Comments on: New Handy Guide Published: Get Tweeting http://www.picklejarcommunications.com/2008/05/27/new-handy-guide-published-get-tweeting/ social media and communications consultancy Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:37:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tracy Playle http://www.picklejarcommunications.com/2008/05/27/new-handy-guide-published-get-tweeting/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Tracy Playle Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:57:00 +0000 http://www.picklejarcommunications.com/?p=55#comment-22 Those are really great points AC. Many thanks for contributing. Those are really great points AC. Many thanks for contributing.

]]> By: AC http://www.picklejarcommunications.com/2008/05/27/new-handy-guide-published-get-tweeting/comment-page-1/#comment-21 AC Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:42:00 +0000 http://www.picklejarcommunications.com/?p=55#comment-21 I see great value in services like twitter/friendfeed/jaiku/pownce as feedreaders for 'ordinary' web users.<br/><br/>Rss has been around for many years however few non techy people use feedreaders. Even when told of their value - being able to see new web content without visiting many sites directly to check for it. An ordinary person's response is that they are only interested in a few sites, why go to the trouble of setting up a reader.<br/><br/>Twitter is different. It's more a messaging system, like setting up email or SMS. The value is being able to receive messages you are interested in. Unlike email it is always short and spam free.<br/><br/>Whenever I set up a blog now I always create a new twitter account for it and push the blog's rss feed into it via twitterfeed. I can see twitter becoming the major source of traffic for blogs. I see great value in services like twitter/friendfeed/jaiku/pownce as feedreaders for ‘ordinary’ web users.

Rss has been around for many years however few non techy people use feedreaders. Even when told of their value – being able to see new web content without visiting many sites directly to check for it. An ordinary person’s response is that they are only interested in a few sites, why go to the trouble of setting up a reader.

Twitter is different. It’s more a messaging system, like setting up email or SMS. The value is being able to receive messages you are interested in. Unlike email it is always short and spam free.

Whenever I set up a blog now I always create a new twitter account for it and push the blog’s rss feed into it via twitterfeed. I can see twitter becoming the major source of traffic for blogs.

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