Andrew Grill is using Twitter for business - are you?
Like many people that hear of Twitter, at first Andrew thought of it as a waste of time, and wondered what all the fuss was about.
But, give him his due, he signed up and gave it a go, wanting to (in his words) ‘walk the talk’.
His blog today shows that 6 months on, he’s certainly glad he did!
He says:
As a “business user” of twitter, I have found it to be incredibly useful to me in my job, as the other people that are in my twitter network share my interests, views and passions. They have found me or I have found them and collectively, we contribute to our own zeitgeist, one that provides a look into what’s hot and worth looking at in our space (the mobile industry, advertising, and technology trends).
And he sees the use from the perspective of finding out info, trends and theemes in a way that makes it easier for him:
I can honestly say that over the last few months, I have learned more about what is happening in the mobile industry (or been pointed to a story or blog about it) through twitter than through all my other sources of news combined.
Why is this? Well my other sources of news are professional media outlets, who often just reword a company press release. I get so many of these via my Google news alerts that I tend to filter some of these out. On twitter though, there are no journalists or PRs to spin the story - this is user generated content at it’s best.
Which goes to prove that Twitter CAN be used for business, and can be a vital business tool.
Andrew also talks about the recent Twitter funding news - please click over to his blog and read the full post.
Thanks for sharing your views Andrew!
You can follow Andrew aon Twitter by going to http://twitter.com/andrewgrill
And you can follow me by going to http://www.twitter.com/NikkiPilkington
