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I’ve started a Twitter account for my B6S persona here, in addition to my regular twitter account @israelimom.

http://twitter.com/bs6 – in case you want to follow me.

However, do not expect me to automatically follow back. I so don’t believe in feed bots accounts that follow other  just for the follow back. If you follow me and I don’t reciprocate, read my blog post about Who NOT to Follow on Twitter, posted earlier this year on my Israeli Mom blog.

When it comes to webmasters, keep in mind that you are dealing with, hopefully, a more sophisticated crowd. Spam just won’t work.

With that in mind, I’ve come up with a list of Twitter Do’s and Dont’s for Webmasters:

Do

• Read other people’s tweets.
• Interact and reply to tweets.
• Tweet your original thoughts and ideas about web development.
• Post links of interest with your own input injected into the tweet.
• Tweet about new blog posts and new projects, with a clear title or added explanation.

Don’t

• Spam with product offers – we all know where to look for products.
• Send out automated ads – if I see a tweet about teeth whitening I will block and possibly report spam.
• Add RSS feeds of other sites to your Twitter account. I know how to add Mashable and TechCrunch to my Reader, and I can follow them directly if I want to.
• Repeat the same tweets promoting your blog posts numerous times. Once or twice is enough.
• Post endless links with no input of your own – what’s the point?
• Post links with no text – smart people just won’t click them.
• DM people with offers or links. That is just pure spam.

I am on Twitter because I want to interact with fellow webmasters. I want to network. I want to learn new things. If your account does nothing but those things listed under “Don’t”, you can be pretty sure I won’t follow back.

I hope you join Twitter for the same reasons I did. It is both effective and fun when done right.