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June 17, 2007 1:46 pm Published by

I signed up with Twitter because Ed Dale told me to, but for the life of me I can’t work out why.

Ed is an extremely enthusiastic Twitterer and even has Twitter update his blog with what he’s Twittered about every day.

The problem is I can’t see any real value in it. So what if Ed’s just had a coffee or eating another bun? That’s the kind of crap that I just don’t need to know about, however interesting it may be to Ed at the time. And what does Ed gain from letting the world know what he’s doing?

I read Brent Hodgson‘s post trying to make sense of it, but I’m not sure if he’s right. I’m not sure he thinks he’s right either, as I notice he hardly got going with Twitter and stopped altogether in May.

This seems like a lose-lose situation; no value to either party and more meaningless junk on the internet. I’m sure I’m wrong providing you get the right angle on it but for now I just don’t see it.

What are your views?

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5 Comments

  • Brad Fallon says:
    June 17, 2007 at 16:23

    David,

    I wonder about that, too. I even asked Ed what he liked about it when he spoke at StomperNet Live in Atlanta this month.

    One thing worth noting: Twitter has a high Google PageRank and you can create static links to your web site(s) on Twitter and they count for incoming link popularity.

    Brad Fallon
    CEO
    http://www.FreeIQ.com/bradfallon
    http://www.twitter.com/bradfallon

  • Brent Hodgson says:
    June 18, 2007 at 00:37

    Thanks for the mention 😉

    Brad raises a good point – Twitter’s potentially a good place to get links.

    For my money, I stopped using Twitter (and blogging) at around the same time because they weren’t directly making me a profit, and were distracting me from more profitable uses of my time.

    Brent

  • david says:
    June 18, 2007 at 09:31

    Thanks for the comments, looks like Ed’s just pwned me 🙂 I think I’ll have to play with twitter a bit and see what it can do.

    Brad – if the only benefit that you can see is PR then I can’t see that twitter will be influential for long as it’ll quickly become a spam free for all.

  • Pete Williams says:
    June 18, 2007 at 10:47

    I am finding myself becomming addicted to Twitter.. http://www.twitter.com/preneur
    but am yet to find the true value there..

    I have received one or new sign-ups to my database from Twitter but that doesn’t justify the time i have spent “twittering”..

    I see the value in a few ways…
    – in links as Brad says
    – as a way to grow your network
    – a way to let people ‘into your world’ and feel the love, which grows the bond with prospects
    – seo value as Ed points out
    … and most importantly
    – another contact method (a form of check move theory)