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Twitter may seem like a great place for informal conversations and with only 140 characters at your disposal, it's sometimes easy to forget something could go wrong.

Depending on the message you're trying to convey, whether you're promoting a story you've written or reporting live from an event, there are some things you can do to make your tweets stand out.

In this College of Journalism post, BBC experts suggest using pictures, avoid tweeting anything you'd be embarrassed to say on air and thinking of your Twitter feed as a space for conversation as a few ways to make Twitter work for you.

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