Top 10 Reasons I LOVE Twitter!
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I got introduced to Twitter about 10 months ago and at that time it was mostly techies, web peeps, & geeks. Not that there is anything wrong with that as I’m a we bit of a techie geek myself when it comes to SEO, but recently it’s started to snowball and businesses are waking up to the realization that Twitter knows things WAY before you get it from your friends email, or the newspaper or even in an online article. People in the midst of the news item are there and tweeting from their cell phones what is happening which then gets spread through the twittersphere and starts showing up on news stories.
10. I can follow famous people in various industries and get to know what they are reading, thinking, talking about before non-twits do.
9. Weather bad? Check your route from Denver to Grand Junction Co through your network of twitter followers/friends and know what is REALLY happening on the roads vs. the overly zealous meteorologist in Denver who somehow make 2 inches of snow in December sound like end times!
8. Need advice on buying a laptop, a printer, a camera, a nice restaurant? Once you’ve established a nice following, just tweet your ?’s and you’ll get a diverse set of answers from people that are only too happy to help you even though you’ve never met in person.
7. Find out about cheap and free deals.
6. Find an expert next door! The techie guy who helped me get this hosted WordPress blog I met on Twitter through another twitter follower.
5. Meet people in your industry through local tweetups.
4. Get new business by exposing your specials, sales & website offers to a whole new clientele.
3. I have met the most giving and generous people ever on Twitter. The entire web 2.0 generation all seem to have each other best interests at heart.
2. Twitter cares about the users! This application could have easily become an out of control stalking site, porn spreading site that would have ruined it but because Twitter responds immediately to complaints about rude behavior and the great feature “BLOCK” where you aren’t bothered by things you don’t want to see.
1. I get to share what I learn with other folks in the world… giving back feels great and helping other’s gives me a chance repay the folks that have helped me out.
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I wrote a post for Twitter Newbies Here
5 Comments
May 20th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
Hey Chrissy, this top ten list is fantastic. I found you through Twitter and am now following you, we are @toptentopten. These are excellent reasons and I pretty much share your sentiments. #2 is very compelling to me, my experience with Twitter has been great and they are very communicative through their blog. You can post this to our site http://www.toptentopten.com/ and link back to your site. We are trying to create a directory for top ten lists where people can find your site. The coolest feature is you can let other people vote on the rankings of your list.
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May 22nd, 2009 at 9:33 pm
Woo Hoo! I’m #6, I feel honored!
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