Five Other Uses of Twitter

Everyone uses Twitter don’t they? Or at least you’ve all heard of it. The whole idea is that you post “what you are doing” for friends or people who are just interested in what you are doing. But there are many other ways you can use Twitter - here is five.

New Blog Post! -

I do this a lot. Whenever I have written a new blog post I always tweet about it. When I look at my google analytics I can see that about a quarter of the people who visit my blog come through Twitter. Some stay, some don’t but it really helps getting some more exposure.

WTF? -

Another really cool way of using Twitter is by making a link blog. You scour the net looking for stuff that interests you, but maybe doesn’t merit a whole bog post about it. Here is a good example of one: link.alicio.us

Conversation -

Want to get some questions answered then put it out to the Twitter community and they can help, these are real conversation starters but be warned, the 140 character limit might make you want to revert back to email or go to Pownce.

Notices -

Going away for a week and don’t really want those hundred or so emails pouring in, then let everyone know through your Twitter feed. Once again this might not be suitable for a blog post but is great for Twitter.

Polls -

Want to see what most of the Twitter community is thinking? Then put out a poll and find out! Most of the time if they are following you they tend to have the same interests. Here is an example: What do you think Google will buy next?

So there you are, five different ways that you can enjoy Twitter and get a lot more out of it. Do you use Twitter in a different way? If so leave a comment or use the contact form!

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Continue reading » · Written on: 11-22-07 · 4 Comments »

4 Responses to “Five Other Uses of Twitter”

  1. Charlie Styr wrote:

    These are some good ideas. I often use it to let everyone that follows me know that I’m uploaded a new photograph to Flickr too, which is nice.

    Charlie -

     November 22nd, 2007 at 11:26 am
  2. Sean McGoldrick wrote:

    Thanks for the tips. I’m new to Twitter and I’m still trying to get to grips with what I can do with it.

     November 22nd, 2007 at 5:03 pm
  3. Chris Leigh wrote:

    I use twitter as a conversation - whether or not I get replies. I also advertise my blog posts - hadn’t thought of advertising photo uploads.

     November 22nd, 2007 at 6:16 pm
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