Twittering a thought
Much of the time here I come to you with deals, savings and answers. Today, I’d like to pose a question or two. Maybe I’m just getting old. But I am curious about this trendy topic. And this time I’m asking readers to post a comment or two…
I’ve got a personal Twitter account. It’s likely in the next week you will see a little icon here on the side, launching My Cool Mommy’s Twitter account as well. My thought is: wouldn’ t it be great to hear about all those savings I find, “live” or deals? What if I hear Best Buy or Old Navy or Toys R Us are having a sudden sale? If you follow me on a Twitter account, you could see snippets of these items and click here for details later. It sounds great right? And it’s what we are contemplating doing with My Cool Mommy. I am excited about this idea.
However, on a personal side- I’ve suddenly come to realization that those who follow a few thousand people might possibly be wasting their tweets…
Some questions I’d like to know:
1. In theory Twitter is a great idea. Follow your friends, the news, a celebrity around “live” and know in 160 characters what they are doing, right? But honestly, if you have a few thousand or a few hundred tweets (or messages) a day, who has time to check this??? If you are sitting there able to monitor the tweets of 16K people, please let me know… I’d be curious to know what you do for a living.. and apply for that job.
2. Also, upon checking, 80 percent of those I follow or who follow me, have their mobile device set to off. Come on Gerald Butler, I want you to get my Tweets at three in the morning… Is this common or should I get a complex??
3. I’m innundated with spam on another form of media now… is this possible? I thought I’d conquered spam in email, pop-ups on line and sneaky spy-ware? Do I need to f igure out another form of spam-ville and be watchful for it too, now??? Last night I got a new follower, being new to Twitter, I was excited till I realized it was a Russian mail order bride. I’m pretty sure I can’t post her on “My Cool Mommy” as a deal.
So, here are my thoughts, Twitter is a great idea. But is there value in having 1 million people as followers or am I just flawed?
Keep your Twitter account small, read the direct messages and updates from a chosen few. I am hoping you add My Cool Mommy as one of them.
Tell me your Twitter thoughts.