I’ve been called many things due to my love of technology and new gadgets. Most of which I will not utter here. But I think I’ve found a great way to share all those marketing emails I receive daily, and my new favorite online sites and gadgets.
I will Twitter them!
For those of you who know me, and for those of you just getting to know me, you’ll soon learn that I like all things gadget and tech. While I’m not a tech person by trade, I am fascinated by anything that makes my life/job easier or just more fun.
Years ago, it was gadgets. I had to have the first palm device. I had a bluetooth phone back when there was really no point. (Only my expensive Palm device and my expensive phone could talk to each other) and that blue light stemming from my ear just didn’t go over well in the airports. After jumping on the Ipod craze a few years ago, I took a step back from the ever changing and updating gadgets and switched my focus to online technology as gadgetry.
As an event leader, I of course early adopted to online registration sites, (taking my clients kicking and screaming along the way). I started Myspace and Facebook accounts for one of my event clients in 2005/2007 respectively, and of course I blog, tried my hand at podcasting, I post my bookmarks with Delicous, I Yelp my favorite places to eat and stay, and now…. I twitter!
Like many of you, I receive hundreds of emails offering me specials on hotel stays, incentive gifts, event services, and more. Most of the time those emails get tossed with the hopes that if I’m ever called on to produce a meeting in a 4 star German hotel in April 2011, that I’ll be able to somehow retrace my deleted emails. And what if that request never happens, couldn’t there possibly be someone out there who is interested in that same offer right now?! As an event leader and habitual educator, I love to share information so Twitter it is.
I know I’m supposed to use Twitter to tell my friends and family what I’m doing every second of the day, but I thought. Why not share with my readers, friends and clients. The deals that I think are worth taking a second look at. To be fair to the Twitter purists, I am posting them as I receive them via email.
So… You really are getting a glimpse of what I’m ‘doing right now”.
Wow, I just realized how much my twitter habits have changes since November 2008.
ReplyDeleteI no longer tweet those emails. In fact, I've unsubscribed to many of them now that I'm following the authors on twitter.
In April 2009, I upgraded to a smart phone. The G1 specifically, and the whole twittersphere changed for me completely. I was no longer tweeting what I was reading, but really "what I was doing".
So far I've tweeted from:
The AVP Volleyball event in Riverside
ASCAP Expo Los Angeles
The BET Awards
The ASCAP Music Awards
and so many more events, and places that define my life as an educator, event specialist and fan of most things tech.
The benefits of being an early adopter to social networking is now I can be a resource. I've been asked to teach a Social Media Marketing class at UCR ext this fall, and I have two new clients that I am creating social media marketing plans for.
I don't claim to be an expert. But I know enough to assist others who are entering the space.
I hope you are enjoying Twitter and other social media sites.
C
What a difference a few years makes. :) I love coming back and reading my old blog posts.
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