Clare Deans
Friend of Playgroup
- Loves: Travel, Summer, Psychology
- Hates: Laziness, McDonalds, Queues
- Inspired by:
- Unknown potential
- What makes people tick
- www.lonelyplanet.com
- My links:
Get Tweeting
Since attending the Future of Social Media Conference last month - I am a converted 'tweeter' or 'twitterer' - whichever you prefer. Since joining in, there are a few things that I have picked up:
Be selective with who you follow, and you will be updated with the exact news, opinions and cool stuff that you want to be - with no need to search for it. And its all in one place.
Don’t waffle - well you cant you only have 140 characters! Welcome to micro-blogging! Get to the point and thoughtfully share comments, opinions and links. Use ‘tinyurl’ your shorten your links.
Mobile apps - I found Twitteriffic to be a great free iPhone app that allows you to update on the move.
‘Retweet’ - seen a tweet that you love? Re-post it on your profile, but be sure to credit the original in your tweet.
Don’t use it for boring status updates - like what you are having for dinner etc - this is not Facebook.
Celebrities - Stephen Fry is still the most followed person on twitter - over 195,000 now. There is nothing groundbreaking in his tweets, they are simply entertaining, and give you and insight into his life - meanwhile raising his public profile. And why not.
Corporate Tweets - More and more companies are creating profiles, I think its a good thing, the audience after all select which brands they choose to follow, they are in control.
I read in Marketing magazine last week that Twitter is looking into how they can start charging for corporate accounts - no doubt the first of many tactics in the development of the revenue model.
I just set up the PlaygroupTweet where we’ll post our best blogs, and cool things the Playmates spot in the industry.
If you want to be one of the first followers - you can find us here:
http://twitter.com/PlaygroupTweet
Clare
Posted by Clare on 16 Feb 09, at 5:05 pm
3 comments on this post
I'm hooked, although I can't really work out what to use it for. Is Twitter a communication channel, or a philosophical outlet? Maybe I'll just use it to tell gags! For someone prone to waffle the 140 character limit is a challenge too.
For those of you going mobile, I reckon TwitterFon is a better free iPhone app. It's free too.
http://twitter.com/stevecluett
In the U.S. we think of playgroup as a group of moms (or dads) and children where the kids can play. I found you searching for public playgroups because I advocate for them. What is your twitter group for?
Thanks.
Nancy
NancyLwrites@gmail.com
I'm afraid I am in too minds about Twitter. I can see how it could be a good tool when used in a business sense rather than just informing people what you have had for dinner and what time you finished work. However for me this is all overshadowed by the uncomfortable feeling created by strangers following you. I guess it can't really be called stalking as by joining Twitter you are allowing others to watch your posts and you can block them if you so desire, but it is still unnerving.
Saying this, I shall persist with Twitter for a while longer before I draw a full conclusion on it's worth in my life.