Comments on: Why using Twitter is like talking to my Mother-in-Law http://www.copywritingmaven.com/2008/05/twitter-is-like-talking-to-mother-in-law/ A copywriter shares tips, techniques, reviews & cranky commentary Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:48:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Andrew http://www.copywritingmaven.com/2008/05/twitter-is-like-talking-to-mother-in-law/comment-page-1/#comment-4840 Andrew Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:04:25 +0000 http://www.copywritingmaven.com/?p=433#comment-4840 Interesting and humorous view of Twitter :-) Interesting and humorous view of Twitter :-)

]]> By: Leif Kendall http://www.copywritingmaven.com/2008/05/twitter-is-like-talking-to-mother-in-law/comment-page-1/#comment-2126 Leif Kendall Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:26:32 +0000 http://www.copywritingmaven.com/?p=433#comment-2126 Hi - this is certainly an interesting post about Twitter. Mainly because it suggests to me that you don't understand Twitter, or you aren't using it very well. If you're being ignored, it suggests that your tweets aren't compelling, or interesting enough to merit a response. Twitter should be a conversation as much as a way to broadcast news. If you're just telling people what you're doing nobody is going to respond. Try asking questions and responding to other people's questions. Use @replies liberally. I'd be amazed if you still got ignored! But then again, if you don't like Twitter then there's nothing wrong with that. Leif <em>Leif Kendall's last blog post..<a href='http://kendallcopywriting.co.uk/2009/01/20/useful-lessons-for-freelancers-10-try-everything/'>Useful lessons for freelancers - #10: Try everything</a></em> Hi – this is certainly an interesting post about Twitter. Mainly because it suggests to me that you don’t understand Twitter, or you aren’t using it very well. If you’re being ignored, it suggests that your tweets aren’t compelling, or interesting enough to merit a response. Twitter should be a conversation as much as a way to broadcast news. If you’re just telling people what you’re doing nobody is going to respond. Try asking questions and responding to other people’s questions. Use @replies liberally. I’d be amazed if you still got ignored!
But then again, if you don’t like Twitter then there’s nothing wrong with that.
Leif

Leif Kendall’s last blog post..Useful lessons for freelancers – #10: Try everything

]]> By: Roberta Rosenberg http://www.copywritingmaven.com/2008/05/twitter-is-like-talking-to-mother-in-law/comment-page-1/#comment-1494 Roberta Rosenberg Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:56:31 +0000 http://www.copywritingmaven.com/?p=433#comment-1494 @Caryn - Thanks for your comment. You bring up a very evocative and provocative point. Does the technology insulate ourselves from each other? Is it facsimile conversation as opposed to genuine? @Caryn – Thanks for your comment. You bring up a very evocative and provocative point. Does the technology insulate ourselves from each other? Is it facsimile conversation as opposed to genuine?

]]> By: Caryn http://www.copywritingmaven.com/2008/05/twitter-is-like-talking-to-mother-in-law/comment-page-1/#comment-1490 Caryn Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:58:46 +0000 http://www.copywritingmaven.com/?p=433#comment-1490 I was recently singing in the shower, Simon and Garfunkle's "Sounds of Silence," and it occurred to me how apropos some of it is. People, whether texting on their cellphones or by way of Twitter et al. "talking without speaking,... hearing without listening." Listening to their iPods, on which are "songs that voices never shared" (except the pros who were paid to do so).... Is it any wonder that technology doesn't seem to cure anomie? <em>Caryn's last blog post..<a href='http://www.xanga.com/CarynW/648097396/intentional-prayer.html'>Intentional prayer</a></em> I was recently singing in the shower, Simon and Garfunkle’s “Sounds of Silence,” and it occurred to me how apropos some of it is. People, whether texting on their cellphones or by way of Twitter et al. “talking without speaking,… hearing without listening.” Listening to their iPods, on which are “songs that voices never shared” (except the pros who were paid to do so)…. Is it any wonder that technology doesn’t seem to cure anomie?

Caryn’s last blog post..Intentional prayer

]]> By: Women’s Words Weekly - May 18-24, 2008 at Women On Business http://www.copywritingmaven.com/2008/05/twitter-is-like-talking-to-mother-in-law/comment-page-1/#comment-1485 Women’s Words Weekly - May 18-24, 2008 at Women On Business Fri, 30 May 2008 03:36:06 +0000 http://www.copywritingmaven.com/?p=433#comment-1485 [...] Rosenberg at The Copywriting Maven shares Why Using Twitter is Like Talking to My Mother-in-Law where she gives her amusing take on the micro-blogging [...] [...] Rosenberg at The Copywriting Maven shares Why Using Twitter is Like Talking to My Mother-in-Law where she gives her amusing take on the micro-blogging [...]

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