You may think it’s your charm and your business exploits that attract others to you on Twitter, but it’s not. It’s your realities that are the biggest draw. Don’t believe me? Read on.
1. A nice suit won’t cover up a faker. No one likes to shake hands with someone who pretends to be what they are not. A nice suit doesn’t cover up a clammy handshake or someone who is rude and burps in your face. Be you, be polite, but don’t be afraid to show the real you. Instead of covering up your idiosyncracies with that fancy suit, why not just wear the cowboy boots? Why not just say “I didn’t know that; what a great idea!” rather than “I already knew that.”
2. Seeing means so much more than preconceived notions. Do you notice other people or are you looking out for #1 always? Why not take some time to get to know some people, find out what they are looking for, ask how their projects are going, wish them the best on their latest news? Are they a person or a Twitter number to you?
3. Feel free to say no can do. If you can’t be the business coach people think you are, quit trying! Why not be the blogger you know you are and refer people out to others for the coaching. I have no qualms about adding disclaimers on all my interactions on Twitter. I do some web content, but mostly blog content and if I can’t do the best job for you, I’ll find someone who can. It sets minds at ease. After all, no one is good at everything.
It just doesn’t make sense to continue to pretend to be something you’re not. And on Twitter that is magnified 100x. Rather than wasting everyone’s time trying to do it all, why not just do what you’re really good at or really are passionate about? It really does work.
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Spot on… Being new-ish to the Twitter thing, I’m finding myself flooded with follows by so-called business coaches and MLM types that seem to have there tweets on auto-pilot cranking out constant appeals to ask them this or download that. I just made the decision to cultivate quality rather than quantity.
Thanks, Topher! Yes, being flooded on Twitter takes some getting used to. I think a Twitter strategy is smart, as long as you don’t close yourself off to new and interesting people. And sometimes you don’t know where they will come from. However, you do have to wrangle some control over it or it will take over you!
Thanks for commenting!