Eureka! I get it! (Twitter)
August 8, 2008 on 7:25 pm | In Uncategorized, Web/Tech, Weblogs |I’ve been a Twitter hater for a long time now. Twitter, bleh! I was a skeptic, thinking “why in the world would people care what I had for dinner?” My epiphany came after an excellent seminar on personal branding put on by the guys at Tricycle. I asked Jonathan Hardesty “why?” His response was essentially that “it’s about relationships.” Then…I got it.
In your life, you may know hundreds (if not thousands) of people. If you filter out people you know, but don’t really know on a personal basis (e.g., what their favorite color is, what their hobbies are, what it important to them) realistically, the average person only has a few dozen close relationships (many of which are family members).
Twitter (and other forms of social media (including blogging)) give you a chance to connect on a much more personal basis with a HUGE number of people. You get to KNOW people. People get to KNOW you.
In our field, relationships matter. Thus…Twitter matters.
Want to learn more? Local blog/SEO guru Sara Lewis had a post today called “Getting Started on Twitter” that includes links to a number of “why” and “how” resources (blog posts, videos, etc.). Check it out…it will explain everything.
See you online. http://twitter.com/nipper
[updated to correct my new Twitter name]
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