To many of the people I speak with each week, Twitter is just a fun socializing thing. They don’t think too much about it or how they do it. They just chat and send links and have fun.
Great! That’s the general idea.
However, if you’re using it for a purpose, have you thought about how you’re using it?
I mean, if you want to network for business purposes, wouldn’t you want a plan? Or if you’re using it find a job, wouldn’t you want to utilize it as best you can?
1. What’s the point? Be honest. Why are you on Twitter? Is it to make friends, to crack jokes, to build a network, to get a job?
2. How is Twitter going to help you? When you think about how you want Twitter to help you (someone you know on Twitter offering you a job or buying something from you) you’ve got to work back to how to get there. It won’t just happen. Well, sure, some people are born lucky, but not you. You’ll have to make Twitter work for you.
3. How can you give back on Twitter? Can you help someone get a job? Can you refer another professional to someone you know? It’s a question worth asking.
I am the last person to want rules on Twitter. But I do see a lot of folks jumping on the newest trend and not really sure what exactly they’re doing with it. Better to take some time and figure out what you want first.
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Since you’re asking, I’ll tell you…
The thing I don’t like so much about twitter–a lot of talking but not so much listening.
The thing I do like–I get to tweet with people I want to know, editors, agents, people who I wouldn’t in a million years (well, maybe until BEA) get to converse with.
My last like–I like being on the inside, or close to the inside, or maybe just simultaneously along for the ride.