Comments on: How Can Twitter Help My Organizing Business?

By: Janet Barclay

Janet Barclay — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:12:51 +0000

Julie and Kim O, you are so right! Some people think that you always have your ducks in a row if you’re a professional organizer, but I don’t see the word “perfect” in there anywhere, do you? Showing you’re human too just might open the door to working with a client who was feeling embarrassed about having you see their stuff.

Lorie, thanks for explaining the hashtags. It occurred to me that some readers would be wondering about them, but I knew if I covered everything, I’d end up with a book instead of a blog post!

Kim E, Twitter has another benefit over live networking events – if the conversation isn’t going anywhere, you don’t have to come up with an excuse to walk away!

Stephanie, thanks for sharing the links to TwitterFeed.com (which I didn’t know about) and your networking page – now that is a great idea!

By: Stephanie Calahan (@StephCalahan)

Stephanie Calahan (@StephCalahan) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:44:43 +0000

Hey Janet! Thanks for the mention and Tweet. There are a number of different philosophies on what to Tweet and what not to Tweet. Back in the early days of Twitter the original focus was really to tell people what you were up to at any given point and time. Today, however, business users have really taken the tool to a whole new level. I am super vocal on Twitter and less so on other networking sites. I find that many of my followers like the chatter on twitter, while on LinkedIn or Facebook my friends/links would get annoyed. It is a great example of how you can alter your communication to match your audience.

I evaluate the reception of my Tweets by the number of new followers as well as the number of Re-Tweets I get. It lets me know what my Tweeps find valuable and what they can do without overall.

Another twitter tip — sign up for TwitterFeed.com and have your blog RSS automatically posted to your account when you write. It is a great way to get more people subscribing.

All you organizers out there! I’d love to connect with you. http://www.NetworkWithSteph.com

Share tips with your fans/friends/followers/links (what ever you want to call it) and I’ll be sure to RT (which stands for Re-Tweet: giving you props for your great ideas.)
To your success!
Stephanie

By: Kim Oser, CPO®

Kim Oser, CPO® — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:49:19 +0000

Thanks for the shout-out Janet. I too love Twitter. It enables me to converse with folks I may have never met otherwise. It also allows me to show while a I am a Certified Professional Organizer by trade, I am also human as shown by my Tweet in your blog post.

I just added your RSS to my blog reader. Thanks for the great posts.

-Kim

By: Kim Eagles

Kim Eagles — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:27:24 +0000

Hi Janet, thanks for the compliment. I agree that twitter is really a way to get into conversations or start them with others and I love the comparison of the live networking event. it really is easy to just join in a conversation and if you happen to have some good info to share people will begin to listen to what you say.
Great Blog,
Kim

By: Lorie Marrero

Lorie Marrero — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:04:37 +0000

Hi Janet, thank you for the mention! Your readers might wonder about the “hashtags” on some of the words (the # keywords).

Twitter users organically have created this system to help do better searching. Our #ClutterTweetTip is easily searched this way, for example.

Cheers,
Lorie

By: Julie Bestry

Julie Bestry — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:34:07 +0000

Thanks for the plug, Janet, and for making me feel like a good example. The follow-up “doh!” was a self-deprecating tweet about what I realized I wasn’t doing in marketing that I should (mentioning my newsletter when I thank people for buying my ebook). I think a little self-deprecation goes a lot farther towards building a relationship with the reader (see? I’m “real!”) than the megaphone tweets of profound self-promotion.

Tweet ya later, Janet!