How Awesome Is Twitter!
Tim on July 28th, 2008
2 Weeks ago if you mentioned twitter to me I would of gone “oh yea, that thing, everyone keeps talking about it but its just so pointless…”. Which have been my thoughts of twitter ever since I heard about it over a year ago.
Now however my opinion has seriously taken a backflip, and I’ve started to realize just how powerful microblogging really is.
If you’ve never heard of twitter you can check it out at http://www.twitter.com. It is a web 2.0 service that allows you to post sms like messages which all your friends (and fans) can see. I like to think of it as a big permanent chatroom where you get to listen to who you want, and most posts are of great value, not simply spam messages or “OMG HI 2 U!!!” style messages.
What I really love about it is that it brings you and all your “Internet Idols” so to speak to the same level. I’ve been able to talk to a few of my Internet Marketing heroes (those that have helped take my businesses from barely getting by to thriving on the internet) one on one and realized that they are just normal fun people.
Not only this, it is excellent for finding great content, I’ve only been on twitter for a few weeks and have found 2-3 products as well as 5-6 blog posts of amazing quality that I wouldn’t have discovered otherwise.
Last of all its perfect for businesses and blogs, as you can announce anything you like, new products, new quality content and so on and all your fans can find out about it immediately without needing to visit your website. Note: Do interact with the community, if you simply go on to promote yourself without networking with others you’ll find yourself with no followers and no one wanting to talk to you.
My Twitter profile is at http://www.twitter.com/timjrobinson if you haven’t yet added me.
Finally, if I haven’t whetted your appetite for it enough, perhaps take a look at some of the other more influential bloggers talking about twitter and how much fun they’ve been having once they got onboard:
Probloggers 9 Benefits of twitter for bloggers: http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/01/23/9-benefits-of-twitter-for-bloggers/
17 Ways you can use twitter by Dosh Dosh: http://www.doshdosh.com/ways-you-can-use-twitter/
Stevepavlina’s take on twitter: http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2008/07/twitter/
The Friday Traffic Report on automated messaging on twitter: http://www.jackhumphrey.com/fridaytrafficreport/reviews/how-to-send-notes-to-your-twitter-followers/
Twitter is an awesome source of blog traffic: http://davepress.net/2008/03/10/twitter-awesome-source-of-blog-traffic/
Cheers, Tim
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