Every Friday, Twitter is all a buzz with recommendations on cool tweeps to follow.  It’s one of the most popular Twitter memes (trends associated with Twitter).  There are no rules to Follow Friday.  You can participate or opt-out – it’s up to you.  You can recommend a string of people, or one at a time.  You can recommend the same people week after week or introduce someone new to your followers.

I haven’t participated in a while – not only have I been to busy to post, I’ve also been a little too busy to tweet.  But I’ll be back soon to join in the ongoing party that is Twitter.  In the meantime, if you want to join in the Follow Friday fun (it is Friday after all), here are some things to keep in mind:

You can opt out: Just because there may be a lot of #followfriday tweets, doesn’t mean you need to get involved.  

Categorize your recommendation: If you feel like sharing a bunch of recommendations, it helps to categorize them to provide more value to other tweeters.  For example: Social Media @CoachDeb, @JPMicek, @MariSmith… and so on.

Introduce new tweeps: Recommend a tweep (or more) who is new to your stream and who made an impact on you in the last week. 

Helpful tweeps: If anyone has given you a helping in the past week, be sure to share!

Chattiest Tweeps: Twitter is about engaging people in a conversation.  If there are no conversations, twitter is irrelevant.  I always love recommending tweeps with whom I’ve had the most conversations or interactions with in the past week.

Happy tweeting!