@ConanOBrien Confirms The Power Of Twitter
Two weeks ago, Conan O’Brien launched a personal Twitter account. It has received quite a lot of buzz in the Twittersphere. He has only tweeted 19 times and already has over 600,000 followers.
On March 5th, Conan tweeted:
“I’ve decided to follow someone at random. She likes peanut butter and gummy dinosaurs. Sarah Killen, your life is about to change.”
And, that it did. Sarah Killen (@LovelyButton) went from 3 followers to over 25,000 followers in less than a week. She has been interviewed on multiple news stations nationwide and is now considered to be a Twitter celebrity.
Today, Conan announced the launch of a new website, TeamCoco.com, and a 30-city comedy tour titled “The Legally Prohibited From Being Funny On Television Tour.” The website crashed in a matter of seconds due to overcapacity. Already, second dates have been added to Boston, Chicago, and New York. UPDATE: Second dates have also been added in Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Vancouver.
Other celebrities, reporters, and government officials should take note. If your career fails, Twitter can help you sustain your success. Get on Twitter now before it is too late and build a fan base of followers. They will be there even if your paycheck is not. Twitter can open the doors to so many other opportunities if you know how to use it correctly.
How do you use Twitter to support your success?
Just watched an interview of this on AP; what a crazy story. And to think, I work so hard at picking my posts and strategically following others, when what I REALLY should have been trying to do was get followed by a talk-show host. Darn it!
So true, Jon! I think we all wish we could have been the “chosen one.”