo locate your business. For example, using MMS, I could locate people wanting to rescue chickens and reply to them about how and where they can do that. Because they are local and you have targeted them personally, they will be more likely to reply and listen.
Give it a go, there is a free option with MarketMeSuite!
Best,
Nikki
Saket Jajodia January 28, 2012 at 7:57 am
Thanks, will give a try to MarketMeSuite also, hope it have features like we had in TweetDeck.. Because I really need a good desktop client as TweetDeck is no more what it used to be..!! And Thanks a lot Nikki, for this great article..!!
Nikki Peters January 30, 2012 at 6:42 am
Hello,
so pleased you liked it
Be sure to try out MarketMeSuite and let em know if you have any questions about it! 
Best wishes,
Nikki
Natasha January 25, 2012 at 1:57 pm
Hi, Nikki
Thanks for the tips.
I totaly agree with your tips, especially the schedulling. Twitter is really useful to build relationship.
Thanks for sharing your tips.
Nikki Peters January 30, 2012 at 6:43 am
Hi,
so pleased you liked it, thanks for taking the time t read it and respond
Best,
Nikki
Abhi Balani January 24, 2012 at 9:56 am
Ohh, I didn’t know I can schedule my tweets. Great.
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Kaloyan Banev January 24, 2012 at 6:39 am
Sure, there is never a guarantee, but again with a bit of action and following the above tips, most likely that tweets will be seen. To be successful at social media, definitely need to be social with followers.
Samuel Uherek January 23, 2012 at 12:26 pm
Hi Nikki,
Great article. When I see what people tweet I feel like we lost the point of social networks. I totally agree we should be more humans when tweeting. What would I follow someone who tweet only one link to a squeeze page “how to make x money in y days” and nothing else?
Good tips, Nikki, especially the scheduling. It’s such a time saver.
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Jane from Internet marketing resources January 23, 2012 at 12:07 pm
Twitter is a very useful tool to build relationship. You should know your readers’ preferences and their feedback. By prompting responding to useful tweets, you can engage your audience. Asking open ended questions will be helpful to explore thoughts of readers.
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Jamie Northrup from Montreal Web Consultant January 23, 2012 at 11:19 am
I tried signing up for MarketMeSuite, but where I am right now Twitter and Facebook are both blocked on the network, so I’ll try later tonight, looks good, I’ve been looking for a good web based client to manage all my Twitter and Facebook accounts
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Tammy January 24, 2012 at 5:46 am
Hi! You may have a pop up blocker enabled. It could cause some issues adding an account. Drop us at tweet @MarketMeHelp so we can get you up and running
~Tammy, CEO @MarketMeSuite
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Dev January 23, 2012 at 6:02 am
That’s so right NIKKI twitter is really a great platform to make your internet business grow if used correctly. I will definitely use your tips for better tweeting. Keep blogging.
Feye Johnson January 23, 2012 at 5:59 am
Thanks for the useful tips. Honestly, I’m having a hard time optimizing my Twitter account. Cannot find a good followlist and has a problem getting followers. Maybe,all I need to do is to try out some new ideas and begin it with mentioning. Thanks!
Caleb January 21, 2012 at 5:53 pm
Never gave the asking a question tactic much thought until now…I for one usually get pulled in by intriguing questions so if it works on me then it’s got to work on others
Thanks for these tips…
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Dan Keller from promote your blog January 21, 2012 at 11:22 am
Good tips. I really like the tip about spacing out your tweets. I think is really annoying when someone sends out like 8 tweets in a row and takes up all of my timeline.
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Nikki Peters January 21, 2012 at 12:45 pm
Hi Dan,
thank you for your comment, I’m pleased you agree. I see so many Twitter accounts that send a string of tweets all in one go and think, “what are you thinking?!”. Spacing tweets means you don’t spam a timeline and get your tweets seen by everyone
Best wishes,
Nikki
Ryan Biddulph January 21, 2012 at 5:53 am
Hi Nikki,
Helpful tips here.
Engaging is beyond critical. Set up a 2 way street. You get many more clicks, you make many more friends, and your business grows quickly if you are willing to ask questions, provide answers, and RT consistently.
Nobody like a selfish person, and tweeters who never engage come off as selfish. Popular tweeters RT, engage, and lighten up, sending out the nice day-type tweets which you mention.
Be human. Tweet human stuff once in a while
Add value, make connections, share, engage, rinse, wash repeat each day.
Scheduling is super helpful to ensure you maintain a steady presence in the stream. Just tweet out automated updates with jamming up the feed and you are good to go.
Thanks for sharing your insight Nikki.
Ryan
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Nikki Peters January 21, 2012 at 12:48 pm
Hello Ryan,
thank you for taking the comment to on my article
I agree with your “Be Human”. That is so important. In real life people expect to communicate with other people, it should be the same over the internet. It means your customers can learn to understand you, trust you and communicate with you.
Best wishes,
Nikki
Daniel Milstein January 21, 2012 at 5:52 am
This is so true Nikki. That its useless to tweet unless we have any followers on twitter. I really enjoyed reading your article. Your tips are truly good and Very useful for increasing followers on twitter especially for business purpose. One thing I learned before I became a bestselling author and long before Inc Magazine voted my company as one of the fastest growing companies is that remaining in touch is an important part of business strategy.
Nikki Peters January 21, 2012 at 12:51 pm
Hello Daniel,
so pleased you enjoyed the article! Some of the tips are pretty obvious but it is amazing how many business forget or overlook them. Communication is key, for any business online or off, so it’s essential social media is used to its full potential to make sure that happens.
Best wishes,
Nikki
Ileane January 21, 2012 at 4:06 am
Hi Nikki, Thanks for the tips. I haven’t tried MarketMeSuite yet, can you tell me which social networks it will help manage. Is it just Twitter and Facebook? I’m looking for a tool that monitors Google+ and YouTube also.
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Tammy January 21, 2012 at 10:17 am
Hi Ileane — MarketMeSuite helps manage Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin. Our newest version “The Social Inbox” is out in beta and we’d love for you to try it out!
Tammy, CEO @MarketMeSuite
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Nikki Peters January 21, 2012 at 12:55 pm
Hello Ileane,
as Tammy said, we currently support Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Google Plus is on the cards but they haven’t actually opened their API yet so we can’t add it until they do. If you want to give it a try please register an account here: http://marketmesuite.com/get-app/?PNP
You can tweet me at nikki__peters (double underscore) or @MarketMeHelp if you need any help at all
Best wishes,
Nikki