I must say, in the last couple weeks, I've been amazed at what Twitter has been able to do for me. It has, to me, become the most useful social media tool yet.
For starters, I checked the statistics on my blog the other day and found in the last month, Twitter is by far the biggest referring site. Facebook fell second, but was half of what Twitter sent me. If I have a particularly interesting blog post or I think it's one people might want to discuss further, I'll post it on Twitter, thus the traffic.
Two, I got a referral to a reporter I needed to pitch for one of my clients by meeting someone on Twitter.
Three, I am getting social media news immediately by following some of the big social media gurus (yes, there are a couple who are bigger than me :)) and finding some really interesting article and blogs posts that others suggest via Twitter.
I was invited to and participated in a very interesting live video chat last weekend. Wouldn't have known about it if it weren't for Twitter!
I have all kinds of people "following" me from all over the country, and as I hope to take my Step Ahead Web Strategies company to a national level, I think this is a great starting point.
Have I mentioned I love Twitter? Not just fun, but truly a great business tool.
Check out this poll from the Online Marketing Blog and vote for the social media tool that has helped you the most in business.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Twitter is Actually Useful (Very!)
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
5 comments:
Agreed! I agree with your synopsis. The connections can be very informative and valuable. Like any tool, one needs to use it correctly. It's obvious that you are doing just that. It's been nice to connect. You have a lot of valuable info on your blog, which I wouldn't have known about it not for Twitter.
Thanks Dana! Appreciate it.
Check out Chad Norman's thoughts on the usefulness of Twitter. Great post!
How do you keep all your tweet streams apart? I find it fantastic but find that I really need to split it into three groups so I don't miss anything - news, personal contacts and business contacts - or are you just incredibly well organised?
I generally just have business contacts on there right now and some news items I follow. Honestly, I don't read everything. I have it on my browser and I glance over every so often and read through the top ones, comment if I feel the need and go back to work. I do think you could get really bogged down trying to follow everything.
I also only follow like 200 or so right now, so it seems manageable still. I can't imagine these people that follow thousands!
Isn't it difficult to check three different streams?
Post a Comment