Comments on: To Twit or not to Twit. http://www.susanfitzgerald.com/blog/2008/09/21/to-twit-or-not-to-twit/ Observing the decline of the old, and the birth of the new media. As well as a few business models along the way. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:48:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rich Brooks http://www.susanfitzgerald.com/blog/2008/09/21/to-twit-or-not-to-twit/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Rich Brooks Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:30:22 +0000 http://www.susanfitzgerald.com/blog/?p=35#comment-29 Twitter (and other social media apps, but specifically Twitter) can get disruptive at times, but I find I get much more out of it than a typical networking event or a BNI meeting. I let TweetDeck (a 3rd party twitter app) run in the background while I'm at work, and check in from time to time on friends, acquaintances and industry leaders. The best description of Twitter I ever heard was that it's a living rolodex that responds to you. I've found that to be absolutely true. Twitter (and other social media apps, but specifically Twitter) can get disruptive at times, but I find I get much more out of it than a typical networking event or a BNI meeting. I let TweetDeck (a 3rd party twitter app) run in the background while I’m at work, and check in from time to time on friends, acquaintances and industry leaders. The best description of Twitter I ever heard was that it’s a living rolodex that responds to you.

I’ve found that to be absolutely true.

]]> By: Stephen Rothman http://www.susanfitzgerald.com/blog/2008/09/21/to-twit-or-not-to-twit/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Stephen Rothman Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:39:33 +0000 http://www.susanfitzgerald.com/blog/?p=35#comment-17 I don't think this would bother me at all. I find the fact that companies have access to my actual home address through direct mail databases even more disturbing. At least the Comcast's, JetBlue's and H&R Block's of this world are responding via Twitter to an actual customer problem or question, rather than merely soliciting. And were they to abuse the way they interact with me or others, they would hear the outcry soon enough in the blogosphere. We've only just begun to see how companies can use microblogs to benefit themselves and their customers. I'm sure the best is yet to come! On Twitter what bothers me are those who follow me for their own self-promotion, without asking me first, hoping I will follow them in return. Indeed I wrote a post about this entitled Twitter Use and Abuse on my own blog -- http://socialmediasoapbox.wordpress.com/2008/08/03/twitter-use-and-abuse/. It's easy enough to block them, I just don't like the alerts from Twitter littering my email inbox. I don’t think this would bother me at all. I find the fact that companies have access to my actual home address through direct mail databases even more disturbing. At least the Comcast’s, JetBlue’s and H&R Block’s of this world are responding via Twitter to an actual customer problem or question, rather than merely soliciting. And were they to abuse the way they interact with me or others, they would hear the outcry soon enough in the blogosphere. We’ve only just begun to see how companies can use microblogs to benefit themselves and their customers. I’m sure the best is yet to come! On Twitter what bothers me are those who follow me for their own self-promotion, without asking me first, hoping I will follow them in return. Indeed I wrote a post about this entitled Twitter Use and Abuse on my own blog — http://socialmediasoapbox.wordpress.com/2008/08/03/twitter-use-and-abuse/. It’s easy enough to block them, I just don’t like the alerts from Twitter littering my email inbox.

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