I’ve been trying to get John, my boyfriend, to join Twitter for the past few months. Everytime I give him a good reason, he just comes back with, “I don’t think I’ll use it.”

I didn’t think I’d use Twitter either. All it took was a few people from college joining Twitter to get me hooked. I could keep up-to-date with these people without having to email just to say, “Hey, what’s up?”

My Twitter use really started to explode when I found that companies have started using spokes-tweeple (hehe…) to tweet on behalf of their company. I began following @NAPP_News and found other like-minded designers. I follow tea companies, crafty tweeps, social media tweeps, the local newspaper… etc, etc. I can keep up with any company or person I care to just by glancing at Twitter once an hour or so.

What started this whole post was this cute video I fell upon, Twitter in Plain English. I think it does a great job explaining Twitter to people who aren’t quite interested in the latest social media for the sake of social media.

Twitter in Plain English

I’ll have to show this to John. I’ll probably just get another eye-roll but we’ll see!

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