Whats The Tweet on Twitter?
Online social networking site with a possible business application
As a web development and marketing company we are constantly keeping track of what is happening online. The latest online social networking site is Twitter. As a user, you are limited to 140 characters to let your network know "what you are doing right now". We've been monitoring the site for several months now. One thing that really stumped us was the fact that there was a lot of extraneous information being exchanged on the network. Most users documented their every move: what they were eating for dinner, which TV show they were watching, which night club they were going to over the weekend. This conversation was being broadcast to all the "followers" and users were getting bombarded with these tid-bits of information that was greatly impacting their daily efficency.
In talking to other individuals in the web industry who were heavy Twitter users, there seemed to be glimpses for practical use of this social networking tool. At several web conference events they used this tool to communicate to all the participants. Since Twitter can also be followed on your cell phone there is no dependency on a computer to get and send messages.
Here at SonicSpider we are interested in starting a more business oriented group on Twitter. Our goal is to create a group of individuals who "follow" each other and focus more on business announcements, such as networking events, business news items, business needs, etc.
If you are a Twitter user or think you might want to start, go to Twitter.com - "Search & Follow" sonictweet for the business group SonicTwitter. We have put up a basic website at:
where you can enter Business oriented news and events. It is very basic and we are exploring how business might integrate the Twitter concepts into keeping up on business news and events for starters. If you have other suggestions and ideas after reviewing this site, post a comment here.
If you don't have a Twitter account and don't want to create one, you can still go to SonicTwitter.com and post anonymous business announcements. Basically, it is an opportunity to promote your business for free!
SonicSpider is giving away free SonicTwitter feeds to go on business websites. If you think you would like a "Business News" section on your site that has local business announcements, please contact us so we can send you directions on how to add it.