We were on the Social Media Edge Radio show yesterday. I say “we” because EVERY SINGLE MEMBER of the show was a TwitterQueens except Ken Cook, who became one halfway through. Lesley, Maya and I all spoke, and the audience was studded with group members. More listened to the recorded show at night, and I think it is safe to say that we all had a great time, and shot out some information at the same time.
One question that was posed was something I have heard before. “What do you do with TwitterQueens once you are signed up?”- and it’s a good one. It’s like, “What do you do with twitter after you have signed up?”
What DID you do with twitter? I know that at first I took it for its word: when it asked what I was doing, I answered. I treated it as a location update. Probably Gerry “RealtyMan” Bourgeois was most influential in changing the way that I looked at twitter. Although I had figured out that it could be used as a means of connection, he showed me how widespread the conversation was and introduced me to many of the people who are my friends now. If I had not made that connection with Gerry, my experience with twitter would have been very different.
So how does this translate to TwitterQueens? I would start 3 ways.
1. On twitter itself we use the hashtag #twitterqueens to contribute to the conversation. Follow that.
2. Check the blogs for not only the treasure trove of information that they contain but to connect with the individual that is writing about what you are interested in. Which leads to the third way…
3. Contact people who are of interest to you. Contact blog authors, contact other people who look interesting. Contribute something interesting to the blog so that they have a reason to contact YOU. Get together face to face with those around you.
And spread the business around the base. Know someone who wants to buy a house? Ask who is the best agent in your area. Want to throw a party for the girls? Paula Eramo- @rapturemassage- will bring a chair massage to your party in MA. Need a Facebook page designed for you? Mike Mueller does that. If I were, for example, a Virtual Assistant, I would post something about everything a virtual does to make life easier for the business person and put in links to satisfied customers. You will be building a book of business with a connected intelligent group of people.
