I just installed a feed of my recent Twitter posts. You can see it in the right sidebar. I signed up for Twitter yesterday, basically as a way to get more eyeballs reading my articles and blog posts. But that makes for a bland Twitter account — especially for Twitter users who already read this blog.
So I’m thinking of better ways to use this Twitter thing. I’m still going to use it to link to posts that I want people to read — but not every single post. I’ll also link to my articles as they come out. But here are a few ideas I have for additional Twitter content:
-Links to good articles and columns I find while reading the news of the day.
-Re-tweeting other people’s Twitter posts that are particularly pithy. Not only is this good Twitter etiquette, but there’s a lot of good stuff out there worth reading.
-Quick remarks about dumb policies and breaking news. I don’t always have time to write a whole blog post or op-ed on an issue, but I can usually write one sentence and get my point across.
If you have any other ideas or advice, please let me know. I’m new to Twitter, and still experimenting. If I find that the service is not particularly useful, or it’s too difficult to strike a balance between promotion and content, I’ll cancel my account. But I’m enjoying it for now. Any help is appreciated. Basically, I’m asking what you’d like to see. And if you’re on Twitter, you can follow me at @RegoftheDay. Thanks!
-Mgmt.
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