Yesterday (Wed Jan. 14), I hadn't gotten to email much until late afternoon, and when I opened up my box, I was greeted with a frickin' truck load of emails from Twitter saying, "Hey so-and-so is now following you." I kept scrolling and scrolling and it was like a village was now following.
My Twitter following jumped by a little over 300 by the end of the day. And yeah, I jizzed in my pants.
I was thrilled and yet thought, "wtf?" Did Britney Twitter about me? Are my Law of Attraction vibes finally kicking in? Is my hummus in a tube giveaway as exciting as the Facebook Whopper freebie? Have my twice daily Twitter water reminders become so famous that word got around like wild fire because so many people made a NY's resolution to drink more water in 2009?
After about 200 emails, I was intrigued like a Scooby mystery, so I just asked my new Tweeties. Turns out, Twitter has a "Suggested Users" page and they put me on it. And by the way, Britney is on the same list.
See here it is.
I was between the New York Times and ESPN; um, a skinny jeans sandwich on mega media bread. And right after ESPN is oh one of the world's most famous bloggers Dooce. I'm one avatar up from the woman who's traffic I so want to have even more than wanting to wear the skinny jeans once again. In fact, I'd rather have her traffic than a night of wanton lust with imaginary husband Gerard Butler. Now that's saying something because well, let's just say it is.
Thank you powers to be at Twitter! This blogger is eternally grateful that you think my tweets have that much value. And there's a mini lesson for those of you who want to build up your Twitter following. Tweet about things that help others, offer value and meaning, and most of all tweet things that can brighten up someone's day :) That's my secret sauce.
And well, let's be honest, it wouldn't hurt if Britney tweeted about you too.
Update: It's now Sat. Jan. 16 at 2:30am PST, and I'm up to 3,510 Followers. That's a 2300+ increase since Wed. afternoon. Wowza! Really, thank you Tweeties!