Tag: Twitter
Jun
17
Sprouter – Twitter For Entrepreneurs?
Sprouter.com is a hot new online networking tool focused entirely on entrepreneurs, primarily those in the start-up phase. Still in it’s early stages, it’s much slower paced than Twitter. (that’s a good thing, I think) I know, you wouldn’t have guessed that by the warp speed the screen cast narrator talks, would you?
The conversations have much more depth than most Twitter posts, and looks to be a great way to connect up with like-minded entrepreneurs. It’s vision is to provide a place you can brainstorm, collaborate, discuss and get advice on issues unique to entrepreneurs.
You can search for those in your area, along with several other advantages not found at Twitter. One thing I’ve noticed in my very short history with Sprouter is it’s not a contest to see how many followers you can gain in the shortest amount of time. Most people have rather small followings. Of course, that may simply be from it’s smaller user base but I’d like to think there is more emphasis on quality, not quantity.
Check it out for yourself, you won’t get lost in the crowd (yet) and it would be a great place for homeschool business owners to meet! Sprouter.com
May
28
How To Learn Entrepreneurship From Twitter
Sometimes I just want to share some of the great stuff I find here and there. Poking around young entrepreneur Ben Lang’s site in my last post on Alexa ratings, here is another great post for teaching/learning entrepreneurship:
http://ben-lang.com/how-to-learn-entrepreneurship-from-twitter-2/
Finding a mentor on Twitter is one of the better suggestions, and never thought of before now. Read the article. Twitter-who woulda thunk?
Actually, better sign up for his regular updates…
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Sep
20
Powerhouse PR Source From Solo-e.com!
Twitter has proved itself to be a fantastic place to meet people and find some really great friends, info, websites, and well….STUFF! I can’t believe I actually thought it was stup…..uh, trivial when I first started! (Thank you, Jeremy Palmer for getting me started!) In the last few weeks, I have had so many great people “add” me that I would probably never have discovered otherwise. One of those people is Terri Z (short for Zwierzynski) of Solo-e.com, a resource and training clearing house for entrepreneurs. The sheer amount of well organized information available for the entrepreneur at Solo-e.com is staggering, and a gold mine for any small business person! It’s a MUST bookmark.
One of my finds at Solo-e was a powerhouse PR source that you will be sure to find some publicity from, It’s called “Haro” (Help A Reporter Out) and is powered by the powerhouse of PR himself, Peter Shankman. It’s a free service (I’m sure it’s serving him well with large amounts of traffic!) he offers both to help entrepreneurs find some free publicity and news reporters find the stories they need. Sign up on his email list and he will email you several times a day listing all the requests he receives from the press for storylines. How great is that?
Sign up for Haro here: http://helpareporter.com/
Check out Solo-e.com
Add Terri Z on twitter! http://twitter.com/terrizsoloceo
Add Homeschool-Entrepreneur (that’s us…) on twitter: http://twitter.com/homeschoolbiz
Jun
06
Is Twitter for the birds?
I recently signed onto Twitter as part of an experiment called the ‘Black Ink Project’ and my first impression wasn’t good. It seems like such a trivial pursuit, telling people that you’re ‘brushing your teeth now’, or ‘going to bed, good night!’ and if you use it for that it most definitely IS for the birds…or you have way too much time on your hands!
However (you knew that was coming, didn’t you?) I have spent the last 2 days ‘twittering’ getting the hang of it, and using it in a way that I’ve never used a social network before. Being a homeschool mom with over a dozen blogs and websites (all in need of something!) 5 grandchildren that live locally, a son getting married in 2 months and a disabled husband, I definitely don’t have time for chit-chat. I do have a Facebook account, but mostly just to stay connected with another son that is in college, and I’ve never really gotten the hang of it.
The two days on Twitter has shown me a new dimension of online networking that I have read about but never really embraced. Your comments on Twitter are limited to 140 characters which is extremely challenging to someone like me, but I’m getting the hang of it quickly. It’s fun to watch and read what goes on, sort of like watching a merri-go-round, only on fast speed. Of course, it depends on the kind of people you are watching (following), but I’ve gotten a glimpse of a different world, and learned many new (business-related) things!
The jury is still out on this new twitter-thing, anyone else have experience on it? Even tho I’ve enjoyed what I’ve learned and experienced so far, doesn’t mean it’ll be a long term thing for me and time will tell if it’s worth the extra time over the long haul.
My twitter ID is homeschoolbiz – check it out, maybe we should start a homeschool network on there?
Be sure to say ‘hi!’
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