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FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, USE YOUR TWITTER NAME!
So, I had a terrific time at the Sociable book launch tonight, but HEY, too bad I only met, like, 6 people. Ironic, since I probably have over 1,000 Vancouverites following me, at least.
Why such "meet fail"?
BECAUSE NO ONE PUT THEIR TWITTER NAMES ON THEIR NAMETAG.
COME ON, PEOPLE. What's the point of marketing yourself through Twitter if I have no friggin' idea who you are at a Tweetup, huh?
My name, in all its stupid-ass ridiculous innuendo-leading glory, was there for all: "Smutty Steff", as much as I wish I'd changed my name long ago, but now I have a "brand", so I can't go changing now.
But myself and a few others were an exception. EVERYONE else had their first name only on their nametags.
CHRIST, how many "Michael"s or "Mary"s or whatever were there, with NO TWITTER NAME?
Let's make this easier.
Put your name.
Then, underneath it, put your Twitter handle.
That way, when I think you're the awesomest thing I have EVER encountered at a party, I'll have a visual reminder of who it is I should follow, so we can continue with what Twitter is supposed to be -- an interesting and new way to dialogue with members of the public you might never meet otherwise.
BETTER YET? When I'm walking through a room and you don't look like the four-year-old photo of yourself in your sidebar, but I see your name and I recognize your Twitter account name, I'll go, "HEY, I've been meaning to meet Brad! FANTASTIC! HI, BRAD."
Otherwise, showing up at these events is frustrating and annoying because they never, ever result in the sheer volume of connections they COULD.
I'm not talking about the 20-people tweetups, I'm talking about the ones with 80+ people.
We're here to meet people, right?
Let's make it easier.
Use your Twitter name. It's there for a reason.
Thanks. :)
Why such "meet fail"?
BECAUSE NO ONE PUT THEIR TWITTER NAMES ON THEIR NAMETAG.
COME ON, PEOPLE. What's the point of marketing yourself through Twitter if I have no friggin' idea who you are at a Tweetup, huh?
My name, in all its stupid-ass ridiculous innuendo-leading glory, was there for all: "Smutty Steff", as much as I wish I'd changed my name long ago, but now I have a "brand", so I can't go changing now.
But myself and a few others were an exception. EVERYONE else had their first name only on their nametags.
CHRIST, how many "Michael"s or "Mary"s or whatever were there, with NO TWITTER NAME?
Let's make this easier.
Put your name.
Then, underneath it, put your Twitter handle.
That way, when I think you're the awesomest thing I have EVER encountered at a party, I'll have a visual reminder of who it is I should follow, so we can continue with what Twitter is supposed to be -- an interesting and new way to dialogue with members of the public you might never meet otherwise.
BETTER YET? When I'm walking through a room and you don't look like the four-year-old photo of yourself in your sidebar, but I see your name and I recognize your Twitter account name, I'll go, "HEY, I've been meaning to meet Brad! FANTASTIC! HI, BRAD."
Otherwise, showing up at these events is frustrating and annoying because they never, ever result in the sheer volume of connections they COULD.
I'm not talking about the 20-people tweetups, I'm talking about the ones with 80+ people.
We're here to meet people, right?
Let's make it easier.
Use your Twitter name. It's there for a reason.
Thanks. :)
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Victoria Ronco on -
I completely agree with you - when I go to meetups and put my twitter name on my nametag, people who don't know me personally always greet me knowingly because we've tweeted to eachother.
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Permalink Reply by Rich Patterson on
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@smuttysteff:
Sorry we didn't meet. If we had early in the evening I did have my nametag w/ full name & @pattersonbrands handle. But later on I bought a ten pack of Shane/Steve's book and somehow the nametag got stuck on the cellophane of the book wrapping. I discovered the nametag stuck to the cellphane the next day. So you wouldn't have seen my name/nor @ handle.
Agreed though, its imperative especially at any version of a meetup/social media event. C'mon tweeps!
Rich
@pattersonbrands
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Permalink Reply by Marc Smith on -
I totally agree. I think my pic is large enough most recognize me but I had about 10 ppl say hi to me that I couldn't recognize. It was a fun experiment though :)
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Permalink Reply by Adam Kambeitz on
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Thought this image was pretty fitting to the conversation:
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Permalink Reply by Victoria Ronco on
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I kind of want to print that out and take it with me..
Adam Kambeitz said:Thought this image was pretty fitting to the conversation:
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Permalink Reply by toby snelgrove on -
Right on. Met two no -canadians at the door, lost them once I got through the coat check - as a newbee - Didn't recognize or see any tweet names ... Had a beer, watched 1 period of hockey and left the dark and noisy room. Fun idea but didn't work for me. Another day in a different venue ... tweet on
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