The Power Of Twitter

This past Monday the traffic on this blog was way better than average. It was within my top ten days of reader visits.  What makes this particularly interesting to me is that I did not post on Monday, nor did I on Sunday or Saturday.  That's right, three days without posting and I get one of my best days so far in site traffic.

How did it happen? Consider this:

One of my twitter pals , @UrbanDecorSue , has 8,557 followers.  I am fortunate to have her as a follower on Twitter, friend on Facebook, and member of C.H.I.P.s.  She posted a tweet about this little C.H.I.P.s blog. One of her followers, @furnituregal, read it and retweeted (RT) it to her 232 followers. One of @furnituregal's followers, @ergoheat retweeted it to her 2,638 followers while @TronTrainer retweeted it to her 82 followers.  That means that one person alone provided the opportunity to have this blog read by 11,509 tweeple. 

I came home from a hard day at work, not having had the chance to blog or jump on twitter, to find out that my message was spreading without me.

So for those of you who have not yet become a registered Twitter user, I see this one example above and ask: "Why Not?"

This post by Israel Retana. Israel is the founder of C.H.I.P.s and 2ndgeneration craftsman at Retana Cabinet Works , where they've been specializing in custom cabinetry and antique furniture restoration for nearly 30 years. He can be followed on twitter (iretana), friendedonFaceBook , connected with on Linkedin, or contacted atisrael@retanacabinetworks.com