I am still pondering want I want to accomplish via Twitter. Not everyone wants to get Tweets all day from someone about what they are doing every hour. I’m like that. It is just too much input. I would prefer a quality Tweet once per day at the most or a few times per week.  At the beginning I un-followed people ruthlessly if they sent too much stuff everyday.  Now I am learning to scan through the chatter for the gems.

Here is something way cool that just happened today.  I get Google alerts. Today I  got an alert that  showed this website by Courvo, a voice over actor who I never heard of. I checked out his website and this is what I found: This article, written by Kaya Singer, seems to be everywhere on the internet, so by virtue of the sheer force of web opinion, I’ll point you to it….HERE.

Well- I was impressed that someone I never met is telling people about my article. There was a Twi tter link so I thought, well why not! So I began to follow him and then I put out a Tweet telling about his website. Within two hours he is now following me.  I can’t tell you how this all works so quickly and it doesn’t work in any sort of linear way. I can’t make it all logical but it works!

Here are some benefits I have found for business and marketing that have already made Twitter worthwhile.

1.  In between the chatter I have found new applications that people are using. Learned about ecamm.com (audio and video conferencing tool)  from Leif Hansen.

2. Found interesting people’s blogs. Got a link to Paulo Coelho’s blog. I love his books so this was fun. I am now following him for awhile.

3.  I get links to people’s blogs where I can go easily and add my comments.  This brings new people to my website.

For a good overview of the benefits of Twitter check out Joe Hage’s article on Twitter experiment.

I invite anyone to follow me. I am still learning but I promise you won’t be bombarded with Tweets all day long!

What benefits have you found on Twitter?

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