I'm Living Proof That Twitter Is Not Dead: How Social Media Changed My Life.

in introduceyourself •  7 years ago 

It started out just as so many stories like this do, I lost my job and had no idea what to do with myself.

It was late in 2010 when the economy collapsed that I found myself jobless for the first time in my adult life.

I had no skills, had dropped out of college and the only skill I really had was actually a non-skill. What was this skill? A keen knowledge of hotels. Not just basic info I am an encyclopedia of hotel knowledge.

I literally had no idea what I was going to do but seven years ago Twitter was a popular social media platform and I didn't know how it was going to be important to me but somehow felt (100%) that it would be.

Long story short... I was right.

I built a six figure career on a platform that many have long considered dead. It's not dead. Not by a long shot and I'm going to show you why, where my tweets have taken me and how it all almost came crashing down.

My name is Kat Von B and I tweet for a living.

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Twitter is actually quite cool, I don't use it nearly enough, but I really like it! Tweet and Steem on!! Following, so I hope we will see some advice :)

Awesome! The two are quite similar. I'm loving this platform. Followed back :)

As someone who is really new to this whole social media thing and certainly not a money maker I look forward to hearing your story. Perhaps I can learn from your experiences and apply them to myself and maybe drive some success here for me.

There's a lot of money to be made! I hope you enjoy what I have to say. :)

Welcome to steemit Kat :) You have quite a story of overcoming the recession to change your life for the better. I wish I read about it someday :)

All the best!

I will be writing about it because honestly if someone would have said to me five years ago that I would be tweeting , for a living, I would have thought they were crazy! thank you for the kind words!!

Hi there Kat,

Great to see you here, finally. :)

Upvoted!

Ha! Thank You! I'm very competitive... I think I'm gonna like it!

Hello @Travelinggreek - welcome to Steemit ! i am @digital-gypsy - nice to meet you and all the best !

I have called myself a digital gypsy many times in my life! TY for the good wishes.

Confused again, I want to make money from twitter please tell me how to do it ?

Hello @travelinggreek. Welcome to Steemit. I am David. I wish you have a happy journey here.

Thank You! :)

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Thank you so much!

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I will check it out!

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Welcome to Steem @travelinggreek I have upvoted and sent you a tip

Thank You! :)

And I followed you! :)

Welcome to Steemit!
So how exactly did you start making money on Twitter???

I am a travel writer and I kept tweeting about hotels, openings, happenings so much so that PR firms took notice and started to hire me. I had no money and nothing but time. :) I wasn't sure what Twitter was all about but my gut told me that it would be important to whatever direction I was headed.

Welcome to Steemit!

Thanks! I checked out your profile. I'm a photographer so I really love what you're posting! Follwed :)

Thanks for the follow!

Looking forward to more of your photos

Welcome to Steemit, Kat! We're thrilled to have you on board and hope you enjoy the platform.

I already am! Thank you. :)

Welcome and Thank You for being with us!! Following your Blog now

Cool! I hope you enjoy it!

Hi Travelinggreek its good to see more people around. Have fun in this community. I wish you many followers and new friends :-) Cheers @chrisx

Thank You, Chris!

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Welcome to Steemit @Travelinggreek !

I will check it out!

Welcom to steemit brother, upvote and follow back :) I follow you.

thank you!

This is an awesome story. I love how you followed your instinct and didnt allow the naysayers to stop what you believed in. Continue to follow your dreams and allow the universe to reward you as such. Peace

Thank You! :)

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I loved the post! :)

That's cool, I like all entrepreneur opportunities if you can make a living from Twitter and more then that's very inspiring and can't wait to read more about your journey

Thank You! I went through a long period of making no money. Being broke is never fun but I was persistent.

OK. What's your twitter account? Let me check you out.

Ha! I have 24 but my personal account is @travelinggreek :)

Hey there! Welcome to Steemit! It's great to have someone as experienced as you join Steemit! Your twitter profile is fantastic and I hope we can learn from you as we go! :)

Twitter is an excellent platform for promoting your Steem accounts.

so... what's your twitter handle?

@Travelinggreek what's yours? I'll follow you!

btsfav :)

Done!

Excellent to have you on board, Kat!
Social media is definitely not dead, we're all proving that every single day :)
Have a great steemy time! I'm sure you're going to do very well here, too.
Marly -

Hi Marly!
It's alive and well. I'm liking the Steem crowd... :)

Hi, auch ich bin bei Twitter, nur wie twittert man, das habe ich immer noch nicht kapiert. Werde ich hier dazu einige Tipps bekommen?

Hi! I will give you Twitter tips for sure!

Welcome Aboard. Looking forward to hearing more of your story.

Thank You!

Welcome to Steemit @travelinggreek

Have FUN!

Thank You!

Not dead but definitely coughing up mucus....??? :)

Actually no... :)

Welcome! Followed. Follow me back 😘

I will do that! :)

Great content, keep it up! :D

Thank You!!

Well, this is nice.

I am starting from the first of your posts and working my way up to get to know you.

I like you already!!!

I am going to check out your twitter posts. Got me a bit interested.

I have 20 accounts... My most popular is about Hotels and Luxury Travel but they are all really successful and I love it! That's the key... you have to really love and understand the platform to do well on it. Followed you. :)