Just received a happy and excited call from a Sell Your Writing Online NOW (SYWON) subscriber: “OMG, I’ve just taken a writing job to create 20 messages a day on Twitter — what do I do?”
Me: “Relax, Twitter is easy and fun to use. It’s pretty much commonsense once you get into it. You’ll need a desktop Twitter application; I suggest Tweetdeck, which works across operating systems. I use Tweetie on my Mac, and love it.”
I went on to give my friend a few tips on using Twitter, and how to use it when tweeting for others.
ZOMG! Writing for Twitter | Internet Marketing Strategy: Conversation Marketing suggests that you:
“Kill the adverbs. You don’t need that ‘Obviously’. That’ll save you 9 characters! 10 if you include the comma. When you only have 140 characters to write, that’s a lot of extra room.
Write in active voice. ‘I washed my car’ is easier to read, and shorter, than ‘My car was washed by me’. Twitter is no place for passive voice.”
There are many hints and tips for using Twitter, just do a Google search.
And here’s a tip from me about writing jobs: start using Twitter yourself. It’s a way to get writing jobs when you’re looking for them, and as you can see, you can get jobs tweeting for businesses and individuals who don’t have time to do it themselves.
Befuddled by Twitter? You’ll be amazed at how many writers, editors, agents and buyers of your writing use it
Be where the action is with “Twitter for Writers: Achieve Writing Success 25 Words at a Time”, your guide to micro blogging for writers.
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