Twitter has been talked about a lot over the last few months. Many of us have heard Stephen Fry, Jonathan Ross, Lance Armstrong and Philip Schofield going on about their love of Twitter.
However, I still speak to many people who either don’t know what it is or just don’t know how they would use Twitter. There is plenty of advice and tips on the internet but I thought I’d share our experience so far.
In terms of Twitter SHOUT!PR has only just dipped its toes in. We have a small number of followers and we follow a few select accounts - mainly news, PR and design led.
When we first started we had the aim of using it as a mix of business, light-hearted social comment and an insight into the personalities at SHOUT!PR.
I think we are achieving a good balance and it’s actually enjoyable to do. We post links to the blog or the website when we have updates or something to share about SHOUT!PR. We comment on what is happening in the office - office chat, music we’re listening to and jobs we are working on. The great thing is Twitter seems to be driving more traffic to our main website and blog.
There is a little network of local businesses forming so you can keep up-to-date with the local gossip and news - The Chad (@ChadNews) have a number of Tweeters in their ranks.
TwitScoop (http://www.twitscoop.com) is great for finding out what the hot topics on Twitter are. Most of the time you will hear news on Twitter before it has reached the mainstream news outlets.
I have a personal Twitter account as well and using this I can keep up-to-date with friends and other cyclists - it’s great for training tips, interesting blogs and hot news. The Twitter account also takes far less management than my Facebook account.
There is still some resistance in the ranks at SHOUT!PR but I like my TweetDeck and Tweetie so I’ll keep Tweeting - until the next big thing comes along.
Paul. (@SHOUTPR)
(If words like Tweeting, Twitter, Tweetie, TweetDeck and TwitScoop mean nothing to you then why not join in and find out what all the fuss is about - www.twitter.com)
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