Falling For Twitter

I have been writing about Twitter here on Social Solutions for a year now (moment to appreciate our first birthday!) and it still amazes me that people still come up to me with pride and say…

“Oh, I don’t DO Twitter”

Sometimes they continue on in great detail as to why they don’t. Now, not only does this, seemingly innocent to them, conversation make for an uncomfortable moment, I also find myself offended. Twitter is a huge part of my career and, to an extent, my social circles.

I feel that the people that engage in blanket statement hatred of Twitter are the same ones who say things like “No, I don’t have a TV in the house” or “we don’t use a law mower, we have a goat that does that” While the goat example may be a tad extreme, there is a definite anti-Twitter bias among the populous at large. I know that Twitter can be intimidating to a new user, but the pluses outweigh the minuses if they only would give it a chance.

Do you happen to have an anti-Twitter friend? Share this list of reasons to help them fall for Twitter.

Conversations: Twitter is about more than broadcasting your business’s message. Using the platform for both personal and business purposes, you will quickly discover that the conversations you have with other users can be the best part.

Reach: For those of you who are strictly concerned with getting a message out, whether it be for business, to raise awareness for a cause, or you just want your voice to be heard, Twitter is the channel for you. With a spiderweb-like path of spreading tweets, retweets and things like hashtags, you can get your message to a huge crowd of people with whom you may never have shared if not for Twitter.

Community:
Wile Twitter has the capacity of broad reach on unlimited topics, it can also help you find a community. Choose a topic, career, hobby; whatever you are passionate about, there will be a community of people out there on Twitter that you can find and with whom you can connect. That can be a starting point toward deeper and better connections.

Most of the issues people think they have with Twitter can be solved by A: taking the time to learn how the tool works, and B: only following people you actually want to listen to. Hopefully, this post will convince a couple of people to fall for Twitter, and not anger any goat gardeners  Just remember, you get out of Twitter what you put into it.