The Seven Stages of Twitter
Saturday, December 20th, 2008 |I’ve started really getting into Twitter. You know, that odd social marketing phenomenon where all the odd social marketers are talking endlessly to each other in 140 characters or less?
I have to admit I’m in an strangely good mood since I started using it. Usually I’m a bit depressed and/or anxious during the holidays - maybe because there’s no light in Seattle. I also needed something to replace my obsessive tracking of every political blog leading up to the election. So now I just quasi-obsessively check my Twitter account. Hmmm.
I don’t pretend to know a whole lot about Twitter yet. I only have 83 followers right now which makes me quite puny in the Twitter world. Some people have around 10,000 followers. Followers. Sounds cult-like. You can follow people and they might follow you back. That’s one way to become popular. This morning I checked Twitter Grader which told me my score was 76 (of 100) and I was the 99,990th most important person on Twitter. So then I went to Mr. Tweet and he(it?) showed me a bunch of other Twitterers that might be good for me to follow so I followed a few and some of them followed me back and then a little later I checked my Twitter grade and it was up to 82 and I became the 71,000th most important person. Moving on up! There’s a huge array of peripheral tools and information attached to Twitter like this I know nothing about.
Here’s a quick list of my own early take on what the seven stages of Twitter may be. I think I’m in between stage five and six.
- 1 - Ignorance
- 2 - Disdain
- 3 - Curiousity
- 4 - Confusion
- 5 - Bemusement
- 6 - Addiction
- 7 - Enlightenment
You should try it. I can’t find too many artisan types doing wall finishes or murals or plasters that are on there yet, so I could use some company. Actually I found one excellent plaster artisan, Darrell Morrison, who I know real well up in Vancouver BC. Here’s Darrell’s Twitter page. I also am following (and being followed by) a talented woman who’s twitter “handle” is Artistagirl. She lives in Colorado and I’ve seen some of her work and her website and I know from her tweets that her son plays lacrosse. Now since I grew up in Long Island and played lacrosse at that division 3 powerhouse Connecticut College, I feel connected in a way I would not have if I just looked at her business site. So that’s one way it must work. I never could get into Facebook or MySpace, but I’m pretty sure now I will continue to use Twitter.
So, here’s my twitter page: http://twitter.com/StuccoItaliano
Check it out. Even if it doesn’t ultimately help your decorative plastering/painting business much (but I think it will somehow), perhaps it will help keep you in a better mood when the weather sucks.
