I’m wanting to sit and write this article to tell you how wonderful Twitter is and how you should definitely think about using it for a business marketing tool but I’m getting distracted by er, Twitter! Well Tweetdeck to be exact. And that is a wonderful thing about Twitter such is it’s phenomenon that people write different software for it and you can have so much fun with the different applications.
Just in case you haven’t yet signed up to Twitter let me give you a quick answer to is it worth it? Oh yes, indeed it is! I signed up when someone whose teleseminars I listen to said she sometimes gives away free gifts on Twitter. I can’t say I was hooked immediately; this new world was complicated. It took me two weeks to be certain I’d sent a @message, only when they replied was I sure. And all this #FF business drove me insane for a couple of weeks too until I realised it’s something that happens every Friday when you recommend people who are good to follow.
But pretty soon it became addictive and I saw how it could be very useful to me when I set up my business. So I began to follow people that I was interested in and then follow the people that follow them so I could get more of a niche following. But it’s not all about marketing for me there have been some great advantages of being on Twitter, I have met some lovely people who over time have become friends, and it’s a fantastic place for being in contact with other people in your field of work. There are numerous photographers on Twitter who are happy to answer questions and give advice on suppliers or just have a chat. And I’m writing these articles now because I was on Twitter at the right time when Trevor was asking for contributors.
After a year with the bird, (I wonder if it sends an anniversary card?), I’m becoming more selective about only following people who actually have conversations so I can have a chat with someone and build up a rapport – though I do have the odd guilty pleasure in there too. The accounts that only send links to webpages leave me cold & I also avoid like the plague the links to ‘click here and get 100’s of followers.’ I’m not certain but when you look at some peoples followers they have plenty of faceless companies and porn stars listed, I get the feeling they may have come from these type of links. Read More→
Living in the beautiful rural county of Yorkshire it was perhaps natural for Ruth to have an affinity with the countryside and its wildlife. Creativity is Ruth’s driving force finding an outlet in television & radio she worked for many years as producer for BBC & ITV.
However a love of photography and for being surrounded by nature called her to go back to her photography training and bring pleasure and joy to people through her connection with our planet.
Staying in the moment when taking her images allows her to experience the natural magnificence unfolding before her eyes. It is this moment of mediation, of gratitude, that she evocatively conveys through her images.
