How To Avoid The Twitter Hall Of Shame

One of the ways that Bernie, Ken and I keep in contact between meetings when planning for the forthcoming PodCamp Ireland 2008 is through Twitter.

You will also find we have a channel on Jaiku, another microblog platform and you can join us in conversation there.

I’ve seen a steady increase of entrepreneurs, media companies and corporates start to join the Twitter community over the recent months.

For those of you interested in what the Irish Twitter community is Tweeting about you can follow the Irish Twitterati here.

Twitter has become a place to research, build friendships and even promote your business. But I don’t recommend jumping in to the Twitterverse without doing a little research first.

Yes you can microblog and each microblog post is only 140 characters maximum. But remember that each Tweet that you make is indexed in Google and will come up in Google searches and Google Alerts- so be careful what you Tweet.

As part of your research, why not take a look at this article from InsideCRM called the ‘Twitter Hall of Shame‘ which shares 50 notable Tweets covering information from business to political Tweets, and from marriage proposals to wine tasting parties on Twitter.

I’d certainly recommend reading some of the case studies so you avoid being cited in future ‘Twitter Hall of Shame’ - unless your objective IS to be listed there!

Have you stories do you have to share about the difference Twitter and microblogging has made to you? I know I’ve found my Twitter network a great resource of ideas, inpiration adn encouragement.

Attribution: Thanks to Fiona King of InsideCRM for sharing the ’Twitter Hall of Shame’ article with me.