One of the most common objections I hear to twitter adoption is the assumption that it’s filled with people tweeting about what they had for breakfast. While that may be true, knowing what people had for breakfast can actually be a good thing and improve your twitter experience. With that in mind, I wanted to share the 5 reasons why I like knowing what you had for breakfast:
- Getting to know you: This is Numero Uno, because in Social Media, relationships are what it’s all about. If I know what you had for breakfast, this tells me a bit more about who you are as a person… Are you a bacon and eggs type of person or are you strictly yogurt? While this may seem like an mundane fact, knowing a little bit more about who you are provides me with new ways to make connections.
- Education: I might learn something – like the nutritional value of your breakfast or did you know that people eat grilled beef for breakfast in Jakarta?
twitter for breakfast
- Inspiration: Hey, I love breakfast, but sometimes get in a rut, if I see your tweet about your delicious breakfast choice, I may get inspired to make it for myself. Eggo waffles and nutella sound like a great idea!
twitter breakfast
- Conversation starter: Perhaps you like your eggs over-medium, well hey guess what “me too!” Have you ever tried them on a pizza, I highly recommend.
- It’s important: We ALL know that breakfast is the MOST important meal…so as someone I follow, yes I do care, that you are having breakfast and starting the day right.
All joking aside, for those of us who have been using twitter awhile, we know its not just people tweeting about their breakfast, but so much more than that. Yes, there are mundane tweets such as what kind of donuts do you like, but those can be pretty interesting too. Of course the first step is choosing who you follow wisely otherwise you may start to see lots of tweets that don’t add any value to your life. I have chosen to follow people that inspire me, that teach me and that are interested in the same things as me (social media, marketing, branding, food, wine, san francisco, travel, etc the list goes on).
So in case you were curious, today my am started with a healthy dose of protein.. scrambled eggs and spinach. What about you?
