Monday, May 24, 2010

The Benefits of Follow Friday #FF

This post may make more sense if I explain FollowFriday to those either not on Twitter or to the more pedestrian Twitterites reading.

FollowFriday is a weekly Twitter practice in which you tweet a list of people you follow then add either #FollowFriday or #FF (for short). It introduces your followers to new people that they may not otherwise know. FollowFriday is a great way to help share resources and expand your network in a more directed way.

I’ve been a #FollowFriday (or #FF) participant for a while, and I’ve always made sure to have #FF posts. However, this week, I decided to create more targeted Tweets to tell my followers a little more about each person. I figured that if I’m going to tell you to follow these people, I ought to be nice enough to tell you WHY you should follow them. So, direct from the Twitter’s beak (or the horse’s mouth), here are my FollowFriday tweets.

#FF #HireFriday Fellow @JulieWalraven profile-ee @KimbaGreen

#FF #HireFriday Fellow Chicagoan, savvy financialista, and unfortunately, a Sox fan @Jenbaty

#FF and welcome to #Chicago @JulesAKramer

#FF I saved her bacon. Nuff said. @controllergirl

#FF #HireFriday Fellow social media user & abuser who has her own FB Fan Page! @hireannabavido http://ow.ly/1Omet

#FF #HireFriday Highly talented HR pro, expert wino, and hilarious gal @tlcolson

#FF another #HireFriday supporter & awesome HR Pro @sbrownehr

#FF the Queen of Red Stick who brings WI Farm to the Bayou @RobinSchooling

#FF for starting #HireFriday, the Queen of Cincinnati, @HRMargo

#FF for great support, encouragement & great guys @HRFishbowl @lockard7 @davecarhart

#FF #HR pro's w/GREAT advice @ChicagoHRgirl @CincyRecruiter @jkjhr @mandycooley @crada

#FF Career pro's who have been invaluable to me @winningimpress @JulieWalraven @TheJobQuest @InscribeExpress @blogging4jobs

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5 comments:

  1. Thanks for including me on a list with some pretty awesome folks!

    I really like the idea of adding some context to tweets (and blog posts) about #followfriday. There are some great people in the twitterverse but I won't know if it makes sense for me to follow them based upon someone's recommendation without context.

    I hope the job search is progressing positively. You're doing a great!

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  2. Well, thank you, Jonathan! How kind of you to include me in your #FF list with these great people :)

    I hope you get some good news soon! Whoever hires you is going to be one lucky employer.

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  4. I recommended a group of people. Each one was given a #FF separately. Each recommendation included a ‘reason.’ I did everything correctly, yet only ONE of the recommendations shows up on my #FF page. I asked for help. I googled whatever help might be available. But TWITTER seems to ask and ‘answer’ their OWN selection of questions. That can’t be what they intend. Is it? Please help.
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