What is Twitter and How Can it Help You in the Electrical Trade? – Part 1

 

We’d like to establish a multi-part newsletter to look at what Twitter is and how it can help you in your business.

1. We’ll start by introducing you to what it is.
2. We’ll take a deeper look at Twitter 101, learn the lingo and understand best practices.
3. We’ll explore using Twitter for business.
4. We can work together to see how we can apply this technology directly to the industry.

 

Part 1
What is Twitter?
Twitter is a real-time communication tool (a micro-blogging site) that allows users to share ideas and information in 140 characters or less. Why 140? SMS (i.e., texting on your phone) limits each message to 160 characters. Twitter takes that limit and reserves 20 characters for your username, leaving you 140 characters to play with. Each “tweet” is like a text or instant message — not really directed at anyone but visible to everyone. When you choose to “follow” someone, you receive their posted tweets.

How can Twitter be used to help you in your electrical career? Could you benefit from instant access to electrical information? Well honestly, we are not totally sure yet, but let’s work together to explore this new technology. Maybe a “tweet” out in the field with an update on code or an important electrical ruling could change the way you manage your work.

How about we try this: you get a twitter account, you become a follower and we’ll send you a Code rule for you to review!

Step 1: Click on the link https://twitter.com/signup to sign up for a Twitter account. Follow the steps to set up your account page and handle (user name).
Step 2: Click on https://twitter.com/mikeholt_NEC and select Follow.

Starting in August, MikeHolt_NEC will send out tweets on the NEC and the electrical industry. If you have ideas on how this technology could be used to benefit your business we’d love to work with you and learn together; we’ll pass this along to all other Mike Holt Newsletter members.

 

We look forward to your feedback.
Watch for your NEC Tweetie! Reply, so we can Retweet!