woah, y’alL get the note there from Biz Stone or whatever on the new Twitter terms a service an’ all that?

my favourite take away from it so far was the little warning that what you say instantly goes around the world ( sfx: SNAP! ) just like that ;]

What you say on Twitter may be viewed all around the world instantly. You are what you Tweet!

that’s some inspiring and important sh!t

and now here are some other tweetsy thangz to think on a bit as you social web your way into the next millenium ‘minute by minute by minute by minute by,’ as Michael MacDonald might tweet it up :]

think about Shakespeare
i get that question from a LOT of social web newbies lately … a friend will hop onto Facebook after leaving the resistance an’ all in their decadeLong avoidance of the inevitable step into the fold, right? we gently friend each other and i give ‘em the old ‘welcome aboard captain’ trekkian salute via Facebook message or statusy ‘What’s on your mind?’ entry field

the question that follows very shortly after the FB surrender is ‘do i need a Twitter account too?’ …

a concept we might all want to consider … is to think about Shakespeare and ask ourselves ( as individuals and as professional organizations { and sometimes unprofessional organizations } ) :

‘To tweet or not to tweet, that is the question’

my first reaction is something like … ‘it depends’ …

or, depending on the person and the context from which i might know and understand them, i might just come flat out and say ‘no, you’re all set w/ The Book, and here’s why …’

but i think that almost everyone can find some value in using Twitter … all depending on your own interests and how much you want to follow or be followed ‘out there’ on the web

when tweeting ( or when participating in any social web activity for that matter ) we ALL need to realize, like it or not, we are contributing to a personal or professional ( and hopefully both ) online extension of ‘brand’ … if you’re currently reading the new and amazing ( i highly recommend it ) book ‘Trust Agents’ written by Chris Brogan and Julien Smith … i think you’ll see very quickly on that the social web can be used to influence perception and help people make important decisions about a myriad of things in your realSpace life … you are your own Trust Agent, and you will either strengthen or hurt your own brand ( depending on your particular brandBuilding intentions and activities ) with each an’ every tweet, with each post to your LinkedIn Answers, with each status update, tagged YouTube clip, entry on Delicious, etcetera and so on dot com into eternity

so, uhm … watch what you tweet … watch how often you tweet … show that you give a tweet about quality and value ( value and quality ) by making every tweet count … make these tweets ‘retweetWorthy’, right? … think of your audience every step of the way …

on Twitter, audience = followers … and that’s an important concept to follow in itself

tweeple will follow, not only your tweetStream of links, quips, ideas and such … but they will also follow, at times, and in a slightly scary ‘Oprah’ kind of way, what you have to say through behavior …

f’rinstance … you tweet up a tr.imLink over to a book on Amazon an’ i betchya at least 3 followers are gonna not only check out the book at that there link, well … they’re gonna pick it up … they’re going to click on something, fill out information an’ have that sh!t come right to their doorstep! powerful stuff

so remember

you rule

you influence the world

you have power

an’ right now, its all for free

twitter me this, twitter me THAT!

be careful what you tweet for ;]