Comments on: How’s Twitter working for you?

By: Linda

Linda — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:05:02 +0000

Diane, thanks for weighing in on the Twitter question. As for the article, I didn't write that, I just tweeted a link to it. You can find it here: 17 Reasons Book Manuscripts Are Rejected

By: Diane

Diane — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:57:46 +0000

I resisted too, long and hard. Now that I do Twitter, it does bring _some_ traffic to my site/blog but it’s still very time consuming. Just one more layer. I’d like to spend more time outside

Also, someone recommended your “17 Reasons book manuscripts are rejected” @cassidylewis
I can’t find it at all and it would be something worth passing on to a lady I’m mentoring right now. How/where could I find it?

By: Linda

Linda — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:03:43 +0000

I agree, Pamela. And those 140 character messages don’t take much time to read … or write, if you’re so inclined.

By: Pamela Villars

Pamela Villars — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:43:37 +0000

Linda, I’ve had this same experience. I get very few blog hits from it, but have learned some interesting things and follow some extraordinarily witty people.

So the small amount of time it takes is worthwhile.

By: Linda

Linda — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:25:17 +0000

Judy, I guess I haven’t been on Twitter long enough to judge whether it’s increasing my blog traffic, but it has been a benefit in other ways. And yes, it’s fun.

By: judy

judy — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:34:33 +0000

I was a reluctant Tweeter too. For the longest time, instead of “follow me” my blog said, “I’m trying out Twitter” reflecting my reluctance to commit. I do think it’s increased my traffic, though as Cynthia points out, that’s harder to track in WordPress.

Maybe more importantly, I’ve found some great blogs and interesting people. I frequently hear news first on Twitter – Farrah and Michael, for instance. AND I won Augusten Burrough’s latest book on Twitter. How cool is that?

It really is only as much of a time sink as you let it be. I’m thinking it doesn’t hurt to try, right? (You don’t have to admit right away.)

By: Linda

Linda — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:15:16 +0000

LOL Just a week before I signed up for a Twitter account, I was quite adamant that I would never do it!

By: CathrynG

CathrynG — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:02:12 +0000

oh, sigh. Like Jennifer – one to two hours?? But I guess I should at least give it a try before I say absolutely not, even though I said absolutely not twice in the past 5 days.

By: Linda

Linda — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:53:37 +0000

Jennifer, when I’m going to be at the computer reading email, blogs, browsing anyway, I open Twitter, too. Like I said, I use Tweetdeck which makes a little sound whenever any of the people I follow post a “tweet” and I can click over to see it or not. Some of the people I follow tweet rarely, some occasionally, some a dozen times a day. If I’m seriously writing, I don’t turn on Twitter at all.

But I, like Cynthia, have seen links to valuable info and enjoyable websites and blogs. You can tweet a link to your own blog postings, as well as to friends’ blogs. So it’s a way to make new connections and support fellow writers.

It’s free to try and if you don’t like it, just don’t Twitter.

By: jenniferneri

jenniferneri — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:41:47 +0000

This is interesting for me, as I’ve been thinking about twitter but with just the blog running I feel so time crunched! Linda, when you said one to two hours I cringed. I do not have that time. Cynthia adds in how it’s useful tool – do you think it can be done with a lot less time dedication? Are you finding it useful, Linda?