Twitter And I

Today social media is playing a massive part in business and most other walks of life. I currently have 3 twitter accounts, one personal, one work based and one for a football team I am involved with. This shows what an impact social media is having on people’s lives. At the beginning of 2011, I registered the @Curteis_Craig twitter name, at first I was busy, trying to get followers and talking a lot of shop, but over the Autumn I became disinterested. I think the reason for this is that there was less chat going on, and not much actual selling.

From what our marketing department tell me, Twitter is a start up tool for making connections and not the hard sell, so I've decided to crack on and keep trying to make new connections and see if I can use twitter to grow some new business relationships.

The good thing with our business at Curteis is that we aim at so many trade markets,  whether it's retail, design, wholesale, Internet, manufacturer or some other weird and wonderful ways of using jewellery! (We actually made chain for an escapologist once upon a time!).  This gives me a large range of people to chat to and try make some friendships with, and hopefully show people in the Jewellery trade that Curteis is much more than just a chain supplier.

We are designers, casters, finishers, assemblers, we can help with marketing, photography and distribution. Most of all, we hope we are friends to our customers that we are there to lend a hand when needed.

How has your business been affected by the social media age? Do you think it has helped your business? How would you like to see it changed? Is there anything you want to see us add into tweets, e-shots or facebook?

They made a film called 2012 about the world, as we know it, ending.  To me 2012 is the start of something, rather than the end!

Posted by Craig Rogers, Curteis Creates Manager.