Once you start doing the "social media" thing you just keep on going.  I have been on Twitter a while now and am still waiting for the ahah! moment. But I am really enjoying following some smart and apparently, way more interesting, people who have lots of cool stuff to talk about.

The problem with having a blog and Twitter and all of those other places where you go to be connected is that they impose this pressure to be interesting.  I mean, who wants to hear about my trip to the dry cleaners, the fiddling with Peachtree Software installs (conflicts with other programs), my attempts at making marketing calls for multiple clients, my search for that @#$%^ missing video CD, the constant trips to the fridge for iced tea ( note my TWIT entry below- today is day 3 of Diet Coke withdrawals - hoping to kick my 2 pack a day habit), the constant bio breaks resulting from previous iced tea overload, reading about writing, writing about writing, looking for inspiration, working on surveys in Survey Monkey (what a great product!), seeking "victims" who are willing to take said survey, working on proposals for new clients.

Okay so that proves that I haven't done anything blog- or Twitter- worthy.  Sorry to put you through that.  But there is a point here somewhere. 

I have talked to clients about writing blogs and they always say the same thing - I don't have anything to write about. But they do. And people want to learn about their human-ness. Their trials and tribulations. Not the marketing drivel.  I want to read about other Diet Coke addicts. The point is, once you start writing, you see things differently. Your eyes are opened to new experiences. Things just start to appear.  And the act of Twitting (or whatever you call it) is similar.  It causes you to be more observant somehow.  And that my friends, is where those keen insights come from.  

Good grief.  I need a Diet Coke. 

 
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