Twitter allows 280 characters per tweet. What? How am I going to cram all the info in such little space? Yes, that was my first thought when I started out with Twitter. Seven years ago, though, only 140 characters were allowed. Twitter increased it to 280 in 2017.
Fitting in all the info in short spaces takes practice. I can show you some examples of tweets. The KISS principle (Keep It Short and Simple) applies here. Remember to also add some hashtags, you have to cram those in as well.
Pinned Tweet
Another wonderful feature Twitter has is the pinned tweet. If you have a tweet that you would like to feature on your profile and that you want your followers to retweet, simply pin a tweet to your profile.
After writing and posting your tweet, just click on the drop down arrow within your tweet. A menu will appear. Select "pin tweet", and you're done. That particular tweet will be pinned to your profile until you decide to change it.
When a follower comes to your profile and sees your pinned tweet he/she might either check it out and/or retweet it. When I retweet others' tweets, most people will retweet my pinned tweet in return.
So, having a pinned tweet is extremely useful.
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Tweets can only have 280 characters, so you can't use that many hashtags, but once you get the hang of fitting your message and hashtags in your tweet, you'll find the right balance.
There is a limit to a daily following and if you surpass it you can't follow back anyone for a day. They call that "Twitter jail". This has never happened to me, so I am not sure what the limit is. It's probably high, though, so I would not worry about it.
You can connect Twitter with IG as well. And I have seen people promote FB pages on Twitter.
I hope this answers your questions. Let me know if you have more questions.
This blog is a God-sent to my inner dreams.
For a long time I have been, not only curious, but really wanting to open a Twitter account, and I actually attempted. But I could not follow. I could not understand what benefits there are to have twitter account.
I will come to you one day soon, and be your student, if that is OK with you. I will follow the steps you mentioned here but when I get stuck, I will have to bother you...
Thank you very much for this valuable tutorial.
God bless you more,
Chuna
Along with Pinterest, these are two areas I will be moving into over the next few months.
I have bookmarked for when I begin in earnest.
I certainly didn't realise there was so much you could do with it. Awesome and thank you again.
