Why do you Twitter?

In the last two posts I've talked about how, if you are goiing to Twitter, you need to shedule that time into your day. Today's post talks about why you might want to consider spending time on Twitter.

And, I don't have an answer for that, because it comes from you. Here, based on what I've seen are some of the reasons people use Twitter...

1. To meet interesting people they may not have known about in any other way

2. To have a place to share thoughts, ideas or information

3. To sell whatever it is they have to offer

4. To learn things from resources they may not have known about

5. To get feedback about products they may want to try

To get dates

Now, for the purposes of this blog I'm not going to spend time discussing which reasons are socially acceptable and which ones are not. (But I will say that if you don't recognize two of those as pretty much unacceptable, you could possibly be an offender.)

My point is this: If you don't know what you want to achieve with your time on Twitter, how will you know if you are getting there?

Think carefully about what you want to accomplish before you devote lots of time. Twitter time is not a waste unless you have no idea why you are doing it. Be thoughtful. Be purposeful. Be aware of how you are spending your time.