Twitter has fascinated many while disgusting as many. Some seemingly normal individuals have become obsessed with it.
In case you’re not familiar – Twitter is a micro-blogging tool that allows you to tell the world, or your best friend, what you are doing now. The most basic tweet, as it is called, is an answer to what you are doing.
I’ve been drawn to it in a curious way, but never put much in it as a business tool because I don’t know that it has any real value, particularly if it’s going to cause me to build a list of followers and then post continuously. (Although I love it for events and meetings because event participants can use it like a news flash and announcement service in real time.)
- Recent updates to the service have made it mildly more interesting from a business standpoint
- You can now search and find anyone you know to follow (they have to give permission, but it makes building a list easier)
- Alex King’s twitter plug in allows WordPress users, that would be me, to post your tweets to your blog, but, and this is the best part, it also automatically creates an alert on your twitter feed every time you post to your blog – effectively giving your followers notice.
- Growing list of Twitter add-ons for the twitterati
I’m still mixed on the tool for small business, but if it has a fan base and it’s really easy for you to use, what the heck, play with it.
You can follow me by going to Twitter and searching on my name.
