I guess that’s the question these days. Everyone I know a Twitter user. But… everyone I know is an Internet geek of some sort, a designer, marketer or social media type. Okay, maybe my Mom isn’t using Twitter but give her time.
I admit that I thought Twitter to be stupid when it first began for these reasons:
- Why would anyone want to limit the number of characters that they can post? If you really have something important to say, often it’s more than the terse Twitter character limits.
- Why give your content away to a third party which can ban or bury your work? Put your content on your blog, keep control and revenue and sit there and own it (feels good doesn’t it).
- Why did we need yet another social network besides the big ones: MySpace, Facebook, Friendster? Been there, done that. I’m not one to indulge in a social media site just because it’s faddish.
I’ve begun to think more seriously about Twitter. Yes, I’ve become more involved–more tweets, retweets, selecting good friends interested in my favorite topics and removing non friends. Why? Let me answer each of the above objections to using Twitter by saying:
- You don’t have to worry about the things that sometimes drag us down in life, namely committments. I don’t have to respond to a rant with a counter rant. I don’t have to explain anything, just tweet. So, the brevity of Twitter becomes a positive instead of a limitation. Getting what I’m saying? Agree?
- Using Twitter can complement my own blog content. It’s a way to get friends, subscribers and links (sorry web 1.0 folks, you’ll have to stay back in the 1990′s if you don’t get involved in SMO).
- Yes, Twitter is another social network but yet, this social media tool is different. I’ll probably blog about this in more detail, but I think you know what I mean.
I use Twitter now because I’ve overcome the three objections above. If you sincerely think Twitter is stupid, don’t use it.
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Yes, Twitter is another social network but yet, this social media tool is different
So tell me how we can use twitter for smo. which is the best on to get more clients. I think twitter is the best on to smo as its more wide open than any other social media as its having a great option called hash-tag #
I do agree that twitter is more open than other services. I plan on writing more about twitter smo. For starters, try building up one good twitter account, keeping it active, following clients and others in your business niche, retweeting those higher up on the food chain who you want to follow you back.