This last week in our blogging class we learned about twitter, and all of the glorious, tweetastic opportunities that it has to offer us.
I originally created a twitter account two years ago during an internship to test it out. I never really got into it.
Failing to see its potential, I wasn’t very impressed by it and assumed it wouldn’t become very popular—oh how wrong I was.
At this point everyone has at least some level of twitter knowledge. When even fast food chains are advertising “Follow us on twitter!” it is hard to escape.
The main reason that I held out on twitter was because I saw it much like status updates on Facebook. I figured the only reason I would use it would be to update the world on what I had for breakfast and other mundane events in my life.
Again—oh how wrong I was.
After using twitter for only a week now (mind you I am still in the learning process of it all) I am surprised at how useful it has proven itself to be.
Previously I was using twitter only to follow friends and celebrities, which is probably why I couldn’t understand all the fuss about it.
Now I am primarily using twitter for career purposes. Following social media blogs and PR sites or professionals is both interesting as well as informative to a PR student (me) who wants to gain as much knowledge about the field before she graduates.
One of the reasons I am getting so into twitter is because I downloaded Tweet Deck. It has helped me out in organizing my lists of who I am following, and overall made twittering much more enjoyable.
So, now I can proudly join the masses and say, “Follow me on twitter!” I promise I won’t tweet about what I had for breakfast…
