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11 Sure-Fire Ways to Get Me to Unfollow You on Twitter

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Yeah, I don’t really know what you’re wearing, or not, when you’re actually tweeting, but please put some clothes on that avatar. You have the default Twitter avatar or are using a photo of your dog. You talk about yourself endlessly. You don’t get that authenticity is a key component of social media success.

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How Not to Use Twitter for Business (FroYo Edition) | Almost Savvy

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Or I get the instant auto-DM robot reply) Twitter profile not complete (no bio, no URL, not even an avatar) Twitter gives you great opportunities for real interaction, if you spend the time to learn how. Spammy posts are all about them. No @ replies, no engagement. (Or

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Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me a Match

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Reply Irene Koehler says: January 12, 2009 at 6:13 pm Joy, Not sure this will be of any comfort to you, but I do not select the avatars. You gave me such an ugly face! Green and angry. They are randomly assigned by the software. I don’t think it looks angry at all; seems very determined to me.

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11 Tips To Thrive on Twitter | Almost Savvy

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Leaving the default avatar in place is the kiss of death in terms of getting people to follow you. Your Twitter Profile – Be you, the real you. This means a real photo of you; not a cartoon,? your dog or a logo (unless you are tweeting on behalf of a larger company). It tells people that you’re not even trying. -

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

Beta), you may have noticed a new type of status message next to your contacts which shows the latest articles they may have Buzzd or changes made to their Yahoo Avatar. MyBlogLog will post those events and make them part of your New with Me page. Lijit Search. Messenger for Windows (9.0, share an item on Google Reader.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

If you have complementary resources like an Ebook, email newsletter, events or otherwise, make sure those are easy for first-time visitors to find as well. Jacob Morgan does a nice job with this, promoting his book, events, and other resources on the right side of his excellent blog. And thus, a relationship starts to grow.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

You may be influential in social media and your children more in “Avatar&# or &# gaming&#. Multi unit franchise groups really prefer Facebook since its the place that their guests can see events, photo albums and have conversations. On the How, I'd like to offer a different approach.