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12 Days of Twitter
If you haven’t noticed already, I’m a huge Twitter advocate. However, I was one of the folks who just didn’t get it. I struggled to understand how a little post about my life would be worth anyone’s time. I skipped jumping on board as an early adopter.
Twitter’s homepage says “What are you doing?”. This is the question you’re supposed to answer. I kept asking “why the heck would I want to tell the world what I’m doing right this very minute?” I hear it again and again directly from people who watch GeekBrief.TV and from people talking about Twitter on TV and radio. Why would I want to tell everyone that I’m about to jump in the shower, or eating macaroni and cheese, or putting on my shoes in the morning? Even if I wanted to tell the world these things, why would anyone even care? What good could possibly come out of tweeting?
It was friends of Geek Brief that converted me. Viewers would email me and ask me to sign up, and I kept replying “No way! I don’t want the responsibility of having to come up with something clever every day. I know I won’t use it very much, so what’s the point?”. Then, someone said they’d like to know via Twitter when I’ve posted a new episode of the show. That sounded reasonable. I could understand using Twitter to do that. I slowly began to see the value of Twitter, and one day soon after beginning to use it, I fell in love.
My best advice? Ignore the question. Twitter isn’t about describing your lunch (unless it’s funny or interesting enough to share). It’s about participating in a community that could be good for either your business or your social life.
How?
If you use Twitter with your heart in the right place (i.e. no spamming), it can be an extremely valuable resource for you and/or your business. I get asked all the time about how to get the most out of Twitter, so I decided to do a series of blog posts to answer all the questions I get, and share what I’ve learned. I’m calling the series 12 Days of Twitter, and I’ll start tomorrow. The series will include tips, tricks, rules and tools. I hope it helps to fill in some of the gaps about why there is all this fuss about Twitter!
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Day 1: The Secret Twitter Code
Day 2: Use TweetDeck to Manage Conversations
Day 3: Share Your Funny Anecdotes While They’re Still Funny
Day 4: Follow Responsibly
Day 5: 3 Newbie Mistakes Made by New Tweeters
Day 6: Use Twitter Search to Connect and Find
Day 7: Twitter Mobile
Day 8: Five Awesome Things You Can Do with Twitter
Day 9: Mix it Up!
Day 10: If You’re Not a TweetDeck, You Might Be a Seesmic
Day 11: Twitter for Prizes and Profit
Day 12: Schedule Tweets in Advance
It’s the icon above “Shiny, Happy Geek Girl”. Here’s the feed:
