Recently, while reading an excellent article by Jack Humphrey The 90-10 Rule For Successful Twitter Networking on the TwiTip blog, it started us thinking…so here are a few ways that you can provide your Twitter community with massive value 90% of the time.
Of course, you should aim to provide your followers with value 100% of the time, but we’ll leave the remaining 10% of self-serving value until another time.
Number 1: Answer Questions
In addition to asking questions, either to specific people or your group of followers in general, it’s important to spend time answering questions posed by your followers.
Every day, spend a few minutes looking for questions in your Twitter feed to answer. One of the best ways to achieve this is to use Tweetdeck.
The left hand column will display the last 200 messages in your account. Just type a question mark into the search filter at the foot of the column and it will show you all the recent questions that have been asked in your Twitter feed. Take a quick look and reply to any questions that you feel qualified to answer.
This is a powerful way to add value to your network of followers (both the people who ask the questions and others who may be facing a similar problem).
If everyone did this, just imagine how valuable it would make your Twitter account.
Whenever you needed a question answered, all you would have to do is ask your Twitter community and within minutes the answers would begin to roll in.
That’s the true power of networking - harnessing the combined experience of several hundred or even several thousand like-minded people.
This also explains how it’s possible to follow several thousand people yet still bring value to your community. You may not be able to interact personally with everyone every day (it’s doubtful whether anyone could sustain that level of interaction beyond following any more than 20 people), but by answering random questions you become a potential source of help for everyone that you follow.
Number 2: News
One of the best ways to find a constant stream of relevant news stories is to sign up for a Google Reader account. Once you’ve done this, subscribe to relevant blogs. As you build up a collection of blogs, it will provide you with a valuable news flow to share with your followers.
You can also sign up to receive Google alerts for keywords that are relevant to your topics of interest. Whenever new material which matches one of your selected keywords is indexed by Google, you will receive an email alert.
These techniques also carry one additional benefit - It will help you to keep up to date with everything that happens in your area of interest.
Number 3: Motivational Quotes
Motivational quotes are another great source of value. Whenever you find a quote that inspires you during the course of your day, consider sharing it with your followers.
They are quick to read and will provide many of your followers with an insight which will help to improve their day.
Number 4: Retweets
Retweets represent the real communal spirit of Twitter.
It spreads valuable information based on your own editorial criteria and allows important news to spread through the Twitter community with incredible speed.
So if you find a Tweet that provides you with good information, share it with your followers.
Just remember to include the person’s username with the message when you retweet. For example, if the original tweet is from @peterfrancis make sure that you add
RT @peterfrancis
to the front of the original message. This will provide your followers with quality content and make sure that the person who created the tweet gets recognition for it.
Number 5: Links
Due to the 140 character limit imposed by Twitter, posting links to other sites and blogs is a great way to provide value for your Twitter followers.
Focus on providing links to material that is interesting, entertaining and relevant to the type of information that you normally post (long-term, building a community based around a common set of topics will be far more valuable than a broad based community).
Number 6: @ Replies
And finally, @replies are an essential part of adding value to the Twitter community. It allows you to build rapport with different people and shows your followers that you’re sincere about building relationships.
Ultimately, if you spend time providing your followers with massive value you’ll build up a vast pool of knowledge, experience and goodwill that you can call upon when you need help in the future.
How do you provide value for your Twitter community?
If you have any useful advice that we haven’t covered here, please leave your comments below.
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Great Post, and the Tweetdeck program looks like a winner. Too bad I’m restricted to Win. 2000 for the time being, but soon as I get a better computer I’ll add that to my Twitter tools! Plus I’ll spread the word about it.
I didn’t realise the power of the search filter in that column on Tweetdeck, wow, works great.
Being in another timezone means that I often miss a lot, but now I can see what has been said about what interests me very easy, thanks for that!
My mantra for twitter, which has allowed me to amass over 5k followers has always been two-fold: provide value and engage with people. This works not just on twitter but everywhere. Great overview of the strategy.
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James - Thanks for spreading the word for us. You can use the Retweet button at top of this post to share this information with others.
Anne - You’re welcome and thank you for the kind feedback on this article. Tweetdeck is a very powerful tool if you learn how to use it correctly. The more followers you gain the more useful you will find this tool.
Michael - I agree with you 100% these are strategies that do work everywhere. You need to keep yourself and or business engaged / informed with your audience as much as possible. The more you pay it forward to them the more comes back to you.
Successful Tweeting.
James Rivers
Twitter Power Team
It’s pathetic that I bought more RAM for my laptop so I could run Tweetdeck. Great info, thanks for sharing! =)
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Laura,
Yes both Tweetdeck and Twhirl use up a lot of RAM. Sometimes it is best to turn them off and restart after they have been running awhile as they seem to use up more RAM after history starts to build in them.
Warm regards,
James Rivers
Twitter Power Team
Hi Guys. Thanks for the great tips. I have heard many good things about Tweetdeck, but haven’t tried it yet. I think I’ll give it a shot since you recommended it. I hope I can use the tools you suggest to provide more value!!!
Take care,
Pete
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As a beginner the information you provided was great
can’t wait for next lession,
I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don’t know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.
Joannah
http://2gbmemory.net
Joannah,
We thank you very much for continuing to return to blog as often as you do. We strive to help others to have a greater understanding of how they can use Twitter and Social Media Marketing to help grow their online businesses.
We have had some tremendous results along the way and love to share of these experiences and techniques with others.
Warm regards,
James Rivers
Twitter Power Team
Thank you for great information on how use the twitter effectively.
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I loved your suggestion with Tweetdeck to answer questions. Great informational blog. Thanks.
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Very great tips. If people used these tips, they would never run out of things to tweet about.
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Interesting, thanks
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Great info on Tweet deck. Other tips are useful also.
Check out some of the other Twitter profiles and get to know that they’re about is also informative and fun.
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Through reading and experience with Twitter, I have to agree with your advice.
One tension I feel is between tweeting in a way relevant to my past and tweeting in a way relevant to my recent online business. I know more about the former than the latter.
On the one hand, I think “being yourself” is where one can best develop trust and be helpful to others. On the other, ” tweeting around “a common set of topics” relevant to my business will help with my branding and long term business bottom line.
Of course, the two are not always in tension, but I feel as if they are sometimes … and I bet I’m not alone in this! Any advice?
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Hi Guys!
As usual, great tips! It would be great if everyone who signed up for Twitter read this blog post first.
Cheers!
Jit Uppal
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nice, really nice!
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My addition is to make an effort to follow those who are just starting to Twitter. Be an unpaid motivational coach for a while by listening and responding to their posts. If someone does not have a picture up yet but only a link, encourage them to get that picture up.
If they have a pix but no site link, encourage them to get that blog up.
Great post gave me a mission focus! Keep up the great work you guys are great.
PS just posted my post on Twitter . Remember, “If you build it they will come.”(Field of Dreams) ok, it’s a boomer thing.
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