Unless you like lots of Email notifications coming into your main business Email account, I want to recommend that you create a separate Email account for Twitter.

Most of the messages that come from Twitter don’t need you to respond right away. You will receive notifications from Twitter when:

  • Jeff Brown The Social Media GuySomeone retweets you, “if you checked the box in your Twitter account”,
  • Some favorites one you your tweets, “if you checked the box in your Twitter account”,
  • Someone replies or mentions you, “if you checked the box in your Twitter account”,
  • Someone new follows you, “if you checked the box in your Twitter account”,
  • And if someone Direct Messages you, “if you checked the box in your Twitter account”.

I have all the above selected, except for the “When someone follows you” option. Needless to say, I get a few Emails from Twitter. After my main Inbox was filling up with Twitter notifications, I quickly realized that they were causing great congestion. My main actionable Emails were getting harder to see quickly. That’s when I had a revelation, and created a new Email account for the Twitter notifications. Now I can go and check them at anytime; but my main Email Inbox is much more manageable.

So here’s our walk-a-way lesson for you: create a separate Email account for your Twitter. You will love you main Inbox much more if you do.