Twitter: 140 Characters Create Infinite Opportunities
We all know that Twitter has blown up since their beginning, but the amount of capabilities it offers was something that no one saw coming.
Today my teacher @cherissef told us why she has been so busy lately, thanks to Twitter. She was listed on ConversationAge’s 100 PR People Worth Following on Twitter, and since things have gone straight up for her. She’s gained hundreds of followers and her email inbox is flooding. The one article, that was widely read, has changed her life in PR for the better.
Now I have classes intergrating Twitter into our lessons, in our PR Research class we use Twitter to post questions during lecture. Yes, we can use our phones for something in class! My PR Research and PR Writing class has created hash-tags so we can chat outside of class, post questions, offer interesting articles, etc.
I love this social media age we are living in now. I bet that if I were not on Twitter I could still find job placement and internships in PR. It might take a lot longer and be more work, but it could happen. It seems as though Twitter or SM as a whole isn’t neccesarily something that can hurt you. To go off the adage of “its not what you know, but who you know,” Twitter can help someone in the situation of not konwing anyone. It can even help you find a job!
Twitter and SM are great because it can help me and all other aspiring Professionals to build our online presence and brand. It helps us to meet professionals in the field who are already doing what we dream of doing. Finally, for us who don’t know a lot of people or don’t have friends and family in those positions already, we can go out and makes those connections ourselves, without leaving our house.
