If you’ve never been on Twitter, it’s OK.
Just a few months ago I was giving my girlfriend a hard time about the fact that she felt Twitter was the next great social media tool. I was on the cutting edge and was Tweeting as far back as 6/08. I didn’t see any value in it. That was until just recently.
Today I was on Twitter bouncing around on some of my favorite Tweets. I enjoy following people like Lance Armstrong, David Beckham, Alexis McGee (ForeclosureS.com), and Shaq. I happened to be catching up with King Lebron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers – a hometown favorite of mine. You see, Lebron grew up in my home town, Akron, went to my mother’s alumni for high school, St. Vinent-St. Mary, was in the Catholic high school that rivaled my brother’s school at the same time (Hoban) and now plays for my favorite basketball team, the Cleveland Caveliers. So staying up with what he’s doing is almost like being a friend even though we’ve never met.
As I was reading through Lebron’s Twitter page I came across a Tweet (the name Twitter gives to a micro-blog, or comment, that is left on your Twitter profile). The Tweet was an apology to his fans for not being on Twitter for a while and that he was back to keep them informed of his everyday thoughts, actions, and reactions to life. My reaction internally was, “You really let your readers down. You have to keep that content fresh, otherwise they’ll go away.”
BAM – Reality just kicked me in the head.
It had been over a month since my last blog entry and boy did it show. I logged into WordPress (which I used to do daily) and checked our reader activity…yuck! Our viewership had dropped to next to zero!
So, all of this to say, “Sorry Lebron and NFSTI readers. I should not be casting stones.”
Look for new updates on our blog much more frequently.
