To tweet or not to tweet.

Twitter is blogging at its simplest. Taking the popular status feature of Facebook and melding it with the phenomenon that is blogging, twitter is the best of both worlds.

Watch this short video to see how it works:



Twitter has become so popular because of the large amount of celebrities and companies that have adopted it as a tool for updating their fans. Everyone from Starbucks Coffee to President Barack Obama.

The beautiful thing about "tweeting" for business is that it takes so little effort to set up an account and maintain it, literally seconds to post. There is also the option of adding applications to the service to further streamline it, such as Tweetdeck.

Basically Tweetdeck allows a user to filter followers into categories such as "customers" and "other businesses."

I fully recommend that you start up a Twitter today, and if any companies need me to run it for them, feel free to contact me!


A few more links:

http://www.socialbrandindex.com/ A wiki of the growing number of brands using Twitter.

http://twitter.com The main site

http://twitter.com/BarackObama Barack Obama's twitter

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter Twitter on Wikipedia

It is like a real job but with less work and I don't get paid

I know I haven't updated this in awhile but I have been really busy with my professional development. I am currently on my second last week of co-op with United Way Kitchener-Waterloo. During my time at the organization I have been involved in many great experiences, most of which have to do with online communications. Things like fixing United Way Canada's Wikipedia page - which was slated for deletion due to lack of sourcing and a poor writing style - have allowed me to leave a mark on the materials of one of Canada's largest charities.

I have also been working on a large campaign to get generation y (18-28 year olds) more aware of and involved with United Way. I am actually quite proud of the final product, it is definitely the hardest I have ever worked on a campaign and I think it shows.

I have made a good impression with the organization and they have asked me to volunteer in the office after my placement is over because they enjoy having my help. I don't think it will lead to a job as United Way is in a hiring freeze but it is definitely good experience and a worthwhile reference.