Follow-up: I Twitter, Therefore I am not a Twit but a Savvy Chick!

“LinkedIn is for the people you know. Facebook is for the people you used to know. Twitter is for people you want to know” ~ Source unknown

Follow-up: I Twitter, Therefore I am not a Twit …

My initial foray into the world of Twitter or “twittering” was started with some degree of trepidation and confusion about this popular medium of social digital communication. I had reservations because it simply did not strike me as an effective way to hold quick chats; something, I believed, instant messaging was purported to do quite well for the attention-span-of-a-gnat crowd.
What was the method to this madness of sending out seemingly random thoughts? What compelled total strangers to share the inane contents of the short-circuits popping off their brains? Why was “everyone” catching the wave of dispensing with much flourish, their @whatever twitter handles at the drop of a hat with the exhortation – ” tweet me?”

“Given a limit of 140 characters, people consistently reaffirm that creativity is a renewable resource.” – Biz Stone

Follow-up: I Twitter, Therefore I am not a Twit… Biz and Ev

I was curious and wanted logical not pat answers to my questions. So I signed up anyway because some of my friends, people I love and respect, were on it, loving it, and regaling me with stories about how some elusive marketing/business/creative/ridiculously successful whiz had just responded to their tweets and was now a follower and/or vise versa.
What the heck I figured, at least, I should give it a test drive before writing it all off as some trendy, juvenile shit! If you read part 1 of this blog, you know what happened, right? I signed up, logged on, and selected a small group of 23 personal/professional connections from my email contact list I could follow instantly. No one was following me but no worries, I sent a quick tweet to them to reconnect – a few did… and then some new pretty impressive people connected with me. Cool!

“We’re living at a time when attention is the new currency: With hundreds of TV channels, billions of Web sites, podcasts, radio shows, music downloads and social networking, our attention is more fragmented than ever before.” –Pete Cashmore,

Follow-up: I Twitter, Therefore I am not a Twit… Twitter town hall w/ Pres Obama and Jack Dorsey

It was at this point that I decided to suspend my judgment and take a closer look, perhaps because I was so eager to “get it”, and that was when I started to see the genius of twitter unfold.
Oh sure, there are some digital stalkers on Twitter who periodically get blocked for “strange behavior or activity,” however, the majority of twitterers are hardworking, focused and savvy business people who use the medium daily to share valuable, hot topic, life enriching/life saving messages.
During his campaign, President Obama used it to regularly update voters on the progression of his historic race. Evan Williams, CEO of Twitter, is on it giving his dose of tweets and inside scopes on himself and the company.

“Things that help others is what gets the most shares.” – @chrisbrogan

Follow Up: I Twitter, Therefore I am not a Twit… Content value

Recently, I read an article by Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com, speaking about the tremendous value Twitter brings to his business. More apropos was his story, also shared in the link above, of being stuck on a hotel balcony in Mexico for 45 minutes and using his cellphone to get help as well as tweet his story, in real-time, on Twitter.
Guy Kawasaki, vc, entrepreneur extraordinaire, offers an excellent, information loaded blog piece on how to expand your Twitter landscape. Check it out and increase your traffic (if that’s your game) or simply follow his suggestions on how to connect with some of the best social media network minds today.

“Twitter is not a technology. It’s a conversation. And it’s happening with or without you.” – @charleneli

Follow-up: I Twitter, Therefore I am not a Twit … Twitter Tweet

Sometime ago, the notion of sending a 140 character, micro-blog, instant message, with pithy pronouncements of grave or no importance over the Internet, in real-time, seemed trite to me… but, in reality, it isn’t trite! Twitter gives us the space/place to answer the question; “What are you doing?” succinctly, sincerely and openly. You can tweet instead of making some of those long-winded phone calls and still be on point. What’s not to love?
If you have any doubts about the future of Twitter, or how it is used to get the message out on a variety of issues including good causes, listen to what Evan Williams has to say on this video piece talk at TED …he should know.
Me? I’m in… tweet me will ya?
@elizobihfrank

Stay Inspired. Have a blessed day and thank you for stopping by! Positive Motivation Tip: Get your Twitter game face on… You never know who’s watching. Start today!

PHOTO CREDITS/ATTRIBUTIONS: All Photos: Twitter collage by The Next Web via Flickr,  Biz and Ev, Jack Dorsey and Pres Obama, Content of Tweets, via Wikipedia,

Until Next Time…
Ask. Believe. Receive. ©
Elizabeth Obih-Frank

Mirth and Motivation
Positive Kismet

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