{"id":3626,"date":"2009-12-26T08:40:24","date_gmt":"2009-12-26T13:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/37d57f8fa2.nxcli.io\/blog\/?p=3626"},"modified":"2009-12-30T10:09:07","modified_gmt":"2009-12-30T15:09:07","slug":"twitter-direct-messages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/web-marketing\/social-media\/twitter-direct-messages\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Direct Messages For Dummies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Have you ever been on twitter felt unsure if you should send a communication as a direct message or @ reply? I&#8217;ve got your answer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">First a little refresher course &#8211; @ replies and direct messages are the two main modes of communication on twitter. For a detailed explanation of @ replies, check out the article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/web-marketing\/twitter-reply\/\">Demystifying The Twitter @ Reply<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">On to direct messages! Unlike @ replies which are public, direct messages are private. Only you and the recipient can see them. They will not show up for anyone else, including in a Google search.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So when is the right time to use a D message?<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/twitter-marketing.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3794\" title=\"twitter marketing\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/twitter-marketing.jpg\" alt=\"twitter marketing\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You want to use direct messages when no one else would have interest in the conversation. For example &#8211; &#8220;I&#8217;m going to be late for lunch&#8221;, &#8220;There&#8217;s a typo on your website&#8221;, &#8220;Can you give me the phone number of your plumber?&#8221;. Conversations that are private or that no one else would have interest in jumping in on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Remember not to put anything TOO private in a direct message. Twitter has been known to have glitches and occasionally direct messages will accidentally show up in the public timeline, due to user error or a twitter glitch.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If it is a one-to-one conversation that no one else would be interested in &#8211; send it in a D message.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211; <em>Laura<\/em><\/p>\n<table style=\"text-align: left;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"8\" cellpadding=\"8\" width=\"450\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"450\" height=\"0\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ececec\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/laura-roeder\/\">About Laura Roeder<\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfsstore.com\"><strong><br \/>\nRelated Resources<\/strong><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/author\/lroeder\/\"><br \/>\nMore Posts by Laura Roeder<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To discover the easy and inexpensive ways <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">anyone can attract more clients and maximize their profits<\/span>, sign up for your<strong> <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/free8-s.html\">FREE <\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/free8-s.html\">Profit Now <\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/free8-s.html\">Report<\/a>. <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px; text-align: left;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" href=\"http:\/\/reblog.zemanta.com\/zemified\/07db9cd8-8c27-4e16-aeb5-66ed9398eadd\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: medium none; float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/reblog_e.png?x-id=07db9cd8-8c27-4e16-aeb5-66ed9398eadd\" alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" \/><\/a><span class=\"zem-script more-related more-info pretty-attribution paragraph-reblog\"><script src=\"http:\/\/static.zemanta.com\/readside\/loader.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever been on twitter felt unsure if you should send a communication as a direct message or @ reply? 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