Tweet! Tweet! How to Twitter - A Must Read

Everyone is talking about it, doing it and complaining about it - social networking. It used to be all about MySpace and Friendster. Now it's Facebook, Meebo, Bebo, and LinkedIn. Not to mention hi5, Orkut, PerfSpot, Yahoo!, Zorpia, Netlog - the list grows on and on. Just do a search for "social networking" on Wikipedia (you do know what that is, don't you?) and you'll be awestruck by the alphabetical listing of current and defunct online community sites . . . 

And now, to completely blow your mind, just when you though Facebook was the ultimate time suck - not so new on the scene and yet contending to be the ultimate time vampire is . . . Twitter. 

Whaaatt??? 

I know, I know. No more you say. Not another one. 

And yet, hunkered down in front of your computer you and I and a whole host of folks are exploring and experimenting with Twitter. 

It could be just what the doctor ordered for taking your personal branding to the next level. It could make the difference in getting your film the exposure you know it deserves.

Or it could only further lighten your pallor and make you need to double your dose of vitamin D - a problem solved by learning to Twitter on-the-go on your iPhone ;-)

Now I know that sounds a little more appealing doesn't it? But you're still thinking - "I don't get it." Don't worry. I didn't get Twitter at first either. And quite honestly, I'm still working on "getting it." And I'll go further to say that when my directing colleague Adam Tweets endlessly about the script he's writing or the mac n' cheese he ate for lunch after he's suffered through a casting session with chicks in bikinis or when my friend Brian Tweets about jetting off to Sundance, SXSW and Cannes to promote and network for his CD making company -- I often find myself thinking, "Who gives a flying f---???" But truth be know, I'm listening and they've got my attention.

So if you find you're thinking about Twitter and you're wondering "what can this do for me?" and you're asking, "Okay, so now what?"- but you still don't get it, don't understand how or why to use it, know that you you are not alone as even the most savvy social networkers don't really understand HOW to really make Twitter work for themselves.

So to help all of us muddleheads out, here's an article from the WSJ from a woman who does get it. How to Twitter - WSJ.com

And I think once you've read it . . . you'll be a giant step closer to "getting it" and then maybe you'll be ready to go online and read Mashable - www.mashable.com

And when you get up and running, don't forget to add me to your list of Twitters you follow:

palmerx

Going West! LA Bound.

I'm about to head out to Los Angles to establish myself as bi-coastal. I love working on the east coast. NYC is great and Philadelphia continues to be a well-kept secret . . . though the secret is getting out thanks to the great works of the GPFO (Greater Philadelphia Film Office) . . . while I'll maintain my east coast roots, this awesome, woman director needs a bigger pond to swim in!

For years I've been told I should "Go West!"

So I'm taking off on what given the current rising gas prices maybe the last great cross country road trip of a lifetime and heading to LA to establish a west coast base on July 19th and I'll be there by July 30th.

As a fellow filmmaker friend said,

"L.A. is where the work is! If you fancy yourself a salmon fisherman, you go where the salmon are."

NYC and Philly friends, colleagues and clients--don't worry . . . I'm not leaving, I'm just going to L.A. I'll still be maintaining my east coast base and going back and forth between the coasts as needed. As always, I'll be reachable via my cell phone and email.

L.A. friends, colleagues and prospective clients--I could use some help and advice on establishing myself in L.A. I'd love to get some referrals to production companies looking to add an awesome, emerging, woman director to their roster. If anyone needs a house sitter or knows of an expensive housing option in the west side/Santa Monica/Venice/Marina Del Rey areas, please let me know. I'll need networking opportunities, party invites, work, friends, and so on. So please keep me in mind.