Have you ever wondered if you're using Twitter correctly? Or if you could be using it more effectively? As businesses, there are so many ways to take advantage of Twitter to grow your audience and generate revenue. So, here is a list of 75 ways to succeed on Twitter.

1. Complete your bio with relevant information
2. Keep your username as short as possible (you’re using up valuable characters)
3. Use a photo or logo in your bio – don’t be an egg
4. Upload a cover photo relevant to your business
5. Use a real location in your bio
6. Put your business website in your bio – it’s a hyperlink to drive traffic to your site
7. Make your account PUBLIC – let people connect with you
8. Learn the twitter lingo
9. Don’t refer to yourself as a “guru”, “master”, “ninja”, “expert”, etc.
10. If you do refer to yourself as an expert, public opinion better justify it
11. Don’t talk only about you and share only your own content
12. Actively engage on Twitter
13. Retweet others’ posts
14. Favorite other’s posts
15. Share industry relevant articles
16. Share photos of your business
17. Share photos of your employees
18. Share photos of your products
19. Share photos from live events
20. Offer Twitter exclusive discounts
21. Host a contest – but adhere to Twitter contest rules
22. Provide sneak peeks or previews of your products
23. Ask questions
24. Check your @mentions regularly
25. Reply with a thank you when someone shares your posts
26. Thank those who recommend you to others
27. Answer questions directly with an @reply
28. Offer apologies and solutions to those with complaints
29. Use a symbol ( . > : / ) before an @reply – this makes your post public
30. Don’t engage in negative or insulting behaviors – keep it positive and professional
31. People like to laugh
32. If you make an error – own it and correct it
33. Don’t delete old tweets (if they’re bad, someone has a screenshot anyways)
34. Utilize Vine to share exclusive videos
35. Use relevant hashtags to increase search results
36. Don’t overuse hashtags (in tweets or profile description)
37. Don’t hashjack (look it up if you don’t know this term)
38. Be aware of trending topics
39. Don’t create tweets with the intention of virality – create tweets for your audience
40. Follow other industry leaders
41. Follow those who interact with you
42. Follow those who share your posts
43. Follow your competitors
44. Follow your competitors’ fans
45. Follow more people to get more followers
46. Don’t buy followers – we can see that they’re fake
47. Do not follow everyone that follows you
48. Use third party apps to maintain who you follow
49. Don’t share your numbers of new followers/lost followers – no one cares!
50. Use lists to group those you follow
51. Listen socially for what your audience wants
52. Offer assistance or advice to people tweeting in your industry
53. Participate in Twitter chats
54. Start a Twitter chat
55. Use a good chat app to handle Twitter chats
56. Reach out to people and start a conversation
57. Don’t spam new followers with auto-DMs
58. Check your DMs at least a couple times a week – some might actually be important
59. Use link shorteners to reduce link length
60. Proof read your tweets before posting
61. Make sure your links work
62. Use proper grammar and spelling
63. Use only common or acceptable abbreviations
64. Keep your tweets to 140 characters – don’t use tweet lengthening tools
65. Shorter tweets get more retweets
66. Don’t link your Twitter account to Facebook or other sites
67. Don’t ask new followers to follow you on another site
68. Don’t share mass amounts of tweets in a short time period – space them out
69. Tweet in real time
70. Tweet throughout the day and night, weekdays and weekends
71. Use an analysis tool to track your engagement and stats
72. Know what times of the day/week your target audience is active on Twitter
73. Give recognition to other companies that go above and beyond for you
74. Be you – be authentic
75. Twitter is simple – keep it simple

Yes, it's a long list. But if you follow these rules, you will definitely see more engagement, interaction, traffic, and even sales from your Twitter audience.

Do you have any other rules to live by? Feel free to add them in the comments below. Disagree with any of these rules? Let's discuss it further in the comments below.