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Dear @twitter friends,
Welcome to a page just for you. If you're considering following me on
Twitter or
Friendfeed, I ask you to do one
thing.
Please learn a little about me first. Read some of my previous posts. Go back a bit.
Perhaps look around this website or take a peek at my background. Don't just follow me
because my name is on some list or @verypopular just said I wrote something
brilliant. While neither of these happens regularly, they happen
periodically, and I'd like to think you've made an educated decision before
jumping aboard.
Once
you've clicked ye ol' follow button, you'll make my day if you @reply
message me (@marciamarcia) to tell me how you found me and what you're
hoping to gain. Nothing fancy. Just a line with the basics. As you'll see below, this will increase the chances that I'll follow you back soon and helps ensure I provide information useful to you.
Some
days I tweet a dozen (or more) times. Other days I may only post once. The average is 8 times a day. I rarely answer the
question, "What are you doing?" or "What's happen'?" and it's even more rare for me to tell you what
I'm eating, when I'm going to bed, or what my family is up to unless my 5-yr old
son, "boywonder," did something too astounding to keep to myself. Most of my
posts are related to learning, social media, people-centric business practices,
leadership, communications, women in business, innovation, design and improving the world.
Peridocally I point to new additions on my Fast Company blog "Learn
at All Levels," the #lrnchat blog, my personal blog "Live,
Laugh, Learn, Lead," something fabulous on the
Pistachio Consulting Touchbase blog, and other assorted sites were I contribute. The rest of
the time I ask questions, point to information from other people and reflect on
my journey to help individuals and enterprises excel.
If you'd
like for us to learn together, in other words you hope I'll follow you
back, there are a few more things to consider.
A) I
almost exclusively follow people who edu-tweet:
post items at least half of the time that don't just inform us of your status -- they
educate us about something we can do for ourselves. It's not that I couldn't benefit from knowing the location where you parked your car or
that it's raining today. It's just that I use these tools mostly to enhance my
productivity so I prefer updates that teach me something I
can use or share with others who would benefit, too.
B) I
almost never follow someone who hasn't uploaded a picture, included a web
address where I can learn more about you, or adds a tag line that
quickly gives a sense of who they are. These are the sorts of tools I believe
require a little time to make your own so that we can begin to build a
rapport right away. If you aren't happy with any recent picture of yourself, find a suitable image that represents who you are. Perhaps a sunrise or an open field.
C)
People who send me @marciamarcia messages (in other words, include the exact phrase "@marciamarcia" without anything touching that text in the body of their tweet) catch my attention quicker than
someone who follows and doesn't begin to engage. Send a quick note about
something you've learned recently, why you've chosen to follow me or what
you hope we learn together and it's more likely I'll visit your profile page
within a few days. If you've done this and I still haven't clicked through, see A & B above, or consider pinging me again.
While I didn't expect you to read this far, now that you have, here are a few sources of information about my perspectives on social media in general and Twitter (microsharing) in specific you might find helpful.
I could go on, but I won't. This is why a 140-character limit serves me (and you) well.
Looking forward to learning with you,
p.s. If you found this landing page helfpul and you create one for yourself, please post a comment to the Pistachio Landing page list so others can learn about you too. |
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