I have seen lots of blog posts about the reason to Twitter. I decided to give my top reasons also. Besides the desire to be on top of the latest trends, these are my main reasons to Twitter:
1. Networking. I have met so many cool people who are interested in the same things I am on Twitter. When I choose to follow someone I also check out their blog if they have one. I’ve found great blogs this way.
2. Idea Generating. Most of the news stories I’ve followed lately generated first on Twitter. Twitter seems to be the current quickest way breaking news stories or stories of great interest enter the world. Twitter was an awesome way to keep up with the presidential election. Both candidate’s campaigns Twittered.
3. Mind Dump. I’m an introvert. For you extraverts, that doesn’t mean I don’t have thoughts. I have lots of them. I just generally don’t voice them if you are always talking. Twitter allows me to say what’s on my mind in a way that is comfortable for my personality without feeling like I’m interupting someone.
4. Rest my thoughts. I’m programmed and purposefully keep my mind continuously moving. Twitter provides me a good breaking point in my thought process that helps me stay fresh with what I’m working on at the time.
5. Kingdom building. I’ve done Internet ministry for over 15 years now. (www.mustardseedministry.com) Twitter is another avenue to expand my ministry. It is one of the leading ways people find my blog. If I’m putting stuff there that I think is valuable, why would I not take advantage of an opportunity like Twitter to market it more?
Feel free to follow me on Twitter here. If you are not currently using Twitter, then what are you waiting for?
Why do you use Twitter?
for your (dorky) christmas poems, of course.
I’ve met the most amazing people. I do business. I socialize in parts of the world I would not have access to otherwise. It’s a place to be bold, a place to hear other points of view, a place to understand the collective human being. We are all so different and all struggling with the same basic issues. It’s so easy and so much fun.
Thanks Joey and Peter! Nice to meet you guys.
It’s RON though. If we going to be Internet friends we may as well get our names right…
Thanks guys.
Hey Rob, like the blog. found you on twitter . Imagine that!
I use twitter to network, find ideas for blogging,to bring people to my site where I can hopefully influence them for the kingdom. God bless!
Hi Rob,
Good reasons! Networking and Kingdom building are also two of my reasons. Exposure would be another one.
Joey