Leo Widrich

This is a guest post by Leo Widrich.

It was less than 6 months ago that I decided to fully start out on Twitter. I soon got sucked in to a fantastic environment of helpful and knowledgeable tweeps.

I was blogging for a while before. Vividly I applied some key lessons I learnt and my experience was that it worked extremely well on Twitter too.

The most important part was that it came naturally because I was already used to these techniques.

1.) Don’t Rant – Copy Counts

Fortunately the time when Twitter was a ranting tool you would use to put your thoughts out to no one and anyone is gone.

I like to see Twitter as a microblogging tool in the literal sense. Creating compelling copy that is both attractive to click through and carrying an honest and sincere message is key. Make your Tweets great.

One thing I did right from the start is always write my own tweets. After all my Twitter stream is like my stream of blogposts. Giving them a personal voice is key to create a genuine appearance. What I means I that whenever I am reading a great article I would change the headline so it would suit my voice.

Continue 5 Things Blogging Taught Me About Tweeting

This is a guest post by Leo Widrich.

One of the most important things I discovered is to manage my time efficiently on Twitter. Otherwise I would spend hours and hours without getting anything else done.

Recently I have started to use Buffer, a super simple Twitter tool which helps you to breathe a little easier by keeping my followers posted all day long. It is very different from any existing Apps and makes my life online a little less complicated.

With Buffer you simply throw a few tweets into your Buffer and the App then schedules these tweets for you during the day – that’s it.

Now, let’s take a look at how Buffer works.

Step 1: Put Tweets in Your Buffer

Adding tweets to your Buffer is super simple. Simply write them into your tweet panel at your Buffer home account.

To make it even easier I suggest you install the right browser extension for you (Chrome, Firefox, Safari) so you can add tweets from any page you are one. Like this: