The growing importance of twitter
I've just ordered some business cards from the excellent moo.comMine lists (1) name, (2) website, (3) email, (4) twitter name (@jamiegoode), (5) mobile no, (6) address
Why include @jamiegoode? This is because twitter has become an increasingly important business tool for me. This week, I passed 1500 followers. I follow just under 600. Of course, on one level twitter is just fun. It's banter, and, yes, it can be trivial.
On another level, it's a really effective way to maintain connections, share ideas, and - perhaps most importantly - break news. There's an immediacy to twitter, and because of re-tweeting, new stories have the potential to reach significant numbers of people very quickly.
I started tweeting in January 2009. I was just dipping my toes in, then. Now I couldn't imagine life without it. My tweets also become my facebook updates (except for my RTs, which I edit out). This works, because not all my facebook friends tweet.
If you are tweeting, follow me, and I'll follow you back!
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posted by Jamie @ 10:49 PM
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I need to order cards from them! WineBard showed hers off at WBC09 and I love them. Did you get the full sized or the mini cards? Let me know how you like them.
Agree on the value of Twitter: I use my account - grapewallchina - to let people know about wine tastings in Beijing, among other China wine news. In cases where I hear last-minute about an event, I might not have time for a blog post, but I can easily pass along the theme, date, fee, and map to the site in a single tweet.
Cheers, J. Boyce
www.grapewallofchina.com
twitter: grapewallchina
Only started this week - thanks for the shout out Jamie. I've been fascinated to see the Jan Moir and Carter-Ruck issues gain momentum sooooooo quickly via Twitter. Just loaded tweetdeck to co-ordinate tweets and Facebook. It's a whole new world!...
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