Category: Lynda Partner

By Lynda Partner

Experienced Twitter users have their own language, their own rules and they project an “in”crowd feeling which sometimes makes it difficult for a newbie to participate with confidence.

I know, I know – you are all about to tell me that it’s fine to make mistakes, it’s all part of learning but I also know that many times I have sat paralyzed with indecision, afraid to tweet the wrong thing and embarrass myself in front of my followers, or worse yet have my “oops” tweet retweeted to the larger universe. 

Twitter pros, this article may not be for you but feel free to forward it to all the newbies you know.

Twitter newbies, come on in – the water’s great!
As you join the revolution, you will most likely experience these 4 stages. Fear not, you’ll get through them quickly and hopefully painlessly.

Stage 1 – Feeling Lonely

After I opened my Twitter account I sat there and looked at the page for awhile and then sent my first tweet, which I am 100% sure is pretty much the same first tweet as the majority of first timers. It was something like “trying out this twitter thing” or “hello out there”.

Nothing came back.

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