What do you use your Twitter favorites for? How many do you have? Why and when do you decide to Favorite a blurb?

I use my Twitter Favorites for a few different things. For example, I use my Favorites to record my dialogs for Twitter Stars. I also use my Favorites to keep a record of events in my life, sort of like a journal. For example, I Favorited all the comments and congratulations that people made after I proposed to my now former fiancée on Twitter.

I also like to Favorite posts with links that have amused me. In addition, my Favorites are also a collection of bookmarks. I favorite posts that contain interesting links that I want to keep a record of and refer back to later. I will often re-post these links to my Facebook account or save them to my Google Bookmarks.

I’ve also used my Twitter Favorites to publicly award stars to people for making witty or insightful posts. When I use Favorites in this way, it’s meant to be fun and a part of the social process on Twitter.

However, I also use Twitter for marketing purposes and using Twitter in this way is the reason for my blog post today. I use my Twitter Favorites to tell a story. If you read my Favorites, I’m often trying to tell a story about either my life, what I’m working on, or some of the nice things people have said about me or my work. In this way, people can get some background on me, get a feel for who I am as a person, and gain a better understanding of what I do and the reputation I have.

I would encourage corporate Twitter users and other consultants to use their Favorites in this way. It will allow your customers to discover more about your products or services and the experiences other people have had with you or your company. If someone blurbs something positive about you, add it to your Favorites. In time, your Twitter Favorites will become a collection of testimonials.

Two tools that you can use to track what people are saying about you on Twitter are Tweet Scan and Search.Twitter (formerly Summize). Both tools offer search functions and track Twitter users by name. When someone makes a nice comment about your company, products, or your services, you can add that comment to your Twitter Favorites.

There are many ways to use your Favorites and there is no right or wrong way. Have fun, experiment, and enjoy.

My Favorites

From Twitter

markdavidson Open Question: How do you use your Twitter Favorites? I use mine as a form of storytelling and also as a set of bookmarks. I have 3,748!

markdavidgerson @markdavidson I keep forgetting to use mine. I have none! (But then you have enough for both of us!)

lauralovesart @markdavidson I use my twitter favorites to remember links i like - or yes, stories

erinely @markdavidson I use mine like bookmarks, things I want to remember, but I only have 82, wow you have a lot!

mcornetto @markdavidson I use mine as a reader. To hold links I haven’t looked at yet.

hellobethanne @markdavidson i use my bookmarks for amazing quotes and observations my friends make and i think they’re great. and some random **** too!

TheJK @markdavidson If something makes me laugh out loud it usually gets favrd. Also if an idea is rather insightful. I use it to come back to it

TheDataDigger @markdavidson twitter has favorites?

markdavidson @TheDataDigger Yes and you just made mine. lol.

Steaders @markdavidson I use favorites when I’m on the road to remember links I want to follow up when I’m back home

MaxWeb @markdavidson My faves are funny, inspirational, & informational, but only the real gems… Thus I have only 98 & I clear old 1’s out @times

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