Tweet Shy

This whole twitter malarkey….we can’t deny it – it is fast becoming an important way to communicate with the outside world. But at a time where a lot of people know about it but few really know what to do with it, I have been asking myself: How hard can tweeting really be?

Personally I’m terrified of it. Well certain aspects for sure. Take Facebook for example, I admit I am somewhat of a guru. I use it daily to keep in touch with overseas friends, trailing through photographs, often of people’s holidays, and I can happily update my status and comment on other people’s statuses without really even having to think.

But then there’s Twitter…I use this more for work purposes and honestly most of the people I do have following me – or I am following - I have never met. Surely this should make it easier for me to tweet about whatever whenever, they don’t know me – what could possibly go wrong? And yet on a daily basis I sit staring at the computer screen at a loss for words. Is what I have to say really that interesting? Will the 50 odd followers I currently have find my views worthwhile? I have people following me that I greatly respect do they expect great things from me? Surely this cannot help when it comes to my tweets. But then I ask myself – is having an account and staying silent the right way to go? Absolutely not!

So how am I going to beat this twitter block and use it to express my thoughts on hot topics, re-tweet great opinions and share interesting (well I think so) news pieces? I know one thing - if I continue to sit here stressing then I am never going to grow my following and engage with other tweeters. I just need to go for it. At the end of the day if people want to follow me and see what I find interesting then they will, if not stressing about it is not going to help – everything is a learning curve and you learn best by doing it.

So here goes….wish me luck!

If you would like to see how I get on please follow me on Twitter @KimboChristian