I know that social media is all about sharing great information and finding links that are relevant to your industry and tweeting them out to the masses. I believe in that…I really do.
But, it seems that everyone has a link attached to their twitter posts these days. 
I search my various Twitter lists for interesting comments and posts so that I can re-tweet it to my followers and offer different perspectives than my own. As I was searching recently, I noticed that only 1 in about 500 posts were just a comment without a link. I’m sure people have some profound statements to make that are not attached to a blog post or a video, or an affiliate link.
Now don’t get me wrong, I do all of the above and I think it’s a great way to promote your online business or service. But surely we can occasionally post on Twitter just a regular message, a favorite quote or a random thought.
I would love to hear your thoughts on this topic. Am I expecting too much or have we become a society that can’t tweet without a bit.ly, ow.ly or tiny.ur link attached?
What do you think?
Hey Terri,
I certainly think folks can tweet without a link. A good example would be during Mari Smith’s webinars. While she explains different topics, folks on the webinar typically tweet the points being made, using hashtags to follow it. I do however, think that tweeting with a link tends to bring the most value to an audience (as long as the link leads to an item of value). But it’s all relative to the audience you have and your style.
Thanks Dave! That’s an excellent example of Tweeting during a webinar to share some of the relevant points. And as I mentioned, I certainly believe in sharing links. It’s just nice to see a tweet without one sometimes.
Thanks for your great comment!
Terri