I seriously believe this. If you work online and your not interested in networking with other people online, I think your missing so many opportunities.
I have been using Twitter for a couple of months now and wow… it has exceeded my expectations – purely for the networking factor.
There are 2 instances that really stand out:
The first is when Garry Vaynerchuck from Wine Library TV sent a tweet out asking for Feedback on FeedZa after I called him up for some advice. Within a few minutes loads of people started checking out FeedZa (700+ in fact from this one tweet) and started replying with feedback on how I could improve the site, it’s funtions and design! This blew me away.
The 2nd instance was a couple of days ago I started searching for a motion graphics designer. At that time I didn’t know such people were called motion graphic designers so after half an hour searching online using the wrong keywords, I sent out a tweet asking for help. I asked that I was looking for someone that could create an opening scene for my new video project, like Wine Library TV and DiggNation have. A few hours later Twitter user thejetset replied back with a link to the designer who created both opening Motion Graphics for the sites above!!
Here are just 2, of many, amazing networking experiences I have had from Twitter and I’m sure there’s many more in the future to come.
What ever business you are in, never underestimate the power of networking. The bigger your reach, the better.












I agree twitter rocks for those of us who spend time online. I have met a bunch of cool people there with common interests (Thailand). You really learn alot of people all over the world on Twitter!
Agreed twitter is a great social networking tool, a friend of mine has given me a copy of tweetsql which allows you to interact with twitter using stored procedures in SQL, so far it shows promise.
Glad you guys agree… shame most people just wave it off and don’t even give it a spin to learn for themselves.
Don’t you agree that twitter is just the status bar of facebook?!