I am so not a Tweeter!

 

As a requirement of last week’s assignment, I have initiated my Twitter site.  But….I can’t figure that network out for the life of me.  I’m very used to Facebook and it didn’t seem as complicated to get going on.  Twitter just doesn’t offer enough direction for me. 

I found a few celebrities that interest me and added them to my list of who I’m following.  But do I really care to “follow” them?  I don’t mind catching their recent sightings, paparazzi mishaps, or tabloid scandals on the Insider, but to get a daily (or more frequent) update on what they are thinking seems very odd; I don’t really know these people.  It makes me feel like a very bad, uninterested stalker-wanna-be. 

I do admit, RevRun does have some uplifting quotes and inspirational messages, but even that becomes information overkill.  Maybe I’m just not cut-out to tweet.  Or maybe I’m just not too interested in other people’s lives to the point that I need to know what crazy things they are doing and thinking on a continual basis.   

With so much hype about Twitter, I guess I was expecting something miraculous each and every time I log on.  

My main intention of becoming a citizen of the Twitter world was to get a glimpse of the marketing potential that it holds.  To date, I having been too successful at digging into the opportunities that await companies through the tweets of consumers.  

Ok, so enough of my rant about a social network that I am apparently to inept to navigate.  I will attempt to give it another try for the sake of emerging media insight.  If anybody has any helpful tips, great people/companies worth following, or just want to tell me that I’m crazy and Twitter is a heaven sent; please feel free to comment. 

I did at least find this helpful video with instruction on how to use Twitter:

 

But I’m still looking for some information pertaining to the benefits and value of Twitter for marketing purposes, through first hand Twitter experience.