I get so angry when people tell me Twitter is for losers, and the only people who tweet are those with no life. Being a full time student, working at target, and interning at The Zimmerman Agency I have a life and a very busy one at that.
As previously stated I am a Twitter addict. I tweet from sun up to sun down and sometimes in my sleep. I can honestly say I send off about 30 tweets a day while according to Emarketer.com about 85.7 percent of all tweeter users only tweet less than once a day. I fall into the 1.13 percent category and tweet about 10 times or more per day. Statistics also show 53 percent of Twitter users never post any updates.
Tweeting this much is not easy especially with such busy days. I go to work and class from 8 a.m. - noon, and then I’m at my internship from 1 p.m. - 6 p.m.; I often ask myself with such a busy day how do I have time to tweet so much?
The answer is my iPhone! I have about 3 twitter applications on my phone and if I would have to estimate I would say 90 percent of my tweets come from my phone. According to comScore Twitter access from a mobile phone has risen from 22.4 percent to 30.8 percent from one year ago. Twitter experienced a 347 percent jump in number of users accessing it through mobile phones.
Why has it raised by so much you ask? Well of course the most obvious reason would be that it’s convenient. Carrying around a large computer while searching for Wi-Fi just to tell your followers your going to lunch isn’t the easiest thing to do. But another reason may be because the Twitter homepage can become a hassle to use when doing more complicated things. Just trying to re-tweet a friend requires me to copy the original message, hit reply, and add a “RT” at the beginning of the message. Applications such as Tweetie and EchoFon make things a lot easier because tweets can be ‘re-tweeted at the click of a button. Tweeting from a mobile phone allows you to tweet pictures, videos, and your location at anytime and although most of these things are possible on a computer it is much more easier on a mobile phone.
Almost 63 percent of Twitter users access there tweets trough a mobile phone.
When people tell me I have no life, and twitter is not for them I often ask them. What type of phone they have and if they can access the Internet on their phone. Surprisingly most of the people I encounter say no. I’m not a social media expert but I believe that the reason most people are not Twitter users because they don’t have time to access it. Even if you are the busiest person in the world I’m sure you have downtime at some point of the day and what is a better way to spend it then tweeting your frustrations away to your friends. To the people who don’t understand Twitter and think it’s lame, all I can say is don’t knock it till you try it.
I'm convinced you should consider being the spokesperson for Twitter! You raise a good point because I'm one of those people who say, "you have no life if you have time to tweet all day" I now see your point. However for people like you who tweet when you're going to class, tweet in class, and tweet before you go to bed what roles to privacy plan? I deleted my first Twitter account because I would tweet my random whereabouts ALL time. The fact that I am obsessed with bacon is none of the followers business or that I'm sitting next to Trey Songz in the airport is irrelevant, don't you think? As a PR student I feel like Twitter is a part of my brand and my personal business is not relevant.
ReplyDeleteBefore reading your blog I never thought about the link between Twitter and my phone. However, now that you have presented me with this information I am totally convinced that the type of phone you have and whether or not it allows access to Twitter plays a major role. I for example have an iPhone so I tweet frequently because of the convenience of the application. If that application was not available to me I would be the first to say I would not be tweeting as often as I do, if so at all.
ReplyDeleteTwitter is one of the fastest growing social media outlets online. The new applications allowing it to be accessed through your cell phone just shows how popular it is. I don't even have a twitter account and I realize the significance of such a simple and innovative idea. I do believe there will be another application down the line the will eventually phase out twitter, for now it is relevant. People are even encouraging members in their board meetings to tweet about what is going on with their upcoming plans. I can't even watch an awards show without the announcer encouraging the television audience to tweet their comments about the broadcast. If anything twitter has brought people closer together.
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