Something to Tweet About

To celebrate Twitter's 10th birthday, I'd like to hack the community to remind ourselves why we fell in love with Twitter in the first place. Twitter was born 10 years ago, give or take a few days. 

You may or may not agree, but millions of professionals, activists, journalists, influencers, youth and marketers have found real connections on Twitter that make up some of our most profound relationships and fondest memories with social media. 

In the future I want to voice command my smartwatch to do an old fashioned tweet, not because people will be listening, but because I grew up tweeting and it's part of my narrative as a human being. 

We don't give Twitter enough credit as professionals, for what she has done for us as people and helped us engage in not just cyber white-noise, but meaningful connections. In just 10 years, you transformed the world and made us believe. While the #hashtag, born August 23rd, 2007 and changed the destiny of search and targeting, Twitter gave us memories of connecting with mentors and friends that changed the lives of millions. #BringItOn

Still Something to Twitter About? 

-1- Developing on Online Personal Brand

-2- Socializing with attendees at a conference, networking event or trade-show

-3- To communicate with select people as an SMS via a direct message (DM)

-4- To establish rapport with potential prospects (clients) who turn into acquaintances and sometimes into friends

-5- To connect with peers in our industry with whom we can learn, communicate, collaborate and grow with as professionals and as people

-6- Listen to, stay up to date with and follow trends and click on links to valuable articles in our field 

-7- Get exposure for our brand

-8- Do customer service for our happy, unsatisfied & curious customers 

-9- Connect with the events in other countries that may have an impact on our lives

-10- To follow people who inspire us, mentors, thought leaders and educational journeys that enrich our own experience

-11- Follow professional chats that act like a webinar and dialogue about certain themes, virtual meetings that are networking and learning opps

-12- Grow your business as a small business owner, entrepreneur, freelancer or consultant

-13- Celebrate memes that have transformative power for good causes and corporate social responsibility 

-14- Discover insights about the future

-15- Talk about human rights, equality, social justice and politics in a way that connects the entire world in a shared emotional journey 

-16- Develop a contest around a branded #hashtag that develops creativity, fosters interaction and stimulates human engagement with ideas, projects and valuable causes 

-17- Send a virtual reminder for an upcoming event near you

-18- Create a list on any topic, event or type of professional to connect with them better

-19- Share a quote, image or short video that has significance 

-20- Ask a question to a professional community 

-21- Make a short poll on an industry-specific topic 

-22- Become an expert on a new field by reading every single article associated with it shared on Twitter

-23- Interact with chat bots to learn about AI and experience algorithms 

-24- Test what kinds of content get the most engagement in your industry and targeted keywords

-25- Curate industry articles that boosts your thought value (also your social authority) in your professional network 

-26- Interact with @ humans every day in a novel way that is time efficient

In this series, professionals debate the state – and future – of their industry. Read more here, then write your own #MyIndustry post).

 How do you use twitter in 2016? Is Twitter still even relevant?