Twitter – All Grown Up
I was reading a very interesting article in Econtent Magazine this week regarding Twitter, and agreed with the author’s conclusion so much I wanted to share the article and my thoughts on it with you.
The primary point made is that Twitter is indeed growing up. Along with it, our recognition of the conversations we have there need to evolve as well. We need to think about what we’re tweeting about and stop with the incessent noise.
While prepping for this post this AM I was notified of a new follower so as I always do, I went to see the profile of the person who wished to follow me. Two or three tweets down the page was an entry about “getting a mole removed”. My ONLY thought when I read that is EWWWWW…
Now if my Father told me about such a proceedure, ok. A stranger who is seeking an online relationship, no way!
My point is that the days of answering, literally, the question “what are you doing”, are over. Not many of us care if your car is being washed or you had tuna salad for lunch. If you have an existing relationship (friend, family, etc) who wishes to know this then send them a DM. Please don’t post it to the public wall…
In fact, I got an email from someone who wanted to know why I did not tweet about the cute holidays anymore. My reply was that I did not want to be perceived as the “silly holiday guy”. I’m a marketer who gets results for my clients. That’s the impression I want to create with every tweet.
You see, Twitter offers you unprecedented opportunity to appear to be smart. To demonstrate that you have a great gift to offer. To bring great value to the community you serve.
In return you may just earn the opportunity to serve someone with your skills and abilities and be rewarded beyond your expectations. All from building relationships with someone online.
As the author said in his piece, there are some valuable ways to use Twitter so take a minute, look at your profile page, and determine if your last 10 tweets:
Generated interest in you, your skills, or the products/services you have to offer?
Were complete thoughts or just fragments from a private conversation?
Helped one of your followers by offering an idea or bit of news?
Was still in context when it appeared on your website or other Social Network sites?
If you are like me, you’ll learn from such an exercise. And Twitter as a whole will be improved, one tweet at a time!
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Thanks for posting about this, I would like to read more about this topic.
There is obviously a lot to know about his, I think you made some good points. Anyhow keep up the good work.
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