Britmums prompt – Facebook or Twitter

I’m new to Twitter and have to admit it took me quite a while to ‘get’ it!
My first tweet, when I joined about a year ago was something about relaxing with a coffee.
I didn’t go back because I didn’t have anything more interesting to say!

I only started taking it seriously when I started to take my blog seriously.
I started this blog back in 2009 and frankly, I was surprised I could even remember the log-in when I thought about it again earlier this year.
I was writing it mainly for the kids to have something to look back on when they were older and never expected anyone to read it, except maybe family occasionally so I set up automatic sharing on Facebook of each new post.

Ant mentioned that he really enjoyed reading my blog and looked forward to each new post which gave me the confidence to write more and to start sharing it on Twitter as well.
I’d started looking at other blogs and following the authors of those blogs on Twitter.
It seemed to open a whole new world that Facebook didn’t really offer and I found myself checking Twitter before even thinking about Facebook.

When Facebook changed the news feed and I couldn’t choose to just see my friend’s status updates anymore, I started to lose interest. I took it off as one of my home tabs and now I only log in a couple of times a day to check if any of my family needs me for anything (they stopped emailing because they knew I’d be more likely to answer faster if they contacted me on Facebook) then I close it and head back to Twitter.

I’m still a bit shy on Twitter but I prefer it to Facebook when it comes to posting links to my blog. I feel more comfortable promoting my blog on Twitter because everyone does it and it’s also easier to find new writers and blogs to follow.

I never thought I’d say I was a tweeter but I’m loving it and it’s my first choice for blog promotion 🙂