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Do any of you professionals use twitter for marketing your business?

Nov 20, 2009 at 01:26 AM

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I work for a studio that hits twitter/facebook simultaneously with some app from her phone.

I feel that microblogging is small enough with facebook.

For instance, my employers latest post: "I have nothing to say! Strange I know!"

I prefer a little more substance.

Nov 20, 2009 at 01:34 AM

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I use Twitter. I don't know that I'd consider it marketing per se, but insofar as it helps keep my name and my work in front of people I suppose it is. Anything that gives me a greater ability to stay in peoples' minds is a good thing...I treat Facebook similarly, though I find that my Twitter interactions are more likely to be the ones that are with industry professionals.

http://twitter.com/shatterkiss
http://www.facebook.com/simongerzinaphoto

Nov 20, 2009 at 02:30 AM

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Shatter

I just followed you on Twitter. I'm waiting to be impressed. :o)

I agree with you. I tend to tweet with other photographers and really don't see how business will come from it. It has helped my photography "how-to" web site though. My circulation is way up after tweeting about it. I have a separate account to that. It's one that I tweet alot and read tweets less than my personal account.

Nov 22, 2009 at 01:44 PM

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I'm not sure this qualifies, per the OP's question, but I'm on twitter every day. Look for bandhphoto.

Henry Posner
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Nov 22, 2009 at 10:01 PM

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Take a stand and don't use Twitter. To me, it's overexposure and narcissism run rampant. Just because you can doesn't mean you have to. Time spent "tweeting" (haha) could be better spent elsewhere.

IMO, of course. Most probably won't agree with me, but whatever.

Nov 23, 2009 at 09:46 PM

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Future Man wrote:
Take a stand and don't use Twitter. To me, it's overexposure and narcissism run rampant. Just because you can doesn't mean you have to. Time spent "tweeting" (haha) could be better spent elsewhere.

I think it can be argued that "tweeting" is an act that takes so little time (certainly less time than making a post on FM) that it doesn't really have any "opportunity costs" associated with it.

Personally I started using Twitter but then stopped because I found it to be useless except as a technique for keeping oneself exposed (as shatterkiss noted). I'm just waiting for the day that Facebook absorbs Twitter, since I think Facebook has a much better scheme in place for branding.

Nov 23, 2009 at 10:47 PM

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I enjoy it more every day... It's doing wonders to my Google income too.

Nov 24, 2009 at 02:04 AM

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Funny this is brought up. A friend in the video world thought twitter was for the younger set but decided to give it a whirl, wound up getting a big job out of the blue. My feeling is that it is free, and as long as you don't make an ass out of yourself, how could it possibly hurt? After all, as you get older, you will be working for the younger folks that use technology that we are not comfortable with.

Nov 25, 2009 at 01:24 AM

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Hey, engaging with Twitter and other social networks got me this nice mention:

http://blog.profoto-usa.com/?p=783

Nov 25, 2009 at 01:32 AM

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p.1 #11 · Tweet, tweet...

Straight pimpin right there Simon. Nice writeup!

Nov 25, 2009 at 05:20 AM

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p.1 #12 · Tweet, tweet...

Thanks, Max!

Nov 25, 2009 at 09:10 AM

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