Finally, Robert Ambrogi has sold me on Twitter. I’ve been on the fence for many moons. This post offers 16 tips that finally pushed me into the field rather than leaving me riding the rail.
Now this does not mean that I will Twitter my days away but it does mean that I will start using Twitter as a tool in my research, marketing and networking arsenals.
If you are sitting on the fence, perhaps knowing what sold me can help you too.
- Promotion Value: Yourself, Your Writing, Your Events
- Quick Messaging without Email Clutter
Several of Ambrogi’s tips seem to me to be duplicates but I guess they have their distinctions for others. I think if you are “driving traffic” and “molding your image” you are “promoting” sure the specifics are different but the purpose is the same.
As a librarian, often in conflict with those around me, I embrace the “simple is better” philosophy. Why have 10 subheadings if your average user is going to enter one or two keywords?
However, that’s a post for a different day.
