One of the great benefits of expanding my connections on Twitter is that I have more folks offering me helpful tips in the way of articles and blogs via their Twitter posts. To me, these posts are gems that come into my life because I am active on Twitter.

Sometimes I search proactively on Twitter using a keyword or two. Other times a post in my Twitter feed jumps out at me and captures my fancy.

Just this week Javier Arronis @javierarronis tweeted about a article in Pro Blogger with a number of useful pointers about becoming more professional and successful as a blogger. Check out this article by Gina Soskey at http://www.problogger.net/archives/2012/09/13/9-elements-of-the-perfect-post/

Tonight I found an excellent article on becoming an expert public speaker from one of my newest Twitter connections, Douglas Lim @duggiel. That article was authored by Eric Holzclaw and can be found at http://www.inc.com/eric-v-holtzclaw/public-speaking-leadership-expert-tips.html

Scrolling through my feed tonight helped me to find some powerful statistics from a study by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project about the percentage of adults who are online who use various social media sites.  Thanks Daniel Zeevy @daniel zeevy for leading me to this post. Check out this article at:

https://pewinternet.tumblr.com/post/31461557810/social-networking-sites-who-uses-what-platform

I especially was interested in these statistics:

  • 12% of online adults say they use Pinterest
  • 12% of online adults say they use Instagram
  • 5% of online adults say they use Tumblr
  • 66% of online adults use Facebook
  • 20% use LinkedIn
  • 16% use Twitter

I just wish they would have had an age break down for Twitter and LinkedIn users. Still, this is very enlightening data .

As of August, I have added Pinterest and Twitter to my personal repertoire of social media sites that I track with regularly. Previously I was active only on Facebook and Twitter. Looks like there are likely to be a couple more sites on my horizon…

 

What kinds of gems have you found on Twitter? Have they changed your life for the better? Have you connected personally with a thought leader in your industry in ways that would never have happened before Twitter and other kinds of social media were available?

 

Joyce Feustel, Founder

Boomers’ Social Media Tutor

www.boomerssocialmediatutor.com