Your Twitter profile is one of the greatest factors of social media success. These are seven common but devastating Twitter profile mistakes that can hurt your chances of getting new followers.

1. No Photo

When your potential prospects decide on whether to add you or not, they first make their decisions on your appearances. The biggest mistake you can make is not have a photo and look like a spammer. Studies have shown that decreases your chances of being followed a whopping 80%.

2. A Non-personal Photo

You may have a lot of interests, so you may tend to put a photo of your favourite guitar or car. Bad mistakes. People relate to people, not objects. Plus you look like one of those MLM spammers hawking your BMW dreams.

3. A Photo of Your Hero

You may idolize Mother Theresa or even business gurus like Robert Allan. Unfortunately, people prefer the real you. You’re probably going to be tagged (again) a spammer, or just plain ignored because we have enough real friends to keep up with.

4. A Sexy Photo

You may be hot and have the assets to prove it, but those webcam shots are better suited to MySpace. Spammers have been using photos of scantily-clad women for months and you’re at risk of being tagged as one of them.

5. A Boring Photo

Nowadays when your followers receive more than 20 invitations a day, they make snap decisions. If you’re showing a grainy mobile phone photo or something of inferior quality they will just tune you out. Followers are that superficial, and that’s because of a clutter of information.

6. A Group Photo

Individuals want to connect with individuals. Combine a mass of bodies together with Twitter’s obscenely small framing and you’ll get a repulsive mess anyone wants to avoid for sake of simplicity. Exceptions to the rule include married couples, of course.

7. An Amateur Photo

If you’re using Twitter for professional networking. It’s best you use a professionally shot of you looking your professional best. They get high click throughs because your picture has a high perceived value. If you want to be a maven, you need to look the part.

Now, you know how to avoid these common mistakes for Twitter business. Start making money on Twitter the right way.

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Put a photo of your pet or your family. Cute animals and kids are magnets for people. Use this psychological trait to your advantage. You create really quick bonding that way.

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From Kenneth Yu – The Puppet Master and Social Influence Marketer