Comments on: Twitter — Rules of Engagement (Blog for Profit) http://homeofficewarrior.com/2008/05/21/twitter-rules-of-engagement-blog-for-profit/ The Internet Magazine for the Home Office Entrepreneur Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:30:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Posts On Writing May 2008 | Get Paid to Write Online http://homeofficewarrior.com/2008/05/21/twitter-rules-of-engagement-blog-for-profit/#comment-8006 Posts On Writing May 2008 | Get Paid to Write Online Sat, 31 May 2008 16:26:12 +0000 http://homeofficewarrior.com/2008/05/21/twitter-rules-of-engagement-blog-for-profit/#comment-8006 [...] I talk about website marketing with Twitter over on Mixed Market Arts. There’s more advice on using Twitter effectively on the Home Office Warrior blog. This Laptop For Hire tells you how to boost your RSS subscribers, [...] […] I talk about website marketing with Twitter over on Mixed Market Arts. There’s more advice on using Twitter effectively on the Home Office Warrior blog. This Laptop For Hire tells you how to boost your RSS subscribers, […]

]]> By: Lisa Solomon http://homeofficewarrior.com/2008/05/21/twitter-rules-of-engagement-blog-for-profit/#comment-5267 Lisa Solomon Wed, 21 May 2008 14:46:37 +0000 http://homeofficewarrior.com/2008/05/21/twitter-rules-of-engagement-blog-for-profit/#comment-5267 While I agree, in general, with your rules of engagement, I disagree slightly with your advice about not posting about "what you had for lunch or the fact your toddler pooped in the potty." I see twitter as less "formal" than a blog, and following someone more of an opportunity to really get to know the person. "Personal" posts can foster more meaningful relationships, even between business colleagues. For example, I have been following Pam Slim's Escape from Cubicle Nation (http://EscapeFromCubicleNation.com) blog for some time, and have communicated with her via e-mail a few times. When I recently joined Twitter, she's one of the first people I followed. She tweeted about how things were going with her new babysitter; as a working mother, this is a topic that is important to me, and that I have experience with. While I don't think this topic would necessarily have been appropriate for her blog (and may not have supported a full-blown post in any event), I think it's perfectly appropriate for twitter. As another example, I have been tweeting a bit about my weekend mushroom hunting walks. Some of my followers have direct-messaged me to follow up on those tweets. I think these kinds of posts enable others to see me as a more well-rounded person than they might perceive if all of my posts were strictly business-related. While I agree, in general, with your rules of engagement, I disagree slightly with your advice about not posting about “what you had for lunch or the fact your toddler pooped in the potty.”

I see twitter as less “formal” than a blog, and following someone more of an opportunity to really get to know the person. “Personal” posts can foster more meaningful relationships, even between business colleagues.

For example, I have been following Pam Slim’s Escape from Cubicle Nation (http://EscapeFromCubicleNation.com) blog for some time, and have communicated with her via e-mail a few times. When I recently joined Twitter, she’s one of the first people I followed. She tweeted about how things were going with her new babysitter; as a working mother, this is a topic that is important to me, and that I have experience with. While I don’t think this topic would necessarily have been appropriate for her blog (and may not have supported a full-blown post in any event), I think it’s perfectly appropriate for twitter.

As another example, I have been tweeting a bit about my weekend mushroom hunting walks. Some of my followers have direct-messaged me to follow up on those tweets. I think these kinds of posts enable others to see me as a more well-rounded person than they might perceive if all of my posts were strictly business-related.

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