Twitter – Keep it Private.

Twitter – Keep it Private 

We’re massive fans of social media, and recommend it highly for anybody who’s looking to incorporate an SEO campaign alongside their web presence. But for all the benefits the likes of Twitter and Facebook can bring to an organic SEO campaign, people still have a hard time remembering that it’s a very public platform. Just ask Calvin Harris and Katy Perry…
It’s worth remembering that no matter how bad things get, either in a personal or professional sense, it’d be a wise idea not to air your dirty laundry in public. What’s the point?
Perry and Harris have been generating headlines over the last day or so because the latter has pulled out of the former’s tour around the UK. Harris cited behind-the-scenes issues, but instead of things staying that way and both parties sorting things out amicably, a slanging match erupted between Harris and Perry on Twitter, with thousands watching.

Of course, this is a very high-profile incident between two chart stars, but there’s lessons for everyone to learn here. Many people still, understandably, confuse Twitter as an innocent form of fun. Twitter though, is regarded as a valid form of publishing and can carry all the associated legal consequences – just ask ex-Liverpool FC footballer Ryan Babel who was hit with a hefty fine for his tweets in January.
The tweets between Harris and Perry focused a lot on what many assume were the terms of the deal between the two, with talk of ‘goalposts being moved’. Pretty dangerous when each tweet will be read by potentially millions of people.
Whatever the problems you encounter in your business, deal with it professionally. Twitter can very easily – as the example above shows – turn things into a public slanging match, adding fuel to the fire. Keep things in-house. You not only owe it to yourself, but to the poor souls who follow you and have to read your tweets!