Comments on: Take the Twitter Challenge http://jeffhilimire.com/2009/02/take-the-twitter-challenge/ A blog about entrepreneurship, leadership, digital marketing, random stuff...lifestreamy. My personal thoughts. Thu, 17 May 2012 12:26:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mark Shaw http://jeffhilimire.com/2009/02/take-the-twitter-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Mark Shaw Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:38:25 +0000 http://jeffhilimire.com/?p=140#comment-30 When i first joined Twitter, like so many I just did not get it.. I did not understand the value to me of using the service on both a personal and business level.. So I left.. I then returned approx 6 months later.. and did as you suggest.. spent time getting to understand how to use the service, how to engage, what to do, what not to do, and which 3rd party applications to use... and then yes.. now it makes perfect sense.. I do think that if pepole give it a try, and also searched for the tons of great info on twitter, lots more would adopt it and have a go best Mark When i first joined Twitter, like so many I just did not get it.. I did not understand the value to me of using the service on both a personal and business level.. So I left.. I then returned approx 6 months later.. and did as you suggest.. spent time getting to understand how to use the service, how to engage, what to do, what not to do, and which 3rd party applications to use…

and then yes.. now it makes perfect sense..

I do think that if pepole give it a try, and also searched for the tons of great info on twitter, lots more would adopt it and have a go

best

Mark

]]> By: Anonymous http://jeffhilimire.com/2009/02/take-the-twitter-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-896 Anonymous Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:38:00 +0000 http://jeffhilimire.com/?p=140#comment-896 When i first joined Twitter, like so many I just did not get it.. I did not understand the value to me of using the service on both a personal and business level.. So I left.. I then returned approx 6 months later.. and did as you suggest.. spent time getting to understand how to use the service, how to engage, what to do, what not to do, and which 3rd party applications to use... and then yes.. now it makes perfect sense.. I do think that if pepole give it a try, and also searched for the tons of great info on twitter, lots more would adopt it and have a go best Mark When i first joined Twitter, like so many I just did not get it.. I did not understand the value to me of using the service on both a personal and business level.. So I left.. I then returned approx 6 months later.. and did as you suggest.. spent time getting to understand how to use the service, how to engage, what to do, what not to do, and which 3rd party applications to use…

and then yes.. now it makes perfect sense..

I do think that if pepole give it a try, and also searched for the tons of great info on twitter, lots more would adopt it and have a go

best

Mark

]]> By: Joe Koufman http://jeffhilimire.com/2009/02/take-the-twitter-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Joe Koufman Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:37:48 +0000 http://jeffhilimire.com/?p=140#comment-22 Here is a nice article from about a year ago in which the author basically says "silly rabbit, Twitter is for kids": http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18445274/ If someone does not get Twitter, just send them this: http://commoncraft.com/twitter Here is a nice article from about a year ago in which the author basically says “silly rabbit, Twitter is for kids”:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18445274/

If someone does not get Twitter, just send them this:
http://commoncraft.com/twitter

]]> By: Joe Koufman http://jeffhilimire.com/2009/02/take-the-twitter-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-895 Joe Koufman Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:37:00 +0000 http://jeffhilimire.com/?p=140#comment-895 Here is a nice article from about a year ago in which the author basically says "silly rabbit, Twitter is for kids": http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18445274/ If someone does not get Twitter, just send them this: http://commoncraft.com/twitter Here is a nice article from about a year ago in which the author basically says “silly rabbit, Twitter is for kids”:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18445274/

If someone does not get Twitter, just send them this:
http://commoncraft.com/twitter

]]> By: @GluLife http://jeffhilimire.com/2009/02/take-the-twitter-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-21 @GluLife Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:12:30 +0000 http://jeffhilimire.com/?p=140#comment-21 Hey Jeff, Great point. I will point some people to this blog. It is a great encapsulation of what I thought about as I was trying to explain twitter to someone on the telephone. Thanks for writing the article. Hey Jeff, Great point. I will point some people to this blog. It is a great encapsulation of what I thought about as I was trying to explain twitter to someone on the telephone. Thanks for writing the article.

]]> By: @GluLife http://jeffhilimire.com/2009/02/take-the-twitter-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-894 @GluLife Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:12:00 +0000 http://jeffhilimire.com/?p=140#comment-894 Hey Jeff, Great point. I will point some people to this blog. It is a great encapsulation of what I thought about as I was trying to explain twitter to someone on the telephone. Thanks for writing the article. Hey Jeff, Great point. I will point some people to this blog. It is a great encapsulation of what I thought about as I was trying to explain twitter to someone on the telephone. Thanks for writing the article.

]]> By: Mike Schinkel http://jeffhilimire.com/2009/02/take-the-twitter-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Mike Schinkel Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:56:14 +0000 http://jeffhilimire.com/?p=140#comment-20 I was going to write almost exactly this same post. But you beat me to it. Thankfully. Now I don't have to. ;-) I was going to write almost exactly this same post. But you beat me to it. Thankfully. Now I don’t have to. ;-)

]]> By: Mike Schinkel http://jeffhilimire.com/2009/02/take-the-twitter-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-893 Mike Schinkel Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:56:00 +0000 http://jeffhilimire.com/?p=140#comment-893 I was going to write almost exactly this same post. But you beat me to it. Thankfully. Now I don't have to. ;-) I was going to write almost exactly this same post. But you beat me to it. Thankfully. Now I don’t have to. ;-)

]]> By: jeffhilimire http://jeffhilimire.com/2009/02/take-the-twitter-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-19 jeffhilimire Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:22:16 +0000 http://jeffhilimire.com/?p=140#comment-19 Exactly, plus I probably use LinkedIn, del.icio.us, etc, in a different way than you do, so explaining to someone the benefits of Twitter is tough as it means something different depending on who you're talking to. Exactly, plus I probably use LinkedIn, del.icio.us, etc, in a different way than you do, so explaining to someone the benefits of Twitter is tough as it means something different depending on who you’re talking to.

]]> By: jeffhilimire http://jeffhilimire.com/2009/02/take-the-twitter-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-892 jeffhilimire Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:22:00 +0000 http://jeffhilimire.com/?p=140#comment-892 Exactly, plus I probably use LinkedIn, del.icio.us, etc, in a different way than you do, so explaining to someone the benefits of Twitter is tough as it means something different depending on who you're talking to. Exactly, plus I probably use LinkedIn, del.icio.us, etc, in a different way than you do, so explaining to someone the benefits of Twitter is tough as it means something different depending on who you’re talking to.

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