A quick interview with Andy Kinsey of AndyKinsey.co.uk home of Andy’s Search Engine Optimisation blog, started in 2008 and now receiving many thousands of unique visits.
How long have you been on Twitter?
Since June 2007
How many people follow you?
1067
How many people do you follow?
1638
What made you sign up to Twitter?
This Week in Tech Podcast increase my interest
How often do you ‘Tweet’?
upto around 30 times per day
How has Twitter been beneficial to your business?
Twitter has increase my business flow dramatically. Increasing revenue and interest in both my websites and services. Further than this twitter has made it infinitely more easier to communicate with both current and potential clients. Twitter has become one of my primary tools in business, without it my business could not be successful.
If you had to recommend one person that business people should follow on Twitter, who would it be and why?
My Paul Boag (@boagworld) for web developers, Mr Leo Laporte (@leolaporte) for general techies and @UK_BusinessLabs for everyone else in business.
Have you had business / leads from Twitter?
Yes, to date around 50 potential clients with around 15 conversions so far. plus a few others awaiting contract
Can you give a specific example of how Twitter has made a difference to your business?
See above
How do you see your use of Twitter evolving in the future, if at all?
I believe twitter will be bought by Google within a year or two, and it will be placed under indefinite BETA as with GMail. This take over will mean advertising on twitter occurs and may remove the heart and soul of twitter as it is. Twitter is currently a networking tool and not an advertising media! I want it to stay this way but i fear it wont be able too if Google get hold of it. If microsoft take over twitter will cease to be of use i’d suggest
Your Twitter name?
Your website address?
www.andykinsey.co.uk & www.seoandy.com
A short description of your website:
andykinsey.com is the home of my Search Engine Optimisation blog, started in 2008 and now receiving many thousands of unique visits. Feedback has shown a great interest in this area, and it has also lead (along with the work in twitter and other social tools) to quite a lot of business.
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I agree, Twitter is a great business tool for engaging with friends and potential clients. Hope that Twitter can remain independent in the coming years. Rgds Vince
little update. followers 1907 following 2044
twitter is my primary networking tool, i’ve meet so many people and gained so much information from twitter its untrue!