Online Marketing: What’s Twitter?
Follow CreativeTechs on Twitter and every day I’ll share a quick tip from the growing pile of tip resources I’m always collecting. I’ve been keeping this list in a text file on my computer for years. This month, I decided, why not share it? You’ll get to see what types of things I consider interesting. Occasionally you’ll get a sneak preview about a larger weekly tip that I’m researching.
Since I’ve started twittering (tweeting? twitting?) I’ve needed to explain what, exactly, Twitter is all about. This fun video from The CommonCraft Show does a great job describing the basics of Twitter in their classic fast, handcrafted video format.I found a nice description of Twitter from copywriter Leif Kendall’s perspective:
Twitter is loved and hated – to some it’s a beautiful device that brings them closer to their world, and to others it’s an inane time waster and an unwanted surge of information in an already overloaded world.
I’m not using Twitter for personal posts. I won’t be sharing when we are at Childrens Hospital with Wyatt or Pepper, or when I’m about to get my teeth cleaned. But I’ll provide some occasional personal glimpses into the life of a Mac-focused, designer-supporting, geek.
Source: My decision to start Twittering (what is that verb anyway) is inspired, in part, by an upcoming Overview of Social Media I am presenting for the Seattle Graphic Artists Guild on Wednesday, April 29, 2008.
January 26th, 2009 at 7:34 am
Hi! Thanks for the mention. Glad you found my post useful.
Leif
February 6th, 2009 at 2:49 am
I must get lot of new information about the online marketing …
I am really enjoyed this topic…
Tom
February 27th, 2009 at 2:54 am
I like the John Cleese version of Twitter – Here: http://www.cleeseblog.com/2009/02/12/twitter-the-movie/
March 17th, 2010 at 10:50 am
Twitter is not simply status updates! Twitter is a venue where you can market your brand or yourself in way to captivate and socially interact with your followers. Twitter, in essence, is really about building online relationships with your followers.
April 2nd, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Twitter does not provide backlinks juice. Just because of their amazingly high pagerank, your tweets and also your Twitter profile page can get on the first page of Google simply with a good linking strategy
June 3rd, 2010 at 1:41 am
Twitter has become a strong social marketing tool that is used by people.I can say that twitter is like a revolution in the social networking perspective.
Hats off Twitter..
June 24th, 2010 at 4:47 pm
I love your blog – excellent work!