To kick off a month of Twitter, I decided to start by asking my followers exactly why they used Twitter!

Here is the response I received:

@HerLadyRavenSky Not really sure why I do. Get my voice heard, see what other people are up to, make a few friends? Basic stuff.

@laffertyjohnson Still trying to figure that out…but information and new contacts.

@geekzDo i use twitter???? No. I live in twitter. Twitter is LIFE.. :)

@jpoole0732 to give my self breaks throughout the day to vent or to see whats going on.

@canopygallery Twitter’s a neighborhood where people open their doors & holler interesting & useful info. I’ve always liked cuckoo clocks.

@spencermcdonald Right now I am experimenting.

So you can obviously see that the is a really broad range of reasons why people are using twitter. For me and the StandOutBlogger Twitter Account, it is all about building the StandOutBlogger brand and increasing the influence I have on the blog about blogging market. The increase in traffic and mailing list subscribers is just an added bonus.

Find Your Purpose… Then Use Twitter Accordingly

I have had a few people tell me that having 1,000′s of twitter followers is pointless because I cannot seriously read the updates of that many people. That may be right, but it does allow me to meet a whole lot of new people and bloggers that I wouldn’t normally meet – which is part of my purpose for using twitter.

Your purpose for Twitter will detirmine the way you use it.

Why do you use twitter?

About Thomas Sinfield

Thomas run multiple blogs and is busy testing different strategies and systems to increase profitability and exposure. He is currently working on a new project (yes another blog) that is set to be his most profitable yet.