Twitters to Cherish

I have been reading article after article lately on how Twitter can help promote and manage a business. At first I thought to myself, “how can anyone REALLY be doing anything when they have to type every­thing they do on Twitter?” The point of this micro-​blogging site is to keep each other updated on a play-​by-​play level, am I right? Who has time for that?

But, after a few more articles, webinars and seeing Twitter links on many of my artist’s friends sites, I threw caution to the wind and I decided to give it a try.

It didn’t take me long to realize that if I said I was “working on a painting of xyz,” someone might ask about it later. So, in my warped, task achieving, type ‘A’ person­ality mind, Twitter trans­formed itself into this this really cool account­ability for the tasks I need to get done And at the SAME TIME it keep me updated, on task while sharing with my “followers” stuff from my life. I don’t write most things on there, that WOULD be overkill, and I really wouldn’t accom­plish anything, but I do try to include some high­light of the day and interact with other Twittters, too!

I am finding that everyone has their own approach to the types of entries that they share. The best thing for me, is that I can see what other artists around the world, friends, family member, and successful profes­sionals are doing. My art licensing friend, Tara Reed, who wrote an excellent free e-​book on Twitter, refers to Twitter as her “virtual office.” What a great way to stay in touch! I am real­izing that we all lead the most inter­esting lives which further fuels the fire for what we do.

I don’t know if it has helped business yet, but I realize that building a brand takes a long time, so until I find out I guess I will be posting about it one tweet at a time.

You can follow me @cherishart on Twitter.