Twitter and me

I will be giving a short business to business (B2B) presentation on Twitter at the end of this month. This is causing me to think about how and why I use Twitter.

How I use Twitter
I use Twitter to promote my business. I do this by:
- talking about what I do
- talking about the type of clients that I work with
- discussing some of the issues that clients face and describing how I am able to help them
- posting photographs of some of the issues that have a visual element
- promoting general services
- promoting training courses
- providing links to interesting and useful articles that I have written
- providing links to news articles relevant to my business and the and services that we provide
- sundry other ways

I use Twitter to follow developments relevant to me that are posted by others. I have stumbled upon great articles and posts while browsing Twitter when on the train or while waiting for a client. This makes the short forays into the "Twitter-sphere" good use of time that is otherwise not productive.

I occasionally use Twitter to "socialise" with others in an informal manner. This is a rarer excursion for me, but can be very handy for staying in touch with other busy people.