--- title: Good Business Twitter Posting description: What good businesses do on Twitter... image: https://blog.tangiblewords.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Picture-9-150x150.png --- #### SHARE [Share via Facebook ](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.tangiblewords.com%2Fgood-business-twitter-posting) [Share via Twitter ](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.tangiblewords.com%2Fgood-business-twitter-posting&text=Good+Business+Twitter+Posting) [Share via Email ](mailto:?subject=Good+Business+Twitter+Posting&body=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.tangiblewords.com%2Fgood-business-twitter-posting) [Share via LinkedIn ](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.tangiblewords.com%2Fgood-business-twitter-posting&title=Good+Business+Twitter+Posting&summary=What+good+businesses+do+on+Twitter...) # Good Business Twitter Posting February 16, 2010 |   2 minute read [Social Media Marketing](https://blog.tangiblewords.com/topic/social-media-marketing) ![Good Business Twitter Posting](https://blog.tangiblewords.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Picture-9-150x150.png) I've already posted about ["**Death by Twitter" for businesses**](https://blog.tangiblewords.com/the-only-twitter-mistake-you-need-to-avoid-in-your-business-tweets)**.** Today I want to tell you about what I've noticed good businesses do with their Twitter posts. I hope it's helpful to you as you develop your social media marketing strategy. # Good Twitter Posting for Businesses Includes the following: [![](https://blog.tangiblewords.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Picture-9-150x150.png?width=198&height=198&name=Picture-9-150x150.png "Twitter Jail Defined by Urban Dictionary")](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Twitter%20Jail) "Twitter Jail" Defined by Urban Dictionary 1. **Consistent, Reasonable Posting**: Staying FAR out of **#twitterjail** (12-15 posts a day max.) 2. **Well-** **Paced Posting: **try not to postmultiple posts in a span of a few minutes--we're all a little guilty of it sometimes...especially if you are using Twitter via the web. I know how it is: you finally make your way onto Twitter for the day, and you see 100 posts you want to retweet or reply to--but you've got to resist the urge to do them all in 5 minutes time. Give everybody else a chance to "get a word in edge-wise". 3. **Tweet skimable keyword-rich content** -- people who read Twitter are other people so think about what posts you read vs. posts you don't. I know how I read Twitter posts: I'm scrolling fast. If their keywords don't catch my eye, those tweets are ignored. I just don't have time to read non-keyword-rich tweets. (Do you?) 4. **B** **e a real person on Twitter:** often the main reason people will do business with you (in the long-term and the short-term) is because they like you. You don't need to be unprofessional in your Tweets by over-sharing, but people rarely reject someone's (inoffensive) sense of humour--nor do they reject a chance to get to know something about another person. (I used to be a teacher, and one of the slogans by a teaching guru was "if you don't tell the kids something about yourself--sooner or later they'll start making stuff up about you!" And yes, this might include using a real photo on your Twitter profile, but it doesn't have to. I don't think there is anything wrong with having your business's logo as your Twitter profile picture--it's nice to know you can talk to a business). 5. **Take an interest:** being a good business on Twitter also means responding to all of your **@yourprofile** comments. But also, take a look at what other people you're interested are saying and talk to them. I like Twitter for the conversations that can develop and the sharing of information through keyword-rich tweets.   > There's lots of way to conduct good, ethical, friendly business on Twitter, and perhaps you have even more suggestions to share? 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