The Seventh Excuse for Not Using the Power of Social Media

This seventh excuse of the eight excuses I wrote about for a FastGush.com guest post smacks of people purposely believing this in order to have an excuse:

7. I can't do Twitter because I don't have a smartphone



Hey, I have a smartphone and I don't use it for Twitter. I'm a very fast typist so I'm much happier tweeting directly from http://twitter.com

I'm not sure how this belief that you need a smartphone to participate on Twitter occurs. Why would people assume that something so widely discussed is NOT available through a website? But many people have told me the reason they are not on Twitter is because they don't have a smartphone.

Let me assure you that all you have to do is go to http://twitter.com/ and sign up in a few minutes and you'll be able to participate.

Now in addition to accessing Twitter through the website you can access Twitter through a smartphone as well as numerous other applications. For example, my business partner uses Tweetdeck.com on the web (although Tweetdeck also has apps for smartphones).

If this myth is the only excuse you have for not participating on Twitter, you now have no excuse. But I would suggest that you get our free report at www.MillerMosaicPowerof3.com to help you with an effective Twitter profile bio.

If you don't know what you're doing, you may end up doing the ridiculous thing I wrote about in the blog post "What I Learned From My Favorite TV Show JUSTIFIED."

And as an added bonus to encourage people to overcome their fear of social media, I've written a special free report on this subject "5 Tips for Overcoming the Fear of Social Media."



You can read all 8 excuses now on FastGush.com.

Plus read the blog post about the first excuse: "I don't have time to do social media"

The post about the second excuse: "I have nothing to say on social media"

The post about the third excuse: "People in my target market aren't on social media"

The post about the fourth excuse: "I'm not a techie"

The post about the fifth excuse: "I'm not a good speller"

The post about the sixth excuse: "I don't have a professional headshot to use on social media profiles"

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Phyllis Zimbler Miller (@ZimblerMiller on Twitter) is the co-founder of the social media marketing company Miller Mosaic LLC.

Get the free information "8 Social Media Marketing Mistakes" and "Social Media Marketing Does Not Magically Work; You Have to Work It" at www.facebook.com/millermosaicsocialmedia