Twitter: 140 Characters or Less
What can you say in 140 characters or less? Can you be effective with less words? These are the questions that you have to answer when using Twitter. There is no room for wordiness. You need to be on point with your message as quickly as possible.
I think that Twitter is a blessing. Many writers tend to over use words that are not necessary. They feel if they use big words they will look smarter. In most cases their writing is a mess and they don't look like the geniuses that they think they are.
With Twitter, you are set in a very limited space for your content. You use it to promote a blog, or some other type of business. Twitter makes you decide what are the most important aspects of your post.
- As an exercise, write your Twit before you write your blog. This will make you concentrate on the major points of the blog.
These are my two cents on Twitter. Let me know what you think about the effects of Twitter. Or other similar services.
Below are links to sites that make my Twitter experience better.
Services That I Use:
To see the top users in geographic areas go to Twitter Grader You can also see the top over all users and how you stack up against them.
To create surveys as well as automatically post them onto Facebook and Twitter go here: SocialToo You can also set up a direct message to anyone that starts to follow you.
To put pictures up without using paid service go to Posterous.
To quickly post an article use Adjix Also, you can have Adjix post at a later time. Great if you have many good stories but don't want to post them at the same time.
BrightKit does the same thing as Adjix, but in a better user interface. Try both, see which you like. I use both, Adjix for spontaneous articles, BrightKit for planning out posts.
This service checks your blog every day and posts new entries onto your twitter account: TwitterFeed
Two good posts by Guy Kawasaki:
When I'm on the go I use Twittelator Pro, IMHO the best mobile Twitter application.
Everyday a new application for Twitter shows up. If there are any applications that I should know about please comment or send me an email or find me on twitter @jkrums.
Best,
JK
