Twitter – Tweet – Share the News and More – Do you Twitter Baby? eBay Live 2008

Do you Twitter? Have you heard a good Tweet lately? Who do you follow, what did you hear?

Twitter is a constantly updated feed of tweets (short text messages), similar to an old style chat room. The difference is that you can follow - or not follow - whomever you wish. And it is just one chat room. You only see the people you choose to follow, but as many people as are interested may follow you.

Many top Internet marketers are using the space to promote themselves and to learn what other marketers, newsworthy people, celebrities, politicians and friends are doing and saying all day. With a Twitter feed open, the news from your contacts is constantly updated and you never know what you can see... new and breaking tech news, marketing ideas, information about emerging web 2.0 apps and websites, etc.

(CNN posts news stories on Twitter before they make the wire or TV).

Read about what interesting people are doing and seeing every day. From A-List celebrities to Obama & Hillary. It is amazing what you can find on Twitter.

Some of the smartest people in this or any business are posting regularly on Twitter. I follow and I join in...

Twitter gives me the opportunity to see and know what people like JasonCalacanis, mitchjoel, leolaporte or SethGodin are saying and doing.

Of course some Twitter users are less about updating real events and more about promoting products or websites. If you are interested in these promotions, you continue to follow these people. If you are not, simply stop following them. Some Twitter masters have thousands of followers like Scobleizer Bret Scoble.

My Twitter comments are picked up on my Facebook profile, so I do not have to post in two separate places. Applications are available which allow you to post to multiple social networks with a single "tweet". I use twhirl for this convenience.

eBay Live 2008 - Will we Twitter?

Twitter is a great communication device for conferences and events. Conferences get a specific feed (i.e. @eBayLive2008) so everyone who attends the conference can keep in touch with one another via iPhone, Blackberry or Palm cell PDAs. People network with other attendees, meet at restaurants, talk about what is said and share immediate thoughts. Twitter is more than it appears.

An event feed could be set up with no regular comments required until the day of the event. General changes to schedules and more would be announced via Twitter so people arriving could be kept abreast of those changes. It is a great way to know what is happening. The attendees would use the @eBayLive2008 tag to keep in touch with everyone else following @eBayLive2008. So as "johndoe" you send a message to @eBayLive2008 and everyone following @eBayLive2008 will see it.

For example - Tweet

Scott_Pooler

sending: @eBayLive2008 I am at the best pizza place in Chicago - Anyone want to join?

Or:

Scott_Pooler sending: @eBayLive2008 John Donahoe just got off the stage at the keynote, want to see a video?

Give Twitter a try and be ready for the next Social Media phenomena, because you will most likely learn about the next Twitter, on Twitter.