Microblogging is an art. Microblogging is a lifestyle. You have to love it, you have to live it, and you have to breathe it. Here are a few helpful hints to keep in mind when you are microblogging.
1) Be informative: Whether you are using Twitter, Facebook, or Friendfeed when sharing news with your audience, remember to be provoking and detailed in your posts. The more details, the better!
2) Stay relevant: Post about stories that will likely spark tons of interest with your audience. Make sure to post things they can possibly relate to or possibly peak curiosity.
3) Be instructive: Find a way to not only post news, but be helpful to your readers. Show your audience "how to" do certain things or find about certain topics.
4) Include links: Posting links in your stories can help the reader find more interesting sources that can further their understanding. Occasionally, the character limit isn't enough to fully understand the whole story.
5) Reflect your personality: Although they can't see you, that doesn't mean that the reader can't get to know who you really are. Your words are the only thing they have to get to know the real you, so you have to make them all count.
6) Build relationships: Microblogging creates tons of questions with your readers. If you are available, answer those questions. You may never know who you are truly speaking to on the other side of that screen. That other person could have the potentialities of opening up doors for you.
Cited: Briggs, Mark. Journalism Next. Washington: CQ Press, 2010. Print.
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