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My Experience with Social Media and Marketing
It hasn’t been good.
Almost all of us engage in social media in some way. Why do we do it? Is there any benefit to it? Years ago I read that social media is first and foremost a business. While I appreciate keeping in touch with friends via social media, for me it’s also an advertising arm for my writing. I did a little research on social media and put together some thoughts on it.
I’m most active on Twitter.
I have about 26,000 followers. I post links to my Medium stories on Twitter throughout the day. I think it helps my numbers. I’m just not sure how much.
I did a little research on Twitter and found the average Twitter account has 707 followers. So, you know what par for Twitter is. Of course, it’s not just the number of Twitter followers you have, it’s what they are interested in.
Most of my Twitter followers have a sports connection. Unfortunately for me, that’s not a huge help with my Medium account. Most are not Medium members.
But beyond business, when there is breaking news, I check with Twitter. Twitter may not be the most accurate news source, but they are, in my opinion, the quickest.
Hey, when it comes to news, what do you want, accuracy or speed?
