Are you a regular user of Twitter?
If so, how do you use it? Some people find it a great way to search for information, even better than using Google. Others like using it to follow their favorite celebrities, sports figures, and/or thought leaders in their profession.
Twitter can also be an easy way to share links to helpful articles or entertaining YouTube clips. It can also be a terrific tool for businesses to use to keep in touch with their customers, especially the unhappy ones.
I must admit that until recently I had kept an arm’s length relationship with Twitter. True, I have had an account on Twitter for some time, but I wasn’t drawn to it in the way I am drawn to LinkedIn, Facebook and more recently Pinterest.
However, I figured if I am serious about being a social media tutor, I better get some tutoring myself on Twitter, since it along with Facebook and Pinterest are the most highly used of the all the social media sites.
Enter Melody Barnes Jones, owner of Social Media Management Services. Appropriately, I met Melody via social media. I noticed via a Facebook posting by my friend Sharon Breay, an interior designer, that she was using Melody’s social media consulting services. I tracked Melody down via Facebook, emailed back and forth for a while, and then we met for lunch.
Right away, I knew I had found a gem. It was clear that she not only was very solid in her use of social media, especially Facebook and Twitter. She could also explain these sites in very understandable ways.
In a session of about 90 minutes, Melody systematically covered the basics of Twitter, enhancing my knowledge in some cases. In other cases, she opened my eyes to aspects of Twitter that were unfamiliar to me.
It’s been less than 24 hours since the session, and just from my slight bump in activity, I have had more new people following me in that time than I often have in a week!
Watch for more posts about Twitter, as I begin to get my arms around it and start to add Twitter time to my daily regime of Facebook, LinkedIn and Pinterest.
And thanks again, Melody, for all your help. To find out more about Melody’s social media management services, go to her Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/melodysocialmedia
Joyce Feustel, Founder
Boomers’ Social Media Tutor
www.boomerssocialmediatutor.com
I like using Twitter. It’s more open and less personal than FB; a good platform to share your political or other opinions/interests without alienating friends with differing beliefs. Often people use FB for this purpose, which is a good way to get “unscribed” on the newsfeed.
On Twitter, just follow those you’re interested in, and also those you want as followers yourself. You can follow and unfollow simply with a click. I change up the mix whenever I want.
I used to have a private setting with no follower growth what so ever. With the public seting, you just go for it and experiment. Those who see you as a follower might follow you, thus increasing your Twitter world. Most of those I follow I don’t know personally, but I’m interested in their topics. For example, celebrity chefs Ellie Krieger and Giada DeLaurentis.
I often cross-post between FB and Twitter, as long as it isn’t political per above observation. Because…why not?
I also like seeing what and how people post their 140-character comments–a good study and Interesting!
Hi Janet,
Thanks so much for your perspective on Twitter, especially relative to Facebook. I learned a lot from your sharing. Joyce
I also use YouTube extensively with my own channel Hike With Me. Cook and Travel. I always cross-post those videos to FB and Twitter because the content is neutral. Regarding FB, I meant to say “unsubscribed” newsfeed in my previous comment.