Monday, April 6, 2009

Twitter Blogpost - For Class

Sooo I tweeted 238 times since March 1st. 

A lot of those tweets happen to be LiveTwwets from our social media class. The majority of them are about social media and advertising.  But I alwatys tweet about things that I find cool online.  

I retweet a lot.  Enough to not want to count, but I would say it is about 30% of everything I tweet.  I retweet a lot of different people including peers, teachers, companies, and social media people.  When people tweet about something cool I usually want to share.  Retweeting is a good way to keep updated...offering your followers content without stealing other peoples ideas.  

To be honest, about 75% of all of my tweets had @ relplies on them.  I use Twitter as a social site - connecting with people.  We have conversations.  Or if I find something that is especially interesting I make sure to pass it on.  I @ reply when I live tweet too, which takes up a majority of those tweets. I reply to a lot of different people, but only people that I know personally (unless I am retweeting)

I am following 144 people, and 175 poeple are following me (something I am very proud of).

I would say my most positive experience happened once I started using TweetDeck, because it allowed me to be a part of so many other groups and keep in touch with conversations. 

I would say that my most negative experiences would be when I tried to sell my Brewers opening Day tickets.  People did not respond well when I @'ed them and they never responded.  I can see that this medium is too personal to connect with people in that way. 

All in all, Twitter has benefitted me in more ways than one.  I am always connected with news coverage and updated advertising ideas.  Becuase I understand how to use the tools I have been able to converse with people I never would have normally met. And I think that is very cool 


1 comment:

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