Twitter Hints
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Stay Active. Send tweets regularly - maybe once a day or a few times per week. Frequent posts also increase the likelihood that someone new will find you and become a follower.
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Be Searchable.When you place a hash-tag (#) in front of key words (for example, #FHA), your message can be found through Twitter's public search tool (http://search.twitter.com). Otherwise, only your followers will see your updates.
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Say something worthwhile. Do your followers really need to know that you just fed your cat? Focus on sharing information that will be valuable to people who follow you.
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Shrink the link. In your tweets, you can and should link to articles and Web sites your followers would enjoy. To keep Web site addresses from eating up your 140 characters, shorten the URL on free sites such as Budurl (www. budurl.com) or TinyURL (www.tinyurl.com).
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Interact. Read what your followers are tweeting about and comment on their posts. It shows you're involved and will help get your name out.
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Try TweetDeck. This free application (http://tweetdeck.com) provides an easy-to-use interface for managing your twitter account on your mobile phone or desktop.
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Share the news. To send someone else's tweet to your followers, place an RT in front of the message to indicate it's a "retweet."
