If it’s for the business, Twitter allows you to build connections with interesting and relevant people around the world who are working and talking about topics related to your interests. If its really for latter reason, I would like to give following tips:

1. Make your profile public: You want to connect with people so keep your account open because you are going to be professional on this account, right?

2. Choose a Twitter name that is your entire name or at least your first name and last initial or a variation of your name. Be sure your real name is somewhere on your public profile.

3. Fill in your location with your real location: This will connect you with others in your area with whom you can network in real life.

4. Work on your bio so that it not only says something about your professional activities and aspirations but also displays a little of your personality. You’ve got 160 characters – choose them wisely.

5. Choose an avatar photo that is more face than anything else: Avoid the temptation to try to be too cute. Your genuine face shot is part of who you are.

6. Choose your URL wisely: If you have a complete Linkedin page, link to that. If you have your own name as a URL and you use that website to highlight your skills and talents – even better – link to that.

7. Start following others slowly: Find relevant people in your business or with related interests and follow just a very few at a time. There is no science to this but if your “Following” number is more than five times higher than your number of “Followers” you may seem desperate for followers.

8. Don’t just follow anyone: Following people just because they follow you is not a requirement in Twitter. Following back should be reserved for people you are genuinely interested in learning from and about.

9. Pay attention to others’ tweets: You will learn a lot by just “listening.” When the time is right (you see something you want to comment on or you want to thank someone for sharing something send them an “@” message. These tweets are the beginnings of real conversations with people who may one day become part of your professional network.

10. Retweet judiciously: When you read something that really means something to you or you think some of your followers might appreciate, retweet (RT) it. If there is room add a comment and explain why you like it.

What do you think? Will this help a social media newbie?

• Product
• Place
• Price
• Promotion &
• People

However, social media is different as earlier it was one way transfer of information in web 1.0 then came dialog in web 2.0 generation but now the world is talking about “Communities, Engagement of customers” etc” in web 3.0 generation. Thus, it can’t be just 4 or 5Ps that will rule the world, there’s got to be more than 5, so here I am putting 25 of them which I picked up from here…

Play: Take it easy, it’s not all strategy…

Finally, be Positive about what you do and do it with sincerity…

(Source: Social Media Today)