OK, here's another post for all of you who are still on the fence about "that silly little chat-thingy called Twitter". I had been going through the motions, and when I went to a conference a couple weeks ago, I saw the potential. Now, after last night after an event called #DenverTweetup... I'm sold. I'm officially taking the position of "You are absolutely crazy if you don't jump on this Twitter bandwagon!"
Here's a Little Story of how last night got started: Over the past couple months, whenever I got followed by someone in/around Denver, I'd send a little welcome greeting talking about the need to get together someday.
The funny thing is -- I had no intention of really doing anything anytime soon because I only had about 12 to 15 Denver area followers at the time, and knowing that when it comes to groups -- 10% attendance is typical and I didn't think 1.2 to 1.5 people (counting myself) would be an interesting enough gathering.
That was my first mistake. I completely ignored the fact that the Twitter world doesn't revolve around me and my Twitter followers. Between me, and all of the other followers in my group, there are hundreds of Denver area Twits. When you factor in all of the Twits in THEIR network, there are THOUSANDS! Next thing I know, Allen - a Denver Wedding Photographer who goes by @TheBigKlosowski - takes the stick and runs with it!
That was 8 days ago. Soon after, he had a handful of responses (including me) saying we were interested, and discussions about when & where started to take place. After a couple of hours and input from about a dozen people, it was settled that we'd meet at Dazzle -- a Jazz Bar in Downtown Denver exactly one week from Allen's Tweet. When Allen called Dazzle, he was guessing 10 people would show up, and they were kind enough to give us a back room to ourselves. (The service was outstanding, BTW! I wish I remembered the name of our server.)
Little did we know that creating a simple hashtag would generate such a buzz! Friends of friends of friends started asking what this "#DenverTweetup" thing was all about. As of last night, there were nearly 300 tweets buzzing around, and another 100 came in during the event.
By the time I got there, it was about 6:10, and there were already about a dozen people hanging out. Funny thing is that even though I hadn't met any of them, I already had an idea of who was who because of the tweets coming through from people already there.
I never got a final count, but I think over 30 people came. Not bad for a week's notice. The funny thing is that everyone was so interested in learning about each other's businesses, that we each probably only got to actually have a conversation with about 20% of the people there!
OK, that's enough for "#denvertweetup part 1". #denvertweetup part 2" will have some more info on how/why I think this is so valuable, and how it applies to us as Real Estate Professionals (or for anyone with a regional niche for that matter.)
PS - I STILL don't know who ordered me the mojito, but thank you! I owe you next time.
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