Comments on: Does Twitter Distract From or Inspire Your Blogging?

By: home treadmill

home treadmill — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:03:34 +0000

thank!
this is very nice post!
i like it!
I remember why I started blogging in the first place, and how it helps my clients and readers.

By: Reginald

Reginald — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:18:10 +0000

What exactly is an individual expected to do on twitter, blog or meet people?

By: Donna - Mortgage loans

Donna - Mortgage loans — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:45:12 +0000

Twitter is a great tool if you want to interact with your community. but as a social bookmarking thng i don’t really find it useful.

By: Thriveal

Thriveal — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:17:40 +0000

Twitter was definitely a distratction at first, but I’ve come back to my roots.

I remember why I started blogging in the first place, and how it helps my clients and readers.

I remember that I have to be solid and consistent on my blog, if nothing else.

Thus, Twitter will help and assist my blog platform and not the other way around.

Thanks, Jason M. Blumer

By: BrilliantJeni

BrilliantJeni — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:37:34 +0000

I must say I’m a bit surprised at how many bloggers find Twitter and Plurk a distraction. At least moreso than inspiring. Making casual friends with fellow writers/bloggers on Twitter has definitely given me ideas for articles and even helped me to focus on what the “real” world wants to know about.

As for the distraction part- I find it a useful distraction since it’s my getaway when I have momentary writer’s block. :)

By: JackieW. transplanted Okie (Buried in Legos)

JackieW. transplanted Okie (Buried in Legos) — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:53:38 +0000

Have to police myself as far as Twitter is concerned.

Log on daily. Post tiny urls from blogs.

Read twitter archives.

I do enjoy the interaction.

If I follow twitter all day long it messes with my schedule.

By: Anna

Anna — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:35:00 +0000

I love Twitter. For me to keep in touch and meet new people, and my blog readers love it, as it shows another side to our lives.

By: PlasticPilot

PlasticPilot — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:52:42 +0000

I use them differently, depending how hot things are in the aviation niche.

RED HOT: I post on my blog outside the normal daily schedule, and then make a twitter update to notify followers.

HOT but short: I simply tweet, possibly with a link, and sometimes post later.

Normal: simple post on the blog.

I also tweet about blog updates, or new derived products, to keep the followers updated if they don’t read the RSS or the blog itself.

My twitter feed “General Aviation and Aviation in General” can be found at http://www.twitter.com/PlasticPilot

By: Jeff Sass

Jeff Sass — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:46:50 +0000

Breathing can be a distraction from writing! LOL. At any given moment anything can be an excuse NOT to write. With that in mind, Twitter has been a great inspiration to blog more. Twitter provides a much more direct connection with your personal “community” and knowing that they are out there “listening” is a great motivation to write more and spark more conversation. If I relied on comments alone, I would think many of my blog posts were unread… but I often get comments about them on Twitter, even if there are no comments on my blog. This reminds me that whether it is one person or a thousand people, there is an audience and that makes it important to keep blogging. As for Twitter itself, I am addicted and seeking “help”, as chronicled at http://www.socialnetworkingrehab.com.

By: David M.

David M. — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:45:31 +0000

As a new (returning blogger) I think it helps. I went nuts with posts the first month I got back to blogging. I had collected so many ideas, themes, etc and barfed them out all at the same time.

Since finding Twitter, it’s focused me. Opened me to other, similar blogs and allowed me to post things to Twitter instead of cluttering my blog and my subscribers feeds.

It CAN be a huge time suck! Especially when things get quiet at work or in the evenings, but thankfully, I enjoy most of whom I follow.

By: bugsy

bugsy — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:42:15 +0000

Both.

Distraction — Because i’m checking it way more than is necessary

Inspiration — I follow interesting people

Feel free to follow…
http://www.twitter.com/bugsyrocker

By: Darren Cronian

Darren Cronian — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:36:37 +0000

I use Twitter as I do most social networking tools, to get my message out there. I also communicate with followers and ask them their opinions on my blog.

The downside to me about Twitter is that you do not really build up relationships, because you do not know any of the people who follow you.

I’d like to see improved profiles which allows you to get to know your followers better. I wouldn’t say that it distracts or inspires me but its a useful to have.

By: Cindy Sue "Studebaker" Causey

Cindy Sue "Studebaker" Causey — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:01:10 +0000

Twitter has been a private little comfort out there.. While some of the up-to-the-minute details shared one could certainly do without knowing, grin, the rest have been nice in that I travel a tough realm of this Life.. Twitter is people sharing mostly the good things going on in their Lives at any given second, a nice break from the Reality of what else is also going on out there simultaneously for others, the things I *do* blog about..

*In spite* of Twitter.. :)

Cyber hugs from North Georgia..

By: Reginald

Reginald — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:12:41 +0000

I find it so ironic that you wrote on this title. I have been asking this question lately.

Is it not possible that some of the social networks are consuming too much of our personal time?

By: Matt @ Face Your Fork

Matt @ Face Your Fork — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:49:18 +0000

I never bothered with any social media-messaging applications with my blog, mainly because I like writing thoughtful comments on other blogs in lieu of a quick message to another person. :P I find commenting helps build up my traffic much more effectively, plus it also works over a longer period of time.

By: blogversary

blogversary — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:45:06 +0000

I have found Twitter to be a way to enhance my blog, in that, I can share little quips about life or something happening in my life.

By: Vicki

Vicki — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:59:18 +0000

I like doing random posts every now and then–where I write one or two sentence blurbs about things going on in life, things I’ve heard, etc. But since I’ve started using Twitter those random posts have dried up. I’m thinking about stopping Twitter so I can get the randomness back for the blog.

By: Chris (Amateur Traveler)

Chris (Amateur Traveler) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:41:40 +0000

Yes. Twitter both distracts from blogging, work, eating, and those other people in my house (family? is that the word?). But it also connects me, informs me, entertains me, and yes sometimes inspires me.

By: Bcarter

Bcarter — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:17:00 +0000

I think tweeting actually helps me become inspired for ideas for webpages as well as blog posts. I don’t tweet every second of the hour or follow the feed religiously; I just check out Twitter about every 1/2 hour to see what’s up for about 2 minutes. It’s usually at that time that I need a break anyways.

By: Jennae @ Green Your Decor

Jennae @ Green Your Decor — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:56:41 +0000

I think it definitely inspires me more than distracts. It has been one of the best networking tools I have found, and it really makes it easy to connect with people who have similar interests and who, in many cases, are also bloggers looking to network too. It is one of the easiest ways for me to keep up with other blogs (short of sitting for 3 hours with Google Reader) and to keep all my friends updated about mine.