I've been a member of the micro-blogging service, Twitter, for many months now (@bloggingbistro). 
But after reading Joel Comm's book, Twitter Power: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time
, I decided to start a second Twitter account so I can interact with others in the adoption community.
You can find me on Twitter @adoptionexpert.
You may be wondering: Isn't having two Twitter accounts a bit of overkill? Perhaps. But here's why I did it:
- I own a business (Blogging Bistro) that helps people maximize their blogging and social media marketing. On my Blogging Bistro Twitter account, I provide helpful links to articles about marketing, business blogging, social media, and other business-related topics.
- My alter-ego as an adoption author and adoption advocate doesn't fit within the social media marketing realm. I wanted to see whether an account dedicated solely to adoption issues would attract any attention.
It has. More than I ever expected. In the couple of weeks since I created the account, I've begun following 110 people who have direct connections to adoption:
- Pre- and post-adoptive parents
- Birth parents
- Adopted people
- Adoption professionals
- Adoption and orphan care organizations
These are the ONLY people I follow on @adoptionexpert. I did this on purpose, so that if you join Twitter and want to find other adoption tweeps to follow, all you have to do is follow the folks I follow.
And if you follow me, I'll follow you back if you tweet about adoption (just use the #adoption hashtag on your adoption tweets and I'll find you).
The community of adoption Twitterers is small, but active, and growing at a fast clip. My tweeps (that's Twitterese for "Twitter peeps") constantly point me to interesting articles and opinions about adoption and share snippets about what's going on in their lives. Since I'm running a business and don't have time to blog daily here at Exploring Adoption, Twitter is a great way for me to keep up with what's going on in the world of adoption.
What are you waiting for? Set up a Twitter account and join us!
(If you need help getting the most out of Twitter, I provide low-cost consults. Contact me.)
P.S. You can also follow my most recent Twitter updates from the far righthand sidebar of this blog.
Interested in Adoption? Talk About it on Twitter
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I've been a member of the micro-blogging service, Twitter, for many months now (@bloggingbistro).
But after reading Joel Comm's book, Twitter Power: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time
, I decided to start a second Twitter account so I can interact with others in the adoption community.
You can find me on Twitter @adoptionexpert.
You may be wondering: Isn't having two Twitter accounts a bit of overkill? Perhaps. But here's why I did it:
It has. More than I ever expected. In the couple of weeks since I created the account, I've begun following 110 people who have direct connections to adoption:
These are the ONLY people I follow on @adoptionexpert. I did this on purpose, so that if you join Twitter and want to find other adoption tweeps to follow, all you have to do is follow the folks I follow.
And if you follow me, I'll follow you back if you tweet about adoption (just use the #adoption hashtag on your adoption tweets and I'll find you).
The community of adoption Twitterers is small, but active, and growing at a fast clip. My tweeps (that's Twitterese for "Twitter peeps") constantly point me to interesting articles and opinions about adoption and share snippets about what's going on in their lives. Since I'm running a business and don't have time to blog daily here at Exploring Adoption, Twitter is a great way for me to keep up with what's going on in the world of adoption.
What are you waiting for? Set up a Twitter account and join us!
(If you need help getting the most out of Twitter, I provide low-cost consults. Contact me.)
P.S. You can also follow my most recent Twitter updates from the far righthand sidebar of this blog.