Giving your 100% is especially difficult when you don’t know if your work will ever be published. I have no problem giving it my all when I’m writing on assignment…but I find writing sample chapters more difficult.

But still…I will give it 100%. Thanks for the encouragement — and that’s another reason to build a strong writers network! Encouragement.

Laurie
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Such a very nice short post. I like the “give your 100% tip. I also apply it and I believe by giving your 100% you are also giving your greatness. And that will always give you a great reputation – which will give you unexpected great returns.

When I follow people and they DM me their website, I DM mine right back! And sometimes I unfollow (those DMs annoy the heck out of me).

At first, I only followed writers because I wanted to read all their tweets! But then I realized that I was losing followers, and I didn’t like that. I really struggled with this (as much as one can struggle with something like this!). I want my blogs to grow — that’s one of the reasons I’m on Twitter — so now I follow more people.

But, I can’t keep up with everyone. Following lots of people means you’re not really connecting with anybody — though I do have a few “favorites” on TweetDeck so I am actually following the writers I want!

Now that I think about it — it’s come full circle. I’m following more people, but still keeping an eye on those I’m most interested in (writers and editors) via favorites.

Thanks for asking this question, Valerie! It helped me figure out how I feel about Twitter

Laurie
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Well, I headed right on over and followed you, dontcha know!

If I can ever help, just let me know.

I look forward to your tweets.

George
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That is an outstanding question. Some folks believe that the key to success with Twitter is to build your numbers at all costs. My own experience tells me that is a bad strategy.

I’ve grown my Twitter account organically. that means I haven’t used any software or magic to add followers or to follow folks. I don’t have tens of thousands of followers and I don’t follow quite as many folks who are following me. My Twittergrade is 99.4 out of 100.

Ok, with all of that said, you should follow folks that you find to be interesting. Don’t worry if it takes time to build numbers, as you build your community, the followers will come.

When I receive notification of a new follower I go to their profile page and have a look. If they have a picture of themselves, a description and a website then the basic criteria are in place for me to follow them. Next, I look at the number of updates and their last dozen or so tweets. If their timeline is nothing but self promoting, I don’t follow. Next I look at following/followers ratio. If it’s too out of whack I don’t follow.

The best advice is to have fun with it. Don’t worry too much about folks who unfollow you – it’s going to happen no matter what you do.

What’s your Twitter address so I can follow you, if you don’t mind.

I hope this helps!

George
.-= Tumblemoose´s last blog post ..I think the Editor was asleep =-.