There are times I just don’t get Twitter… like when I see someone make 10 “tweets” in a minute! (There are many actually.) How does anyone do this? 100 “tweets” from one person each day is crazy. Do you get 14000 characters of prose from your spouse each day???

On the other hand, as a blogger, there are so many great “tweets” on Twitter. I’ve picked up “10 sites with free fonts”, “the best free blog tools”, etc.

Here’s what I’m learning:

1. Decide your objective. This is obvious but needs to be restated.

Do you just want to keep up with what your friends are doing (or thinking) or are you looking to find and listen to industry thought leaders? Decide and then make your tweets meet that objective. My objective on Twitter is to learn about consumer insights and social networking – and use that to help my new product launches.

2. Give something of value. Links. Ideas. Ask a question. You won’t be able to do this until you decide on your objective. I’m still working on this!

3. Add some personal with your professional comments…we are human after all. One friend always adds his sarcastic comments to twitter…that’s just him and it sounds very real.

4. Here’s a good white paper on Twitter: tinyurl.com/6ojk6f. Thanks to Jen Zick for passing on to me!

5. A good podcast on twitter: tinyurl.com/am4xkq. Thanks to graywolf from Twitter.

Share with me your experiences! We’re all learning.

Thumbs up… Julie