In late January 2011 I decided to get back on Twitter after about a six month break. I was not concerned with followers at that time because the 30 ( as of 7/5/11 approx 6700 followers) or so people who were following me did not tweet that often. I really used the account as a sounding board for my quips and rants in the moment. Then I went to WorkSource to find employment and they had a policy of No Twitter, Facebook, or MySpace access. Because I work in the film / entertainment industry, I get most of my leads through social networks. Also every major employer and job referral service uses Facebook or Twitter. So to me, the policy was foolish and subject. I started to research jobs on Twitter and found that there was a wealth of access and information about everything that was not being communicated to the public.
Then one morning while listing to @kpcc, there was a clip about the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, TX. It ended the clip with the link to the festival on Twitter. I got on Twitter linked in, and began following everybody with any thing to say about the festival.. I connected to some good tweets and followed many. Most of the younger tweeters were talking about getting followers born in the late 80's and 90's. Many of these accounts had 10000 plus followers and I had less than fifty. But, when I read the tweets, they were rather immature and disconnected to real things going on in the world. In fact I even challenged one of the tweeter on his lack of substance.
Another morning on @kpcc, Larry had a segment on effective use of social media in the new real economic realities. The speaker said that most people (me included) were still stuck in the 90's as if this social media thing was going away. The speaker ranted about growing a following particularly, if you have a small project, art, crafts, service, or skill. He said you could do all of this for free and get sponsorship. As a former music promoter and skilled artist, everything clicked and I followed his instructions. He suggested unsing Twiends and a verified account manager.http://twiends.com/me/bluethinktank
Then one morning while listing to @kpcc, there was a clip about the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, TX. It ended the clip with the link to the festival on Twitter. I got on Twitter linked in, and began following everybody with any thing to say about the festival.. I connected to some good tweets and followed many. Most of the younger tweeters were talking about getting followers born in the late 80's and 90's. Many of these accounts had 10000 plus followers and I had less than fifty. But, when I read the tweets, they were rather immature and disconnected to real things going on in the world. In fact I even challenged one of the tweeter on his lack of substance.
Another morning on @kpcc, Larry had a segment on effective use of social media in the new real economic realities. The speaker said that most people (me included) were still stuck in the 90's as if this social media thing was going away. The speaker ranted about growing a following particularly, if you have a small project, art, crafts, service, or skill. He said you could do all of this for free and get sponsorship. As a former music promoter and skilled artist, everything clicked and I followed his instructions. He suggested unsing Twiends and a verified account manager.http://twiends.com/me/bluethinktank
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