Comments on: 5 Reasons why twitter is making many blogs irrelevant

By: Blogs are dead | burning the bacon with barrett

Blogs are dead | burning the bacon with barrett — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:39:38 +0000

[...] their frequency. Although I wrote about 5 reasons why twitter is making many blogs irrelevant here, I think it would be a mistake for people to abandon their blog in favour of a micro-blog such as [...]

By: Thud

Thud — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:30:54 +0000

I think Twitter seems to fit pretty comfortably in the “business networking” space. It’s a kind of democratizing, cross-class, accessible mingling tool. Pure marketing is frowned on, but for hand-shaking and business-card trading it’s not bad.

But if you have more to say you have to have a blog. You really can’t
“take the stage” on Twitter and the people who use Twitter as a broadcast medium are probably having a rough time with it.

By: Thud

Thud — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:30:00 +0000

But if you have more to say you have to have a blog. You really can’t
“take the stage” on Twitter and the people who use Twitter as a broadcast medium are probably having a rough time with it.

By: Tyler Portland Real Estate

Tyler Portland Real Estate — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:10:16 +0000

Good post, I completely agree. There are many people who are coupling a blog and twitter presence, and others who are just choosing to use Twitter now.

By: Tyler Portland Real Estate

Tyler Portland Real Estate — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:10:00 +0000

Good post, I completely agree. There are many people who are coupling a blog and twitter presence, and others who are just choosing to use Twitter now.

By: David

David — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:04:24 +0000

I totally agree. When I started my (short lived) blog, I had high hopes. Turns out I didnt have the time, or motivation to invest in building the blog, and probably more importantly, I didnt really have that much to say.

In a few short months of treating twitter like a business tool, I am being followed by the leaders in my field. I am not a twitter junky. I follow less than 50 people. (and at least 10 of those are news feeds). A few relevant tweets, or replies, and people added me (and continue to do so).

So instead of investing hours a week, to feel like I have accomplished nothing (blog), I can invest minutes a day, and almost right away feel like I have reached my target audience.

By: David

David — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:04:00 +0000

So instead of investing hours a week, to feel like I have accomplished nothing (blog), I can invest minutes a day, and almost right away feel like I have reached my target audience.

By: Miro

Miro — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:46:24 +0000

true enough Phil

many people are ‘abandoning’ blogs because they can’t find enough of the time/material it takes to put together something of value.

Others blog for the sake of getting things off their chest or out of their minds – if there happens to be a reader, bonus.

While everyone is atwitter nowadays – I think we need to have a bigger discussion on what kind of social conversation/community will happen in 140 characters – and how that impacts the visions we all had of marketing 2.0

cheers
Miro

By: Miro

Miro — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:46:00 +0000

true enough Phil

many people are ‘abandoning’ blogs because they can’t find enough of the time/material it takes to put together something of value.

Others blog for the sake of getting things off their chest or out of their minds – if there happens to be a reader, bonus.

cheers
Miro