Positive Tweets Only!

Similarly to LinkedIn, I started my professional Twitter a little over a year ago. I was working in Public Relations and was in fear that the business I was working with would Google my name and views my weird sense of humor first thing. I then debuted my professional Twitter profile as a place where I could still feature bits of my odd humor while also still commenting on stories I see in the media, new movies I have seen, or anything I wouldn’t mind sharing with someone who could possibly be hiring me.

I do think that Twitter is a different sphere than, say LinkedIn. Popular Twitter pages are rarely strictly informational. Popular Twitter pages include interaction with their audience and humor in places you would normally not expect. For example, Taco Bell figured that since their main demographic is young adults and teenagers, they would make their name known in places where young adults and teens hang out- Twitter. Their Tweets are often engaging and bring up popular media stories. Their most popular tactic is going along with how people consider Taco Bell to be their ‘significant other’.  The more they play that up, the more popular they become!

I don’t think Twitter is necessarily a place where you should be completely serious all the time. Twitter is a chance for oneself to showcase their personality. LinkedIn is a place to be serious because that is how it is set up to be. As long as a keep a genuinely positive Twitter page, I will be satisfied with how people look at me. I want to use my Twitter to let people know what I care about in today’s popular media, what I thought about the latest movie or award show, and talk to businesses about my experiences at their store.