Comments on: Food media and bloggers drawn to twitter http://www.tomatom.com/2009/02/food-media-and-bloggers-drawn-to-twitter/ The insiders' guide to food and drink in Melbourne. Since 2005. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:40:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sarah http://www.tomatom.com/2009/02/food-media-and-bloggers-drawn-to-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-44815 Sarah Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:07:48 +0000 http://www.tomatom.com/?p=1107#comment-44815 add this on to your list! add this on to your list!

]]> By: @melbournefoodie http://www.tomatom.com/2009/02/food-media-and-bloggers-drawn-to-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-44734 @melbournefoodie Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:12:20 +0000 http://www.tomatom.com/?p=1107#comment-44734 Discovered your blog via Twitter! Busily adding all the fellow foodies you've listed - thanks. Discovered your blog via Twitter! Busily adding all the fellow foodies you’ve listed – thanks.

]]> By: Jen (jenius.com.au) http://www.tomatom.com/2009/02/food-media-and-bloggers-drawn-to-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-44669 Jen (jenius.com.au) Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:16:33 +0000 http://www.tomatom.com/?p=1107#comment-44669 This is great, I've got a lot of foodies to follow! Thanks :) This is great, I’ve got a lot of foodies to follow! Thanks :)

]]> By: lili http://www.tomatom.com/2009/02/food-media-and-bloggers-drawn-to-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-44547 lili Sat, 28 Feb 2009 07:09:00 +0000 http://www.tomatom.com/?p=1107#comment-44547 Great post. I have just joined twitter and find its distinct style of communication so interesting. Thanks for the list of tweeps (!?)! Great post. I have just joined twitter and find its distinct style of communication so interesting. Thanks for the list of tweeps (!?)!

]]> By: Ross Hill http://www.tomatom.com/2009/02/food-media-and-bloggers-drawn-to-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-44515 Ross Hill Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:10:11 +0000 http://www.tomatom.com/?p=1107#comment-44515 Phil - lots of companies have set up twitter accounts for 'support' purposes, like Telstra. What I mean by unofficial is that they generally respond really quickly to twitter complaints, while if you actually call or email them it takes forever and is generally painful. Twitter is great for showing individuals within companies because you can make a more authentic connection - but that takes a very different mindset from what most of them are doing right now. Don't get me wrong, there are some great ones but.... hmm I think we're pretty far off topic now :) Game over, goodnight. Phil – lots of companies have set up twitter accounts for ‘support’ purposes, like Telstra. What I mean by unofficial is that they generally respond really quickly to twitter complaints, while if you actually call or email them it takes forever and is generally painful. Twitter is great for showing individuals within companies because you can make a more authentic connection – but that takes a very different mindset from what most of them are doing right now. Don’t get me wrong, there are some great ones but…. hmm I think we’re pretty far off topic now :) Game over, goodnight.

]]> By: Lorraine @NotQuiteNigella http://www.tomatom.com/2009/02/food-media-and-bloggers-drawn-to-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-44514 Lorraine @NotQuiteNigella Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:32:38 +0000 http://www.tomatom.com/?p=1107#comment-44514 Didn't realise that about Stephen Fry, what a great Tweeter! Glad to have found you on twitter too Ed :) Didn’t realise that about Stephen Fry, what a great Tweeter! Glad to have found you on twitter too Ed :)

]]> By: Phil http://www.tomatom.com/2009/02/food-media-and-bloggers-drawn-to-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-44513 Phil Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:00:44 +0000 http://www.tomatom.com/?p=1107#comment-44513 Ross - What makes a twitter account an unofficial channel? Ross – What makes a twitter account an unofficial channel?

]]> By: Ross Hill http://www.tomatom.com/2009/02/food-media-and-bloggers-drawn-to-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-44512 Ross Hill Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:28:12 +0000 http://www.tomatom.com/?p=1107#comment-44512 Phil the authenticity is what makes Web2.0 Web2.0 - if you have PR people tweeting for you that's from the web1.0 world. If people are tweeting support requests or complaints they are doing it because they think they will get a better result than going through official channels - which is sad. Twitter is great for building relationships but you have to combine it with other mediums. I don't know how many coffees I have had as a result of tweets - the power to a company is the individual development and promotion. Phil the authenticity is what makes Web2.0 Web2.0 – if you have PR people tweeting for you that’s from the web1.0 world. If people are tweeting support requests or complaints they are doing it because they think they will get a better result than going through official channels – which is sad.

Twitter is great for building relationships but you have to combine it with other mediums. I don’t know how many coffees I have had as a result of tweets – the power to a company is the individual development and promotion.

]]> By: stickyfingers http://www.tomatom.com/2009/02/food-media-and-bloggers-drawn-to-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-44511 stickyfingers Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:12:38 +0000 http://www.tomatom.com/?p=1107#comment-44511 Wow all this insight is fantastic - thank you. Wow all this insight is fantastic – thank you.

]]> By: Jack http://www.tomatom.com/2009/02/food-media-and-bloggers-drawn-to-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-44510 Jack Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:03:30 +0000 http://www.tomatom.com/?p=1107#comment-44510 Thanks for the link Ed, I've become much more twitter popular over the last couples of days! I've been twittering for nearly two months and am constantly surprised at the amount of content the 'professional food bloggers' (ie the few internationally that have forged a lifestyle from blogging and the books etc that come with that) can and do supply. I'd love to be able to interact more on my blog but due to time restraints just can't post daily, but as Matt mentioned Twittering makes it look like I am doing something, ie I do care about my blog and readers. They can follow me or just look at the feed on my site. I have been careful to make it strictly about stuff that would overwise be on the blog, if I had the time to properly write up all my thoughts. I'm following just 2 dozen people and find it hard enough to keep up, don't know if I have space for many more. How do they, you do it?? Oh and why do i think the trad media are getting in on twittering and not blogs... committment. A blog is a lot of work, a twitter just makes you look like you have lots of friends thats why you are text messaging all the time! ;) Jack Thanks for the link Ed, I’ve become much more twitter popular over the last couples of days!

I’ve been twittering for nearly two months and am constantly surprised at the amount of content the ‘professional food bloggers’ (ie the few internationally that have forged a lifestyle from blogging and the books etc that come with that) can and do supply. I’d love to be able to interact more on my blog but due to time restraints just can’t post daily, but as Matt mentioned Twittering makes it look like I am doing something, ie I do care about my blog and readers. They can follow me or just look at the feed on my site. I have been careful to make it strictly about stuff that would overwise be on the blog, if I had the time to properly write up all my thoughts.

I’m following just 2 dozen people and find it hard enough to keep up, don’t know if I have space for many more.
How do they, you do it??

Oh and why do i think the trad media are getting in on twittering and not blogs… committment. A blog is a lot of work, a twitter just makes you look like you have lots of friends thats why you are text messaging all the time! ;)
Jack

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