Comments on: Top 10 Uses of Twitter

By: Jason Moody

Jason Moody — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:15:39 +0000

I’ve found that at its simplest, twitter allows me to blog about stories or items that I would have trouble turning into a fully fledged blog post. Instead of have a blog updated perhaps twice a week, I can update the twitter feed continuously and then expand on any interesting items when I update the blog.

By: Debbie Petras

Debbie Petras — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:51:38 +0000

Hi Lee,

I’ve found twitter helps increase traffic to my blog and website when I’ve posted links. I’ve met so many interesting and helpful people on twitter. If I wake up during the night, I find myself checking to see what’s on twitter. I even got suggestions to get back to sleep.

I read an article by Guy Kawasaki this morning on the AlwaysOn network about how he finds twitter to be a valuable marketing tool. It inspired me to write a blog post about it. Everybody seems to be talking about twitter!

Thanks for posting the results of your poll about uses for twitter. Great insights!

By: Doug Barger

Doug Barger — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:50:46 +0000

Hi there Lee,

I’m beginning to notice some significant traffic from

twitter to my forum as well.

It wasn’t intentional but a by product of networking and connecting.

Great post as usual.

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By: Kary

Kary — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:25:21 +0000

Excellent blog post, Lee.

I’m wondering if you (or others) can expand on “Twitpitching.” As a PR person, I can definitely see the value. You mention, however, that it’s appropriate to DM someone who is following you. What about publications or editors who you follow, but are not following you? What’s the etiquette/protocol? When does it just become annoying stalking?

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By: George

George — Thu, 22 May 2008 06:57:15 +0000

Great conference!
It is more personal, even when sharing professional discussion. Thanks for the insight on Twitter. Sounds like a sure thing to add to the marketing mix.

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By: Malte Landwehr

Malte Landwehr — Tue, 20 May 2008 10:59:26 +0000

Another important use is “get feedback”. When you have a couple of hundred followers (all of them involved in your niche) it is amazing how much feedback you can get when asking a simple question (an later integrate the answers in a blog post).

By: Nate Nead

Nate Nead — Mon, 19 May 2008 17:55:23 +0000

Well put together and super beneficial. I wish I saw more posts like this in more places. And Reggie…you should really go to Mashable and read their article on Adpoting New Technologies. The early bird get the worm in this case. I think Mashable was right.

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By: Reggie

Reggie — Sat, 17 May 2008 00:15:38 +0000

Keep hearing all this talk about twitter….but they have less then 200,000 unqiue users on their site…..that means there are around 12,000 websites that get more traffic. Can we stop talking about it now…so boring and its a useless service…totally useless.

By: reddknight

reddknight — Sat, 17 May 2008 00:06:16 +0000

I think Twitter and probably social networking in general works best if you use it the same was as you might network at a party (at least before they *called* it networking). If you meet someone new, you should get to know them and add to the conversation. If there is a connection, you can probably pitch to them at some point (later) and they might actually welcome it. Start the connection by talking about yourself or thrusting out your business card and you will quickly get “unfollowed”.

By: Corinne

Corinne — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:49:11 +0000

I’ve gotten on the Twitter bandwagon in the last couple months and I am enjoying it immensely, for two main reasons:
-it keeps me plugged in with what marketing/PR people are talking about
-it gives me an opportunity to connect with journalists/bloggers on non-work-related topics, such as where to get good pizza in NYC, dog pictures, etc.

I was a journalist before I was in PR, so I know about wanting to stab the flacks with a red pencil. There’s one company in Boston I particularly loathe…but that’s another topic. I do appreciate Brian’s willingness not only to vent on a public forum but also to say what works with him. I’ll add that info to our files, Brian – thanks!