Twitter Free Social Networking For Business
Dr Shock is now also on Twitter. I use it for blog promotion, microblogging and networking. With microblogging I mean publishing links from websites, blogs, and other remarkable online findings such as my RSS feeds in Google Reader that I won’t use on my blog but are worth the read.
The networking became of great value yesterday. I was trying to upgrade my wordpress blog to 2.7 because it incorporates automatic wordpress updates. Due to some unexperienced use of FileZilla the blog could not be reached. Error messages drove Dr Shock to panic. Fortunately one of the followers, mdbraber, heard his cry for help and reanimated the blog.
Usually when diving into something new I read a book about it. Trying to collect as much information as possible from different sources. Books are usually handy for lazy surfers like me. So I bought Twitter Free Social Networking for Business. Not many books available on Twitter. Alas this book doesn’t live up to my expectations. It is thin and has an enormous amount of overlap. Much of the information can easily be found online. There are some terrific informative blogs about twitter.
The best being the blog: TwiTip
TwiTip is edited by Darren Rowse from ProBlogger Blog Tips and is all about Twitter.
Other blogs with a lot of information on twitter is Mashable and Lost Art of Blogging, the twitter guide. Will stick to these blogs for a while for information. Any suggestions for other blog websites with helpful information on twitter?
From the comments:
a short video about twitter
Twicks of the Trade
mdbraber
December 14, 2008 @ 5:34 pm
Good to see you’re blogging again 🙂 Another useful suggestion ’bout Twitter explaining it to others (which is not always easy) is the Commoncraft video: http://www.commoncraft.com/Twitter. Also good tips in @markhakwer’s post about Twicks of the Trade: http://markhawker.tumblr.com/post/57629216/twicksofthetrade
Dr Shock
December 14, 2008 @ 6:45 pm
Very good suggestions. Stared with tumblr years ago, one of your suggestions reminded me. http://tinyurl.com/68jr8b
Thanks and take care Dr shock
Darren Rowse
December 15, 2008 @ 12:05 am
thanks for your kind words about TwiTip.
Seeking Ordination?
June 29, 2012 @ 11:23 am
Before you or your business get started on a social networking site like Twitter, you should be clear about your purpose. Your goals–promoting your brand, sharing valuable information with friends and future clients, providing immediate feedback to current customers, or “because everyone else is doing it”–will influence your choice of followers. Should you follow everyone who follows you or should you only follow likely prospects for your business? The choice is yours.