Twitter-fy Your Life
You may just be hearing about Twitter, but it’s actually been around since year 2000. Nine years later and it’s blown up into a social network that nearly everyone has to be a part of. Twitter is being used for both business and pleasure. Each mico-blog is packed full of straight-to-the-point information and comments on anything at all. It’s a perfect way to stay updated on what all your friends are doing, or people you just happen to find interesting. If you’re one of those people who enjoy reading what other people write about on a daily basis, then Twitter is definitely something to get into.
How can Twitter be of service to you?
People get sucked into Twitter. This monster of a micro-blogging system allows you to put down a small piece of information, publish it, and allow the world to formulate their opinions on what you wrote (or just your friends as you can make your account ‘private’). It sucks people in quickly because it’s easy and fast to read. You can learn a lot from just a few lines of text. When people are so easily consumed by what they are reading, they are very likely to return. Think of it like a source of entertainment, or like a drug. You can create an RSS feed through Twitter so people can easily keep up-to-date on what you’re doing with your website. You can even link it into your cell phone so you can be anywhere and read tweets (a Twitter entry), or send tweets.
So why is this a good tool to use? Twitter has really caught on, and with millions of people to connect to, it’s a fantastic social network to be a part of. You can spread the word very quickly through Twitter, and to tons of people at that – what a great marketing tool! How easy it is for people to learn about you and what you have to offer.
Even if you’ve just become aware of this phenomena and are still really not interested in it, take it into some deep consideration. It’s almost a bad idea to not use Twitter anymore, if you’re making a strong attempt at networking with lots of people.
Of course to each his own, but my recommendation would be to at least give Twitter a shot. If you’re not so jazzed about writing out short blogs every day, then just create an RSS feed for your website and run it through Twitter, so it runs with minimal effort on your part.
Good luck!
May 27th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
I had no idea that Twitter has been around since 2000, that makes it nine years! I only got on it last year, I thought I was ahead of the curve. Ah well, it is very useful for me and I find it very entertaining. Regards!
June 7th, 2009 at 2:08 am
I use Twitter, but not as much as I use to. I don’t follow tons of people and stay very close within my niche. It works for me and I get targeted traffic from Twitter and those who visit my SEO Blog, actually read some of the article and spend time on the blog.
However, I am still learning how to promote and how to use Twitter as a tool.
June 11th, 2009 at 3:13 am
Thanks for sharing. Twitter is an amazing tool. I like the way used to publish new items in twitter using Twitterfeed which automatically updates until the user pauses or deletes it. Also there is no limitation to the number of feeds one could submit to a single account. So that one can gather all his favorite feeds and submit to twitter.
August 21st, 2009 at 3:50 pm
It’s amazing the number of offshoot programs and software that has been built to support Twitter. An entire cottage industry devoted to “tweeting” is not something to scoff at. We’re running a Twitter site dedicated to network marketing and multi-level marketing, and literally everyone is there, from distributors and companies, to MLM associations. It’s definitely a good networking tool, however, one-on-one conversation is sometimes difficult because a lot of these automated tools make it too easy to follow people simply based on keywords. Having a direct conversation is like finding a needle in a haystack for these “get rich quick” schemes people buy into. Twitter is great for friends, family, stalkers…and of course movie stars to show they’re into the latest fad. We’ll see what comes next.
August 26th, 2009 at 7:56 am
I thought I was ahead of the curve. Ah well, it is very useful for me and I find it very entertaining. It works for me and I get targeted traffic from Twitter .