Twitter for Business or People?

In: Social Media

14 Apr 2009

Twitter Marketing Kevin PollakIt was a Friday, I was up early, and I was listening to Bob and Tom on the radio. They had comedian / actor Kevin Pollak as a guest and the first thing he started talking about was Twitter. Now mind you, I have heard Bob and Tom mention they were going to get on Twitter recently. The local AM radio guys have been saying they’re going to have a “Twitter page” for a couple of weeks. I’ve heard a lot about Twitter in Indianapolis media during the month of March.

But for a famous actor and comedian to start out his introduction with his personal Twitter story, was something else for this Internet guy. It turns out that a friend of Kevin Pollak’s signed him up for Twitter, and said “Yeah, you should do this for a week and you’ll get a thousand followers.” So Kevin took the challenge, started tweeting, and after only one week he had 10,000 followers. Jump forward to an entire month later, and he has over 165,000 followers.

Because of his new found Internet presence, Kevin Pollak has started his own online talk show. He’s made the search for a network television deal seem kind of obsolete, and started a new internet show all on his own. Something has to be said for that.

THE POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA!
(With a He-Man “I Have the Power!” cartoon voice.)

Sure, he was pretty famous before, but now he is Internet Famous. The 165,000 followers he has on Twitter will be encouraged to visit his new website, watch his show, and make him money. Don’t you wish it could be that easy to get new business from the Internet?

Twitter is not just for people. Your business won’t be an instant star overnight; but, with some blood, sweat and tears you can use tools like Twitter, Facebook and blogs to get some new followers of your own. It can’t hurt to have followers, conversations, and build relationships in business – can it?

3 Responses to Twitter for Business or People?

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Stephen Doucette

April 16th, 2009 at 5:10 pm

Kevin Pollak is a funny guy and a pretty good actor too. I will have to check out his tweets.

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Kevin Hood

April 22nd, 2009 at 7:40 pm

His tweets are pretty funny, but he has also quickly become very insightful regarding internet marketing. Not really focused on Indianapolis or Indiana internet marketing though . . . geeze I’m stuffing keywords tonight, ha. Bob & Tom broadcast from Indianapolis, so that’s my excuse Mr. Google.

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