Im just curious why would you want other mind readers to follow you unless they are your target market for selling stuff? Seems a waste of time otherwise. you can find out about most products releases on here.

I am sure marketing is a part of it for some people, but there is more value there. For example, Twitter is real time, and a tweet can be sent straight to your cell phone.

In addition, I tend to tweet about things that people on the forums might not care so much about, but my followers might: blog posts, videos, pictures from shows, links to stories etc. that don't meet the posting rules on the Café.

It is also a way to build a closer relationship with others who are like minded, but who you may otherwise only see off and on across the threads and consequently interact with intermittently. I get a lot of value from the forums, but, in my experience, it is when I have a consistent, FRIENDLY, exchange with other mentalists that both parties make the most progress and their ideas really develop.

So, that's my two cents!

https://twitter.com/RileyGMatthews is my twitter account....

Hi, just added a few of you,

Personally I like twitter as you can generally find out about things before hey hit the news or in this case get posted on a forum. If Peter was working on a new book he might tweet how the work in progress is coming along. He is not going to do that in the forum, but fans of his work can keep up to date and feel more of a connection with him.

However, the cynical part of me just sees it as another marketing ploy, keeping your brand at the forefront, building a buzz about a new product with your target market etc.

The non marketing people/groups I follow include Mars rover, some science groups, some rumour mill stuff, local news, local football club, sports clubs etc

As mentalists, I wonder if there are any people/groups in particular that would be worth following?

regards,

Sea.

I find Twitter boring, obscure and generally annoying. But it's a necessary evil for marketing purposes. Linking your twitter account to your website is good for Search Engine Optimisation. And improving your followers and number of tweets is good for your Twitter account's google rank, which then ties back to your website. I don't have a personal twitter account, just one under my performance name (that's @ConnorJacobs if anyone's interested - be warned I tweet infrequently and even then it's not usually worth reading).