I did a hands on training with Jim Fried so he can get Twitter. He needed to have a visual demonstration, so I met up with him and had him do it instead of me explaining it to him. I think people sometimes learn better by doing it themselves while they are being guided.
We started out with adding a picture that he took of the new Marlins Stadium that is under construction. Instead of sending it out to his few 25 followers , I asked him to send it out with the #marlins hashtag, and in the process experienced the power of joining a community through a hashtag on twitter.
And in that moment while he had a separate column open with the #marlins hashtag on Tweetdeck, I saw a tweet from a friend @ulisesorozco in the #marlins column. Jim instantly sent a tweet to Uli saying that I was a friend and instantly Uli tweeted back and started following Jim. That was great instant tribe building!
Radio Show Talking About Social Media With Jim Fried
