Tweetups – this year’s trend in Latvia

Random people encounters for a specific reasons usually called meet-ups. And then appeared Twitter – as it seems, already 1 billion $ worth microblogging platform network. Now it is all about tweetups (meetup + twitter = tweetup). Some so called top notch (presumably – syndicate) bloggers come together in festival, while charging their iPhones  – it’s tweetup! Some PR & marketing guys and internet trendsetters in Latvia come together – it’s even better tweetup!

What should be done with product, which is not represented very much in Internet. Surely, you know the right answer for this one. Nevertheless, if you are unsure about it, take a peek at the bottom of this article.*

I could say there are mainly good reasons, why tweetups are held. In fact, i am satisfied with idea for all of them, except one. The one held in honour of Izzi – the internet provider, which failed in Latvia Twitter sphere. No worries, they’re caching on their mistakes.

I guess, i am not so popular to call myself guru of internet trends and social media expert. However, idea that every active internet user, who “sign up for ten or more social media networks a day” can be called an expert flatters me. So i am about to tell my view of tweetups in Latvia.

• they are cheap - Sure, there is an option to hold big tweetup, but even then your nerves will be damaged only by organising it. Sponsors like tweetups – you need to approach bloggers carefully, then can make heel out of you/your organisation.
• IRL factor – Latvia is small. Most of Twitter users know each other by faces. If you have proper profile picture, it is. Encountering in Tweetup usually goes like this – i know you, your nickname is…errm…,well, i don’t remember, but you are really similar to your profile picture. Even more, mostly everybody knows each other.
• Presentations – Main aim for trendsetters is catching the right “the next big thing”. They can talk about it for hours, i guess. Would be evil not to predict the next meeting place for “syndicate”, right? I am not being very honest – some presentations are very good, but it depends on character.
• Inside jokes – When you meet someone with t-shirt “Bļaģeris”, it is obviously funny for some people. Same goes to people who in theory have signed up in Twitter before it even existed, just to tell everyone – I was first! Some respect, please!
• Not enough – i am aware that people have recognised beauty of tweetups, so there will be more!
• Limited invites – not a problem for me, but some of my friends have missed the registration. Sad.
• More presentations from newbies – i will be honest, it is boring to see someone from “syndicate” come and tell about statistics and so on. Give other trendsetters to tell about their observations. Small fish are in the internet pool also and they grow bigger!

That concludes my thoughts about tweetups, but they can change, as there are more to come. I would like to say, tweetup is internet-made real life event, which is very effective communication channel.

*You should invite people with blogs to have a try on product. Yep, it is tweetup once again.

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