Improve your Twitter reputation by blogging Follow Friday
What do you think about #FollowFriday? Does it clutter Twitter every Friday and irritate you? Or do you use it to thank your finest followers and urge others to follow them while also finding other great Twitters to follow?
For those less familiar with Twitter, #followfriday is a phenomenon that has taken Twitter by storm and makes their servers shudder each and every Friday as people Tweet recommendations. The # or hashtag means even more people can follow.
Twitter guru @NikkiPilkington recently blogged about the problem after internet psychologist @GrahamJones twittered to say he had been unfollowed by someone resentful of his use of #followfriday. Nikki went on to suggest using blogs to promote who you think should be followed, which had the added benefit of great search engine optimisation and driving more traffic to your website.
It also creates a permanent record of all the great people you recommend on Twitter and if other people use the comments to add their own recommendations it could be far more effective than trying to do it through Twitter or even Tweetdeck.
It is only right and proper that Twitter guru and abundant fount of all things Tweeted @NikkiPilkington should get first blogged #followfriday and also @GrahamJones, who actually inspired me, @Nigel_Morgan to first start blogging in 2006 and to Twitter in 2007.
So Newbury Tweeps that myself and @DianeMorgan00 would like to urge you to #followfriday are:
Web design guru and creator of this blog @Adrian_Scott – what he doesn’t know about web stuff and software design you can fit in less than 140 characters!
The gentle dental wizard of Newbury and West Berkshire, it has to be a friendly #followfriday on our blog for @RichardCharon .
I’ve been wearing a hat in the sun and using sunblock this year thanks to the heart warming advice and support of the medical photographer and skin cancer evangelist @MikeSamuels68.
For fabulous French food in Newbury @LePetitSquare and for health food #fridayfollow lovely Twitter newbies @NaturesCorner, both tweet chat, quotes and offers.
Copywriter @AdrianHiggs is another great asset to Twitter – do follow him! While the very real virtual PA @Inapickle_va is also worth following. Still in Newbury @mwsmedia2009 adds plenty to the Twittersphere.
Quietly twittering and in need of more recognition are two from Inspiration Inc in Newbury, and both @InspirationCopy and @InspirationSEO are going places on Twitter for sure.
Recruitment Queen of Newbury and the City of London is@maddrennan, while if your career needs coaching to be prepared for that dream job, follow @Michelle_Lucas.
Legal eagles among the local Twittersphere in Newbury are @clmlawbits who truly strike the right balance on Twitter of between work, rest and play – as reported in our blog naming and shaming those who do not!
Speaking of that blog post, we also had terrific comments and support from followers old and new and suggest you follow them too! Unless already mentioned: @hodgesant, @rachaelblogs, @garygorman, @markshaw, @carcaredirect, @pksproperty, @claireshiels, @lifestyleonline, @carterjonas (not least for being brave enough to comment!), @marshandparsons, @juswantrai, @partlypolitical.
We also want to suggest you follow @MaritzaParra @lovepeaceunity @successsecret @UnseeingEyes @MARCOME @AuntieStress @LoriMoreno for their wonderful guidance and inspiration delivered daily through lovely Tweets. Also brimming with fun and inspiring tweets is @jbridgman and we love the great motivation and quotes tweeted by @Iconic88. All worthy of #followfriday!
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So what do you think? Have we missed anyone? Please add you thoughts below and of course add your #followfriday people too! And don't forget the signature of each comment is another link back to your Twitter account, together with any blog, website or LinkedIn account too. Great SEO!