Why I Really Like Twitter

You know I just started testing Twitter out last week and I have to say that it is becoming one of my all time favorite apps. Click my blog post title to see my own Twitter page.

Twitter is like a blog, instant messenger, and interactive social media site all rolled into one. Here's what I particularly like:

1. It is super easy to start. You don't even need to know anyone. Just search for your business areas and then read the short bio and click follow of the people who you think sound interesting.

2. Write in 140 or so characters what you are doing or link to what are reading.

3. Look at what other people are linking to, reading and reviewing.

4. Get involved! I find the interaction refreshing and I am not a big fan of social media sites - they take too much time, but Twitter is fast, short, and actually really fun! I find Twitter easier to update than a blog, fast, interactive, and actually really fun.

Not sure, just try it for three or four days. If you are on the web all day long like me, Twitter is a super easy way to connect, have your ear to the ground for new info, and to meet others in your industry. I even have clients who are following me on Twitter. When you get on Twitter, it may surprise you who you will find there.

One tip, if you don't know where to start with friends, search for people with your last name and just follow the first ten. It's kind of cool to see if you may even be distantly related.

Social Media Blogging Does It Work?

You decide for yourself if you like social media blogging but my candid opinion is that it is bunk.

The majority of clients use blogging for search engine placement and we understand their needs. Here is a prime example:

Here is a post from Rocky Mountain Tracking before we started blogging: http://www.rmtracking.com/blog/teens-and-parents/vivien/ Take a careful look at the blog post. It has absolutely nothing to do with the products the client was selling. He sells GPS tracking hardware to fleets and individuals.

Here is a post from Rocky Mountain Tracking that is written by one of our top writers: http://www.rmtracking.com/blog/news/rmt-customers-unaffected-by-switch-to-digital/ The post is on topic keyword dense and would be interesting reading for website visitors therefore increasing the site's stickiness and the site's number of blog subscribers.

I don't know who it is who coined social media blogging and who the nuts are who are selling this to clients, but as a professional blogger I think that social media blogging is bunk.

Blog readers want to read posts that are on message. They want to read posts that dovetail nicely with the content on the parent site or they would be reading things on MySpace, Facebook, or Yahoo Groups.

And what about search engines? What do you think they think about the fluff that had passed for social media posts on the Rocky Mountain Tracking blog? Well the old posts certainly did not add authority to the site from my point of view. The search engine firm that is helping Rocky Mountain Tracking is delighted with our "on message" content and so is the client!