First of all I’ve noticed due to some recent chances in the friendfeed/feedburner relationship that friendfeed friend count as subscriber on feedburner…a fact that has allowed me to pick up over 500 subs in less than 3 days for my chiclet.

when you’re trying to get people to stick to your site sometimes perception and badges go a long way…and for me none of this would have been possible without the use of twitter.

The biggest challenge I’ve found is when you try to use twitter as a sales platform…I doesn’t work in most cases. It’s great to help you become an influencer in social media and to recruit affiliates if you have your own digital products to sell, but I find that my efforts are much more effective if I just use it as a platform to help get other people awareness for the amazing things they are doing.

when establishing relationships fast is a must , one cannot overlook the power of twitter.

twitter is similar. We can use it to send emergency notifications of wildfires in California, broadcast the news when launching a new company, creating buzz in industry, or to let your followers know you are getting up to feed your cat. The big difference with twitter is the instant one-to-many and potential many-to-many communication characteristics. Very powerful if controlled, very noisey and annoying if not controlled.

I think the key is learning to understand how to best use the tool, and then refine methods of employing the tool to meet our business and personal objectives. But we have a lot of noise to filter before that becomes a reality. Please let us know more about your successes, failures, or challenges using twitter in your plans!