Engaging on Twitter

Of my 18 Twitter lists, there are only 20 people on my Conversationalists list. Below are the five I engage with the most:

@AlexTuthill88 – Alex is a riot. She likes to talk about Mafia pigeons, juggling chimpanzees, her dedication to Souplantation, and more.

@40Deuce – Sheldon Levine started the conversation when he commented that he enjoyed my Playing the Social Media Market blog.

@jimgrayonline – One of Jim Gray’s guys designed my site. I’ve made additions, including apps and more; but if you enjoy my site, Mr. Gray is the man to talk to.

@MichelleSedas – Michelle is an author, today is her daughter’s first day of kindergarten, and she is my newest friend on GoodReads.com

@IamFeliciaSmith – Felicia and I started talking because we have similar tastes in music.

It amazes me when a person tweets ‘Good morning, World. How are you?’ or other conversational tweet, but does not reply when I tweet back with a ‘hello’ and question asking how they are. It confounds me when a person or company calls themselves a social media expert, but only talks about themselves, only talks to their clients, or doesn’t try to engage. It baffles me how often people don’t tweet “@ErickWrites Thanks for the retweet” when I retweet something they tweeted.

I’m always on the lookout for people to engage with. I purposely say ‘good morning’ to people when they say good morning. I intentionally answer random questions. And I retweet what looks retweetable.

The average Klout score is 11. Do you know yours? Do you care? You should. Let’s engage.

Stay social my friends,

Erick