My first

Keri S.

April 14, 2010 - 12:30 PM

Yesterday, I went to my first ever tweet-up. Since I can safely assume most of you have no clue what that means, a tweet-up is an event organized completely via the web through sites such as Twitter where people meet up face to face. This event was organized through All By Students (ABS), a company that works to be a guide for college students. ABS is most widely known for handing out free notebooks at the beginning of every term (not going to lie, I have about 20 of them!) However, they are currently working on having a year-round online presence to provide students with information that is relevant to them. They are doing this through the "Campus Voice" program, where they have bloggers write about what is relevant to them.

I recently started working with ABS Campus Voice, and began to connect with the ABS staff and other bloggers through Twitter. Soon after I joined, word of the tweet-up began to circulate. The tweet-up featured a guest speaker, Stephen Jagger. Jagger currently runs 3 different online businesses, all of which are virtual (meaning they have no physical office and everyone works from home). He has employees in different states and even different countries, and talked about how he keeps organized and in contact with everyone. It was amazing to lean about all of the different tools out there on the web for small businesses, as most of these operational tools were new to me. I will definitely be checking them out.

He also talked about how he promotes his websites via social media. Although most of these tools were familiar to me, it was still great to see real life examples and tips on what he does to make his business stand out from the thousands of others on the web. I was able to pick up a copy of Jagger's book called "Sociable." I am excited to start reading it!

Overall, the tweet-up was a great experience. It is still amazing to see all of the different ways organizations can take advantage of the internet to improve productivity and be more efficient. I am constantly learning about new tools and sites, and it is such a fast paced and quickly changing industry that I hope to someday have a career in using!