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Author Kristen Lamb — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 04:38:08 +0000

In reply to Sarah Brentyn. Be you. There will NEVER be another ;)

By: Sarah Brentyn

Sarah Brentyn — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 15:09:55 +0000

Hee…Office Space. Love. I didn’t know some of these things existed being a newbie. Except Tip #6. Ugh. Please stop, people.

Thanks for pushing the “be authentic” because you can so tell when someone is trying to be too helpful, too enthusiastic, too funny. Be your own sweet self.

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By: Raani York

Raani York — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 22:34:25 +0000

There’s another article with excellent hints and advice! Thanks for this Kristen.
I’m not the automated answer-person at all. And I might probably not sell one book, once it’s on the market – because I still am old fashioned enough to be polite and not ask for something before at least having exchanged a few personal words. *sigh*

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By: J.P. Lane

J.P. Lane — Mon, 27 Jan 2014 20:09:52 +0000

Great article, Kristen 🙂 Though I admit I’m guilty of using a robot – in fact there’s a 2X a day message being delivered by it right now…”Att: Twitter friends: I’m not on Twitter Mon-Thurs. Will catch up with you Friday. This tweet is delivered by robot r2TWEET2.” But agree that a lot of tweeps have gone over the top with auto tweeting and retweeting, to the point you don’t even know what half those people are about any more. You go to their feeds to reciprocate a retweet and scroll through 20 – 30 tweets only to find “Tweets by so and so are delivered by Roundteam – or whatever.” Enough already. Get real, people. Not saying I don’t use a tweet service, but I do show my face – my real one – and I have made some wonderful friends on Twitter as a result.

By: Shanah Davis

Shanah Davis — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 07:05:52 +0000

In reply to Author Kristen Lamb. Great advice! I'll give it a shot. Thanks Kristen.

By: Author Kristen Lamb

Author Kristen Lamb — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 00:17:05 +0000

In reply to Shanah Davis.

If you will go to #MyWANA, just talk to people. We don’t have to be witty. If someone makes word count? “Congratulations!” If someone is down with a bug? “Feel better.” Or, “Can’t wait for premier of Such and Such. Anyone else a fan?” Just be authentic. You are meant to be a per on, not a comedian or a spiritual guru :D.

By: Shanah Davis

Shanah Davis — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 21:04:13 +0000

Wow. I think I have committed more than a few of these Twitter no-no’s. Oops!

I mostly have a problem with intimidation and social anxiety performance. I want my tweets to be just as witty or pithy as the next person.

It’s not like I’m incapable; I consider myself to be witty on occasion, but stage fright happens on Twitter, so I just mainly retweet articles or other, “pithier-than-I” tweets. Now I will try to posts more of my own thoughts.

As for the twitter validation services, I’m staying away from those now. The day after I registered for one, my Twitter account was suspended “permanently” for “aggressive following/ unfollowing using automaton services” which, of course, I didn’t. I ended up having to make a new Twitter account.

Great article! Now I just need to get over my stage fright and start tweeting original stuff – scary! 😉