Twitter(your personalaccount)

Twitter is a unique social media platform. It is an open network that allows you to connect and network with a whole host of different people and businesses – from Lady Gaga to Barack Obama and the Queen. Use Twitter to your advantage to make yourself stand out, whether you’re looking to interact with a celebrity or get your next dream job. Twitter can help.

Here are our favourite tips for you:

1. Be Human Make your personal bio informative, it is important to have a personality on social media platforms like these. If you have interests, include them in your bio. Also make sure that you drop in some key words, which will make it easier for individuals and businesses to find you.

2. Have relevant and exciting tweets

140 characters isn’t a lot of room to type your thoughts. A good rule of thumb to live by is treating each tweet as a newspaper headline. If you need to say more, include a link to an article or even a link to your own blog.

3. Followers Follow and engage with people and posts that are relevant to you. If you are looking for a career move and you have been interacting with a business on a regular basis, you will be a memorable candidate to them compared to other candidates who they have never interacted with.

4. # HashtagHashtag trending terms in order to have your message seen by a wider audience. Also use hashtags that are relevant to the topic you’re talking about. It may provide you with more relevant followers in a specialist area.

Twitter(your personalaccount)

5. Profile PictureUse a clear photo of yourself on your profile. It is always good to put a name to a face, likewise nobody wants to have to guess which one you are in a group photo. Twitter is both a fun and profession social media network, so remember this when choosing your picture. You could even create an animated avatar to make you stand out from the crowd – there are many websites available to help you do this.

6. Use Twitter as a research tool

If you have been invited to a job interview, research the business and what kind of things they communicate on Twitter. If you know the name of the interviewer from the company, you will be able to research them in order to gain an insight into their interests.

Ultimately, it is important to be yourself. Let your personality be visible through your Twitter profile and you will soon begin to see an increase in the amount of relevant followers you get.

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