The Miss Manners Guide to Social Media Etiquette, Part 2: What to Do
Last time we talked about three no-no’s of social media. To recap, those were:
- Plagiarism is bad, so don’t steal other people’s posts.
- Don’t follow just to get people to follow you.
- Don’t unfollow just because those aforementioned people didn’t follow you back right away.
Now that we’ve covered what you don’t do, it’s time to discuss what you do do. (Yes, do do. Any Friends fans out there?) Without further ado, we’ll dive right in.
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The Miss Manners Guide to Social Media Etiquette, Part 1: What Not to Do
Don't make a mess of your social media strategy.
All right, you got me. I’m not Miss Manners. I can’t help you with the most polite way to decline a tea party invitation, or decide what time of day it is appropriate for a woman to wear pearls. Of course, if you were interested in either of those things, you probably wouldn’t be here.
So, gentle reader, instead I am going to give you some advice that will improve the quality of your online social networking. You might think you’ve got Facebook and Twitter down pat, but if you’re doing any of the following things, you’re in for a rude awakening.
Top 10 Reasons You’re Not Getting Follow-Backs (Part 2)
In my last post, I covered the first five reasons why you may not be getting the follow-backs you are hoping for. As a refresher, these include:
- Constantly tweeting cliche quotes
- Being a social media snob
- Tweeting only sporadically
- Tweeting all the darn time, and
- “Convo bubbles” (aka secrets)
Today I’m going to share with you the top five reasons why your fellow tweeps aren’t following you, even though you’ve fulfilled your end of the bargain by following them first. In my book, these are the follow-back deal-breakers.
Top 10 Reasons You’re Not Getting Follow-Backs (Part 1)
Follow me... Please?
One of the tacit rules of Twitter is: “I’ll follow you if you follow me.” Sure, that’s the polite way of Twittering, but realistically, it isn’t going to happen. Sometimes the old “it’s not you, it’s me” excuse holds true: The person or company you just started following is a super-star tweep with a thousand million followers (or thereabouts), and either they can’t keep up with follow-backs, or they’re just too arrogant to put in the time.
But most often, (and I hate to be the one to break this to you), you aren’t getting follow-backs because of you. Here are a few reasons why you might not be getting the return follows you’re hoping for.
Top 10 Twitter Pet Peeves
Do these 10 things, and I'll be an angry bird!
Before you grumble to yourself that you aren’t interested in anyone’s pet peeves and skip over this article, let me first say this: If it bothers me, chances are, it bothers someone else, too. Maybe lots of someone elses. And the last thing you want to do is annoy your Twitter followers, because you only get about 3 seconds before they move on to read what someone else has to say. Here are my top 10 suggestions (in no particular order) for improving your tweeting skills—and, by extension, making me and your other readers happy!
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