I always seem to be jumping on the bandwagon a little late for all of the popular web trends. I was way late to hop on the Myspace train and when I finally did Facebook began to rear it’s ugly face. I still don’t have a Facebook and though I pretend that I’m over the whole social networking thing, I hover over my wife’s shoulder asking her a million questions about it. I never really had an instant messaging program until now, and even now, my parents had Skype before I did.

When I first heard about Twitter, I wasn’t too interested. I thought it was a glorified chat-room that can be seen on your blog or website, nothing more. But, the more I look into it, the more and more useful it seems. After I started my twitter I really began to realize the potential it had, not only for me but for you as well. Learn how after the jump….

For those of you that don’t know what twitter is, here is a quick summary: Twitter was created for you to be able to update and keep in touch with family, friends and colleagues through several different ways. Your updates may be accessed through the twitter website, through instant messaging or even through text messages on your phone. Twitter not only displays text on your page but also any songs, videos or images you’d like to share.

How can Dunlap Studios benefit from Twitter?

I will be using my twitter to keep in contact with my friends and fellow designers. I will also be using it as resource for design. Twitter is able to be searched through search twitter, so if I run into any questions that I can’t answer, I’ll just turn to twitter. I also think that twitter will build closer relationships between me and my customers. Not only will they be able to speak to me whenever and wherever they want, but they will also be able to see how I interact with others.

How can yo, the designer, benefit from Twitter?

You get my opinion and advice whenever you need it. I think it’s important for graphic designers, or artists in general, to have a creative group to feed off of. I can’t tell you how many times I sit staring at my screen with designers block, all of us reach a point where we are starving for some much needed input. Hit me up on twitter with any questions and I’ll be sure to reply. You can also suggest any freebies or tutorials you may want. I am planning on releasing quite a few in the near future, so any ideas would be very much appreciated. I will also have a Twitterfeed set up, so everyone following me will be notified when I create a new post.

How can you, the customer, benefit from Twitter?

For one, it’s an extremely easy and quick way to get a hold of me. I’m usually pretty quick with e-mail, but nudging me by text message will ensure an immediate response. If you have any questions that aren’t in my FAQ, I’ll be glad to answer them in real-time through twitter. If you have an event or organization that you want promoted, I’d be glad to tweet about it to all of my followers.

And last, my most exciting reason, you’ll receive live project updates. The whole reason I looked into twitter in the first place, live updates for all of my customers. I will be sending text messages to my twitter about all of my current projects, keeping you up to date with your project in real-time. If you have a question about how it’s coming along, or want to know where I’m at, just go to my twitter and see how it’s going. I not only will be posting the play by play per project, but I’ll also be throwing up a couple screenshots here and there so you can actually see how the project is coming along. Can’t beat that!

Go ahead, check out what I’m tweeting about right now!