Are You A Trending Topic?: Career Planning With Twitter (2)

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To fill the news stream in your account, you have to identify people who have a say in matters you are interested in. Besides numerous celebrities and public faces, many companies are also active on Twitter. Use the Twitter search tool for this purpose; e.g. identify the career channels or employees of your dream employer and follow their tweets.

You can make your search even more precise and detailed by using twitter.com/search-advanced. Every time you follow a person or institution, a notification is sent out. Twitter users usually want to know about new followers and turkey phone number library their background. At least that’s how I handle this issue.

If I find the Twitter profile and bio appealing (not the default picture of an egg and similar interests), I will also follow back. Following others goes along with expanding your own network. But remember not to overdo it! I would not recommend the strategy “If you follow me, I will follow you”. As in real life, it takes time to develop and expand a valuable network. You will also appreciate a clean timeline.


“Hello world” or the first tweet

What can I write about? Is anyone interested in it? If yes, who? Probably many people have these kinds of thoughts prior to their first tweet. At least I felt that way. Meaningful, valuable content should be delivered in 140 characters – you don’t want to appear unprofessional! Let’s take a closer look at the various categories of a tweet.