The power of Twitter
If this post doesnt inspire you to get on board, I dont know what will.
So, most of you reading my journals would know that i have started up http://blankbots.com as a design resource for freebies, tutorials, inspiration and even interviews.
Now this blog was created for three main reasons:
1. I love design and finding great inspiration from the net.
2. Might bring some extra exposure to myself as a a designer, my work on redbubble and others who get on board – (http://blankbots.com/write-for-us)
3. It may make some extra money on the side with ads to pay for the time to keep designing.
Well, I posted an article about ABDUZEEDO (http://blankbots.com/how-to-create-very-cool-folded-type-by-abduzeedo/) and I have set it up to automatically ‘tweet’ to my twitter page (http://twitter.com/Blankbots).
Then, because the post linked to the ABDUZEEDO team, they “RETWEETED” my post to their list of followers. (Just like forwarding an email with a link)
In 5 minutes I have 80 page views on that post, 5 new subscribers to my blog and it hasnt stopped. (Last count 184 people have RETWEETED it)
So thats my quick twitter story and I will keep you updated.
I want some of the great members of RB to benefit from this too, so if you want to – Write for us – (http://blankbots.com/write-for-us)
usarogersbros
i dowloaded the free brushes yesterday…..ian
twitter is good for directing but not for sales….
usarogersbros
but then again its about brand awareness….so can’t complain….
ian :)
Faizan Qureshi
Yup, I take advantage of this too. Also, use StumbleUpon, it’s a very large crowd puller. I submitted one of my t-shirts on there and within minutes, I had over 500 views.