# Teach me how to be cool on Twitter **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 14, 2010, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-how-to-be-cool-on-twitter/564062 "2010-12-14T00:51:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![emmaliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-how-to-be-cool-on-twitter/564062/1 "2010-12-14T00:51:58Z")
I got me the awesomest new job evar which in most ways I am totally competent to rock, but one thing I know nothing about – as part of managing the company’s social media presence, I’m supposed to handle the Twittering. I don’t know a damn thing about Twitter. I only recently found out you could even read Tweets online, actually; I thought it was all something you did with smartphones. What should I know? 140 characters, right, got that – what else? What should I subscribe to as examples of Twitterment done right? What makes you cringe on Twitter? Besides “refudiating” and such, I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Hedda\_Rosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hedda_rosa/32/1204_2.png) [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-how-to-be-cool-on-twitter/564062/2 "2010-12-14T01:03:34Z")
Find the top people in twittter for your industry and follow them. Do what they do, only in your own voice. Retweet. Lots. Google Twitter marketing and read everything. Then you have to get out there and tweet. Learn by doing. Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-how-to-be-cool-on-twitter/564062/3 "2010-12-14T01:13:22Z")
Don’t overuse hashtags or capital letters - I know you probably wouldn’t anyway if you’re managing a company account, but I think it’s nice advice for general Twittering. > [@Hedda\_Rosa](#): > > Retweet. Lots. I agree that the concept of retweeting is important but not so much that anyone who follows you is suddenly going to have their feed flooded with tweets you’re retweeting from other people - they’ve followed you because they want to know what YOU have to say. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-how-to-be-cool-on-twitter/564062/4 "2010-12-14T01:55:32Z")
Tweet news stories that relate to your industry that your followers will find interesting. I recommend the Tweetdeck application, which allows you to see your feed, your @ mentions, and direct messages all in the same screen. YMMV, but I also like little updates that make it clear that the person tweeting is a real person, like when whoever it is that does the amazonmp3 twitter gets into conversations with followers and bands about music, or apologizes for typos. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-how-to-be-cool-on-twitter/564062/5 "2010-12-14T02:18:35Z")
Make sure to blame things on God. ---
**Author:** ![emmaliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-how-to-be-cool-on-twitter/564062/6 "2010-12-14T03:20:58Z")
Any suggestions for examples of good Twitterers in \*whatever \*field? (There’s not a whole lot happening in my industry in Twitter yet, apparently.)