Twitter: UPDATE

A few weeks ago I posted about Twitter. I admitted that I was clueless and really didn't think that I would learn very much from using it. However, I did.

Not only have I learned something, I'm really enjoying my Twitter experience. The first thing I did was search the key word, public relations to see who would come up. I read bios and those who I found interesting I followed. My next step was to tweet using the word social media. About an hour or so after my tweet, I was being followed! It has been a few weeks later and I have around 47 followers and am following 46 others. Everyday I receive updates on social media, conferences, marketing trends, news briefs and other information that I find useful as a public relations professional learning about social media. So, everyday I try to post something useful to others and in turn gain followers who I am interested in following myself.

For all of you non-Twitter users, does this make sense? What complications do you run into when using or trying to understand Twitter? Let me know and I will try to help!

Twitter?

I read an article today about the Utah govt and how they are using Twitter. It made me think back to a conference I attended a year ago where Shel Hotlz presented Twitter to my pr group. I had never heard of Twitter and after his presentation I thought it was one of the dumbest things I had ever heard of. I did not understand why people would want to sit and stare at a computer screen that listed what people were doing. "I'm eating an apple" or "I think I will go swimming today" were some of the first posts I noticed. What was the significance of these kind of posts and how does this impact social media for public relation professionals I wondered.

So I signed up for Twitter and never looked at it again, until a few weeks ago. I started reading articles and decided I was going to Twitter whether I liked it or not. It's been one week and eight Tweets later and I think I'm finally getting the hang of it. I still have a lot to learn but I figure it will come with time. So with that said, go ahead and follow me and we will go from there! http://twitter.com/mlh0919