<span style="color: #000000;">Just this morning, I have seen all three of these mistakes, and by prominent websites/social media marketers. </span>

<span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Number 1: Not having links open in a new page/tab</strong>. Why is this a mistake? Because you are practically pushing people OFF your website and on to another. </span>

<span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Number 2: Poor social sharing tools (or worse, not having them).</strong> Poor social sharing tools are those that don't provide the title of the post, or the blog, or the author. The example I came across this morning gave me this when I clicked to share on Twitter: Currently reading [URL address]). How is this sharing helpful to anyone?  You have to provide a reason for people to read your Tweet. </span>

<span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Number 3: Not checking @ mentions on Twitter.</strong> Someone is trying to communicate directly with you--is it wise to ignore him/her?  Big companies with customer service problems would do well to check their @ mentions. This is easier done with a Twitter client like Hootsuite or Tweetdeck that automatically puts @ mentions in their own column. </span>

<span style="color: #000000;">Are these your top three mistakes? What would you add or subtract?</span>

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