I know most people don’t need convincing at this point, but I have finally decided that I think Twitter is useful. It’s most useful, I think, for businesses versus personalities. But like anything it really depends on context.
I am friends with Courtney Love on Twitter. And sometimes I don’t really know why because she goes on long rants about things that I cannot understand. Arguments with lawyers … fabric vendors … all kinds of things. Perhaps she is using it wisely … maybe she has tons of friends like me who enjoy following her escapades … who are more likely to go to her next show if she ever goes on tour again? I don’t know - that is why I don’t think it is too useful for personalities.
Billy Corgan is also a Twitter friend of mine. He doesn’t post very often though. When he does it is usually some obscure spiritual message. It makes me wonder what it is like to live in the world of Billy Corgan … it seems like at times his mind has been his very own prison … yet he has access to all the riches in the world in the form of his own creativity. Meaning, he could go on tour and make a boatload of money. haha.
But yes … the hidden spiritual message was intended…
Next door to me a little coffee shop has opened up called the ‘Happy Sparrow.’ They sell Kolaches (a Czech bread with various fillings), coffee, and smoothies. They are the nicest people I have met in some time and I really hope their business succeeds. In the first weeks since they had been open I would go in and share some books on social media strategy and they have been getting into it. I am their Twitter friend and they regularly post specials on Kolaches, or mention smoothies made with berries from Sauvie Island. They told me that whenever they post something, people from the neighborhood come waltzing in. For them, Twitter is a very useful tool and The Happy Sparrow is an exemplary model for using social media in business.
But I am still trying to figure out how to make it more useful for my band … I post and hope strangers will come running to our shows … but it never works that way. I even lied and said the lead singer of Phish might show up … no such luck with the Tipping Point for me …
Anyway - I need to get back on the blog train. This was a feeble attempt …
