Los 10 Errores de Facebook que cometen las Empresas

Last year I blogged about 10 Mistakes Businesses Make on
Facebook, so I thought I’d take the time to create a similar list
regarding business use of Twitter. Some of these will sound very
familiar to the previous list, but Twitter is a different platform with
different uses and different “rules”. Read this list and analyze
your own approach to Twitter. Are you committing any of these
errors, or do you know someone who is?
1. Creating an account and not using it – Twitter is littered
with dead accounts. Usually what happens is a business creates
an account, starts following people to get followers, then can’t
keep up with a pace that is needed and they give up too soon. Often they expect overnight results,
but that won’t happen. Don’t expect huge results and major ROI quickly. Twitter is a slow, organic
growth platform in most cases.
2. Not engaging – Twitter is a conversation. If all you do is talk, but not talk to anyone, you’re
boring. Reach out and start conversations with others. Don’t just stand up and shout out into the air.
3. Not replying to @mentions – It’s not just about engaging others actively, but also responding to
others when they @mention you. If someone speaks to you, and you don’t respond, they will assume
you aren’t there, don’t care, have automated your Twitter, or all of the above. When that happens,
you can bet they won’t interested in what you have to say when you tweet.
4. Not building an audience – Your Twitter following doesn’t just grow. This isn’t an “if you build it
they will come” proposition. You need to work to build your following, and that usually starts by you
regularly, and strategically, following others and then engaging them.
5. Not tweeting enough – I’m going to step out on a limb and say there really is no such thing as
tweeting too much. But not tweeting enough can be a real problem. Relationships are built on
interaction. Rationing yourself to a certain number of tweets per day/week is a big mistake. Do you
ration how often you interact with people in person? Oh, and if you’re tempted to outsource your
tweeting to a Social Media consultant, there’s a good chance this will happen.
6.Not following anyone – There is no rule that says you have to follow everyone who follows you,
but you do need to consistently follow others. If you have a gazillion followers and don’t follow anyone
back, that means all you care about is what you have to say, and don’t give a rip about anyone else.
Sorry, but it’s not all about you.
7. Not retweeting/sharing – Twitter works best when you tweet out a nice variety of content. That
includes retweeting or sharing the content of others that you think your followers might be interested
in. This is just one way of being a good citizen of the Twitterverse. Plus, if you regularly share the
work of others, they will be more likely to share or retweet your content.
8. Auto DMs – When I follow someone and then receive an auto DM thanking me, I’m turned off.
Mostly because the auto DMs clearly aren’t personalized for me. They often run along the lines of
“Hey, I look forward to engaging with you. Make sure you check out my new ebook on such and
such at this link!” It’s similar to meeting a guy for the first time and, before you even get to know him,
he’s got his business card in your face. Do you wanna be that guy?
9. Heavy handed sales – There is a place for some sales content on Twitter, but I see a lot of folks
who do nothing but sell. It’s clear that they aren’t on Twitter for relationships. They don’t view you as
a person; you are only a potential customer. The problem with that view is that if you don’t move
from potential customer to real customer, they no longer have any interest in you. Mercenary
relationships don’t work.
10. Not providing relevant content – We could debate about this for a long time as we all have
different ideas about how to define “relevant” content. And the answer will be different for all of us,
based on who we are, what we do, and our intended audience. But if all you do is link to noncompelling
content, you’ll be ignored.
11. Retweeting retweets of themselves – These are people who break their arms patting
themselves on the back. I especially see this a lot within the marketing community. @MarketingGalA
tweets that she won an award. @MarketingGuyB retweets her and appends it with a
congratulations. @MarketingGalA retweets @MarketingGuyB’s retweet as if to say, “Hey, this guy
congratulated me for winning an award, this makes me special!”. The real problem with this is that
the people who are guilty of this seem to do it all the time. Get over yourself.
12. Incomplete profile – One of the first things you need to do before you really start using Twitter
is to make sure you have a complete profile. This means having a proper image, as well as a nice
description of who you are and what you do. This should also include your location. People like to
have some sort of context and want to know who’s on the other side of your account.
13. Not publicizing that you’re on Twitter – You can have the best Twitter profile and be great at
engaging, but you need to find ways to let your customers know you are on Twitter. This
includes online methods such as your email, website, and Facebook page. This also includes
using various offline methods that inform your customers when they are actually in your business.
14. Not integrating – Twitter doesn’t exist in a vacuum. You might want to include a Twitter widget
on your website, or make sure that your blog gets pushed out to your Twitter followers automatically.
There are many different ways that you can integrate Twitter with your other online properties.
15. One dimensional presence – Don’t just tweet the same sorts of things. None of us is one
dimensional. We have a wide variety of interests, as do our followers. Play into those. Some
people do nothing but spit out inspirational quotes. If that’s all you do, people will get bored
quickly. Remember, Twitter is real life. Act on Twitter the way you would in a face to face setting.
16. Only automating via Facebook or only scheduling – An easy way for businesses to
manage a Social Media presence is for them to link their Facebook updates to Twitter. I have
no problem with this unless this is all you do. Remember, the name of the game is engagement.
More often than not, businesses that do nothing but post the same content on both platforms, will
end up only monitoring one of them, and that’s usually Facebook. If you aren’t monitoring Twitter,
you can’t respond to people who might try to engage with you. Plus you won’t be engaging others
proactively. If you do link Facebook and Twitter, make sure you are also spending time on Twitter
alone, engaging, replying, and offering other content.
17. Having a protected account – This one makes no sense and drives me bonkers. I have no
problem with individuals protecting their account, but if you are a business, your goal is to build up a
nice following. By protecting your tweets you are adding an extra hurdle for people when they want
to follow you. They have to request, and you have to approve. Quite frankly, when I see a business
do this, I don’t even want to follow them.
18. Tweeting before thinking – We’ve all heard the stories about Kenneth Cole, the Red Cross,
and a lot of the other companies that screwed up when they tweeted something they thought was
clever (Entenmanns), or when someone posted to the wrong account (Chrysler). And just as
important as thinking before tweeting is knowing how to apologize properly when you have made
a mistake.