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Just wanted to stop by and say thanks for including my own ‘personal rants’ on Twitter in your excellent round up of the three social networks above.

I think you are absolutely spot on with the story about the guy who arrived at the airport and got a lift – Twitter has the ability to be so instant compared to the other platforms.

Sure we’re using it for marketing purposes, but we’ve found we have a steady growth of new followers by going ‘off topic’ and tweeting about every day topics from a 140 character review of conversations in the canteen at breaktime to what the kids are doing.

We’ve also found by searching for those Tweeters that have an interest in photography, we’ve successfully engaged their readership by posting and linking to blog articles i’ve written like home scanning tips and image resolutions for personalised gifts.

Other off topic articles include the use of social media, seo and anything else that fits really, hence our inclusion in your article.

So thank you again for the inclusion, I’ll be sure to return the favour and of course I hope it helps the readers get more out of their Twitter experience.

Jonathan – http://purple13.blogspot.com
You can follow me on Twitter – http://twitter.com/fabphotogifts

I wrote a bit about this a while back. I remember signing up for Twitter because I thought it would be cool to be able to update a tiny part of my website with my phone (my phone ain’t fancy), and now I still use it for that. I’m finally following the “right” people and the “right” amount of people (for me, for now) for my Twitter stream to be useful (you and Trevor included). It’s all about experimentation.

Thanks for this.