Tweet Me

Twitter is a funny thing. Chances are you’ve heard about it by now, but chances also are that you don’t get the point of it at all. It’s tricky, at first, I know. You’re all like “what am I supposed to say?” and “why the heck is this stranger suddenly following what I say?” But fill in the bio section, keep your updates public, and pipe in with whatever moves you. Before you know it, you have a community of followers who share the same interests as you, live in the same region or work in the same industry.

I now follow and share with people who live on Cape Cod, work in my marketing or PR space, practice yoga, enjoy photography, care about the environment and local eating, or just love dogs! I also follow Barack Obama, Dave Matthews, Coldplay, Brett Dennen, A Fine Frenzy, Jimmy Fallon, Lance Armstrong, Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, Home Depot, CNN, NPR, the Cape Cod Times and more.

It’s kinda like changing your Facebook status, but to a wider audience. Why would you want to do that? Well, for one, my Twitter friends post extremely valuable and relevant links that I want to check out – and the reason the links are so relevant is because I already CHOSE these people based on their interests or expertise. Did ya catch how that happened?

Second, I have the opportunity to draw people to things that are important to me – an article about caring for dogs in the cold weather, a photo of the incredible scene I just biked through, a great marketing quote, even my own new blog post.

So this brings me to my last few weeks. You’ll have your “Twitter friends”, and there will be a “TweetUp” (Twitter MeetUp) (as in, meeting up with your friends) (behold the terminology!) here and there, but the whole stranger-danger thing might hold you back. Well you know what? Thanks to one of my real-life friends who set up the first “date”, I’ve recently made some excellent real-life connections with the people I had only known on Twitter. These women are some of the most hysterical and REAL women I’ve ever known! Not to mention the excellent cooking skills and insider knowledge of some of the Cape’s five-star dog parks.

I look forward to many more connections and business opportunities to come through my Twitter connections!