I created my Twitter account in 2009 or the purpose of contacting a company for customer service issues. By June 2015 I had about 150 followers, mostly people I had an email address for that were also on Twitter. The ole' "you follow me and I'll follow you." I had no idea how to attract followers, even though I googled-it a few times. The suggestions were to join a Twitter-chat, which made no sense to me.
I was fortunate to have gone to Camp Nejeda (overnight diabetes camp in New Jersey); and through Facebook been in contact with my fellow campers and counselors. All seemed right in my #DOC world.
That all changed in July when I attended #MasterLab, (as a guest of Medtronic Diabetes) where I live Tweeted From barely posting a Tweet in months, I learned very quickly the ins and outs of Tweeterand slowly but surely I was gaining followers.
The Tweeting didn't stop there though. I learned about the #doc and Twitter chats #dsma, and #dcde. I try to participate each week and sad when I can't. The folks of these chats have become an extended family to me.
Today I have 482 followers, and I log into Twitter a few times a day to see what's going on. It's become the first place I go to get a pulse on what's happening in the word of diabetes!
