Best to have separate private and the business twitter accounts?

[whitbycottages]

Just starting to use twitter and can see its potential but I have a personal account, one my holiday letting business and one for my CCTV installation business. Obviously the problem is I have to login to each account separately and post relevant tweets. I like the idea that people following because they're interested in the subject but the downside obviously is that I have to split my time and my total followers across three accounts.

What do you do with your twitter presence focus on one account or have separate accounts?

[Unity]

You could use something like Tweetdeck http://www.tweetdeck.com/ (or something similar) and be logged into multiple accounts at the same time.

[igor.pinchevskiy]

Hi Alan,

Do you have separate websites for your businesses? Do you have separate email accounts for your businesses? Do you keep your raw meat separate from your vegetables in the fridge? Do you mix vodka and beer (OK that one is actually not bad) etc...

You definitely need separate accounts for each type of business. When you start following a blog, facebook page, twitter user, etc... let's say about cars and all of a sudden you start seeing information about baby products you start to wonder what's going on?

A. maybe a mistake was made ( if its a 1 time thing)

B. the author has gone mad and trying to solicit non related products

C. the author looses authority and trust on the subject and you start loosing followers and possibly gain negative reactions

I know its hard and extra work but unless you have related businesses like cars and tires or parts you need to separate them and have an individual account for each type of business.

Sorry didn't mean to be rude!

[whitbycottages]

Yes I know about TweetDeck I'll definitely take a look at that one thank you Davinia

[whitbycottages]

Hi Igor

I totally get what you're saying people are not interested, unless they are interested..

It's my focus at the moment Twitter,  so I'm going to try to build up following is in each category that into that category.

I was listening to the SEO called Kelvin Newman on his podcast and he a suggested that you should concentrate your efforts on one particular twitter account to build up your followers and save time etc , but it doesn't make sense. I like the guy and his advice usually but not on this occasion.

I actually have control of another twitter account for a celebrity and that's building up more followers than all the rest of my accounts put together, but unfortunately once again I don't think the celebs followers will be generally interested in my holiday cottages or CCTV! At least I'll put a small ad at the top of the account for myself just in case

Thank you for your clear punchy advice