The next session I chose Twitter.  I was looking forward to this one the most.  I'm using this the least of all the tools.  I see the pros and a lot of people write about the cons here on Active Rain.  This was in one of the bigger rooms, so I must of chose the right one. 

On a side note at the very begining of the class Rob asked for a volunteer.  I was sitting in the second row and so I shouted out I would.  He might not of heard me.  He asked again and somebody asked what they had to do.  He said he couldn't say.  I gave my name again.  No response.  A collague at my company, Your Castle Real Estate, Diane Wiolta, said Mike has volunteered twice.

I finally got picked.  I didn't know what it was for, but how bad could it be?  The only time I would not volunteer for any setting like this is if it was on real estate security seminar,  in that case you might get shot with a Taser or put in a choke hold.

On with the presentation:

The speaker, Rob McNealy, with contrivedmedia.com was great.  The person next to me looked him up and he has 92,523 followers.  He was a great speaker in addition to great content.

OUTLINE

Use your name if you can get it

Location

Link to your website

Put keywords in your profile, not flowery lingo

PROFILE AVATARS

choose wisely

be yourself

TWITTER BACKGROUNDS

tell your story

additional information

BUILDING FOLLOWERS

find and follow people

engage people that have large numbers

follow people you are interested in

retweet others a lot

GOOD TWEETING HABBITS

tweet daily/pepper tweets

be nice

post interesting links

stay away from religon and politics

TIME MANAGEMENT

use tweetdeck and group people

bookmark and/or use RSS feeds

use your phone

twitter in the background

ACTION PLAN

finish fix your profile

tweet daily (morning/evening)

post links

The opening session and links to all the others