Comments on: The Twitter Trinity

By: Ariane Goodwin, Ed.D.

Ariane Goodwin, Ed.D. — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:44:45 +0000

First, Sharon, you have to determine what role Social Media plays in your marketing plan. Next, it’s important to focus on only one or two Social Media outlets (mine is Twitter, hands down!) to start.

Once you feel these are rolling, and you have laid out the marketing plan for adding others, you can branch out, but only one at a time – or you will find it a black hole for sure.

By: Sharon Crute

Sharon Crute — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:38:28 +0000

Do you have any advice on time management with all this social networking?

By: Ariane Goodwin, Ed.D.

Ariane Goodwin, Ed.D. — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:38:12 +0000

Maria,
The @ symbol lets the person you are “atting” see that you are responding directly to them, which is why you always do it with a RT. It shows up in their stream of twitter comments AND also in the right side menu, separated out from the entire stream, so you can respond again to those who are communicating with you directly. Think of it as a conversation that starts with “Hi.”

As for ‘interesting’ tweets, you don’t have to stretch too far, just be yourself and give us a small update on your life: “Oops, left a pot on the stove again… now the fire dept’s at my front door…will I ever learn?”

By: Maria Brophy

Maria Brophy — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:50:35 +0000

This article has been helpful for, but I’m still not clear on how the @ thing works….

I have so much to learn about Twitter!

My challenge is, how do I balance out my blog title twitters with occasional interesting tweets? (I RT often, that’s easy because there is so much good content out there).

By: Ariane Goodwin, Ed.D.

Ariane Goodwin, Ed.D. — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 05:34:28 +0000

Jennifer, I couldn’t be more delighted that smARTist has served you so well. Ever consider becoming an affiliate? Then you can brag that you are a smARTIST, and earn $$ at the same time: http://www.smartist-telesummit.com/affiliates/ I have the 2009 ready to roll right now:
https://www.smartist.com

By: jennifer leigh rice

jennifer leigh rice — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:24:30 +0000

Hi Ariane, I did the last smARTist summit and am still finding information in my notes that I haven’t yet used! It was a huge boost in my marketing life as an artist. today i meet with SBDA to get my business plan tweaked by my mentor. They’re a great resource even for us creatives :) And today I am starting to use the “Trinity” -Thanks for wrapping Twitter exchange into such an easily digestible nugget. I look forward to the next summit. – @jleighrice

By: Julie Drew

Julie Drew — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:55:30 +0000

Thanks, Ariane, I’ll give it a try next time I’m on.

By: Ariane Goodwin, Ed.D.

Ariane Goodwin, Ed.D. — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:26:00 +0000

Thanks, Grace, for clarify the Entire Twitter Stream – eGads – knew there was a reason I’ve ignored it. My own little off shoot is quite enough, thank you!

Julie Drew, all you do is make sure the @ symbol is immediately in front of the Twitter name, so it would be: @ArtCareerDeva. Even one space in-between and it won’t work, as @ ArtCareerDeva

You can also look on the right-side menu, where all the @s that have been used in front of your Twitter name are collected in one place.

By: Julie Isaac

Julie Isaac — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:06:43 +0000

I agree, I agree, I agree. Your trinity says it perfectly. I joined twitter a year ago, and it’s been a blessing both personally and professionally. And to top it off–it’s fun!

By: Julie Drew

Julie Drew — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:05:53 +0000

Hi Ariane,

How do you actually do the @ thing? I haven’t been able to completely have a conversation with anyone without it.
Julie (shedrewit on Twitter)

By: Grace

Grace — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:25:12 +0000

Like the 3 for 3 concept – good idea. And I’d say paying attention to this would automatically limits the overabundance of RTs that I see so many people falling prey to!

One small correction. Anyone who watches the whole TweetStream – which anyone can do – can see your tweets, not just those who follow you. Thought I can’t imagine actually doing that – how many gazillions might there be in a few moments?! – but I’m sure someone out there does!

By: Ariane Goodwin

Ariane Goodwin — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:17:31 +0000

Good for you, John, jumping into the Twitter stream. If nothing else, it massages the isolation sore point that so many artists experience.