Tim Matcham Garden Design

Just recently I adopted Twitter as a means of networking. Why? In a previous blog I said I was unsure how Twitter could help me and my garden design business on the basis that it is essentially a “social network”. The concept of networking and personal referrals was an area completely alien to me until about 14 months ago.

As far as a social network is concerned I have a wide circle of contacts through various local events and family life (having 4 children provides me with a “wide” local network). Having moved around the country somewhat adds an extra network of friends up and down the country.

Great, I have a network but how do I communicate with all of them on a regular basis? How do I tell them who I would like to be connected with? Not so simple. There are only so many hours in a day and my family see to it that even this is restricted!

My first “real” networking venture was 4N who have a 50/50 rule: 50% business and 50% social. I started meeting business people locally and connected to the group online via the 4N forum. Now I had access to a growing national audience and by chance the 4N forums lead to me discovering Twitter. Twitter, a social network based on the simple idea of letting people know what you are doing right now in less than 140 characters! I’ll admit I was nervous at first. Some people had thousand of followers and I had a handful!

Then things started to change…

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