With only 140 characters per message, is it possible to mess up a tweet? Absolutely. According to Lisa Barone, Co-Founder and Chief Branding Officer at Outspoken Media, Inc., “Tweeting is an art.” Her blog post “How To Write Better Tweets” is filled with several to-the-point tips to help you improve the way you tweet including:

Think before you tweet: Before you tweet that link, publish that twitter comment or get into that heated debate, ask yourself if what you’re about to put out there is meaningful. You know that queasy feeling you get in your stomach when you say something you wish you could take back? Bad tweets can give you the same feeling but you can’t ever take those words back. [Read more...]