My 17 year old Niece Doesn't Get It and I Do.

August 22, 2010 @ 7:18PM

As I am sitting in my office one awesome evening, my niece walked in (I have an open door policy here) to ask me a question.  She saw that I had Tweet Deck opened and ask me "are you about to twitter" I say "yes", she says "I don't get it" I said "what do you mean you do not get it?"

I came to find out that my niece does not like twitter because she cannot understand it.  I asked her what she did not understand about twitter; she said does not comprehend the "hash tags #" "#follow" or any other lingo that is spoken amongst twitterville.  I told her now she knows how I feel when I walk into a Starbucks.  All I want is a regular coffee with whole milk and sugar.  At Starbucks coffee shop these people a whole different language.  I feel like I was transported from earth to planet Coffee.

Getting back to twitter; I explain to my niece that twitter is a fast speed environment with conversations happening from all around the world.  The more followers you have the more exciting your twitter life becomes.  You can use twitter for business, pleasure or both.  I can twit with friends about movies we have seen, what I did for the weekend or I can be inspirational by twitting a favorite quote.  Or I can use twitter for business, I announce newly posted products, I keep in contact with my customers and I watch out what is currently trending.

Twitter is user friendly and one can build a good following by staying productive on twitter.  I am always on twitter my presence is known through re-tweets, comments, and follows.  I have found that twitter gives me the opportunity to interactive with a wide assortment of charismatic individuals. 

I even found an editor that will help me edit my book when I get done writing it.

So don't be like my niece, saying she does not get it.  Give twitter a try, once you tried it you won’t go back to where ever it is you did your social media at (besides facebook of course) Twitterville welcomes all. Well except spammers.

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