Last night’s TweetUp at @CoworkUtah was the best. So much energy. Fun conversations. One of the best parties of the year. Check out #cwutah on search.twitter.com to read the response.

I loved the art & the eclectic style. The first thing I noticed was the green martian figurines, trolls, and action figures on display under a blue light. Wait, I think, am I really in Utah?

Friends Nate Moller (@mollermarketing), Jesse Stay (@jessestay), and Ash Buckles (@ashbuckles) were with me (@newspapergrl) on the panel. I got to meet Mick Hagen (@mickhagen) who also joined us and added another dynamic to the group. As he says, he’s on Twitter for the fun of it and doesn’t have an SEM/SEO background. Twitter feeds the ADD lifestyle of short attention spans.

Here are my Twitter rules:

  1. Don’t follow everyone who follows you. It’s too easy to lose too much in the crowd. Rather a smaller more connected group than a large anonymous one.
  2. Don’t be boring. Add value by tweeting information that people need or are interested in or is interesting.
  3. Don’t fill your tweets with @replies or it looks like you only responding to individuals and not doing #2.
  4. Sign up for an RSS feed of your company name, your competitiors,  and topics you’re interested in. (use search.twitter.com) Respond to & follow people who talk about your business, including coworkers.
  5. Don’t let Twitter take over your life. Meeting people in real life and talking in person still beats twittering (but I like both). Relationships are important and can’t be sustained on 140 characters or less. I don’t twitter on the go - only on my computer. That helps me keep balance (but I still fight to keep present to people next to me instead of tuning them out to be online).

As I said on the panel, to me Twitter is like being in a newsroom, at an airport, or in a big city. There’s a feeling of action, of comings and goings. It’s a charge. Sometimes I want to turn up the volume on my computer so I can hear it all. Twitter makes me feel part of a larger community and gives immediate feedback.

So thanks to everyone who came and is twittering for a great time.

If you posted about the event, please send me the link & I’ll add it to this list:

Mick Hagen: http://www.mickhagen.com/2008/12/12/twitter-thoughts-utah-tweetup/

Nate Moller: http://mollermarketing.com/2008/12/11/what-im-sharing-at-tweetup-utah-panel-on-twitter-cwutah/

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2 Responses to “Utah Tweetup Party Review”

  1. Jason Alba Says:
    December 12th, 2008 at 11:29 am

    Janet, you guys were great, I learned a lot and enjoyed hearing different perspectives on Twitter…. and it was great to see you again!

    Jason - @jasonalba
    CEO - JibberJobber.com

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