Comments on: Use Twitter to Find Work From Home Jobs

By: Cam

Cam — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 14:29:44 +0000

Great post Ashlee! I love the Twitter list idea, and the other gems you shared. I’ve noticed several bloggers singing Twitter’s praises recently, so I’m looking forward to cultivating my account.

By: Laura B.

Laura B. — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 20:10:16 +0000

At first I went to Twitter to find work at home jobs and made a lot of searching there, some real jobs but also lots of scams. Then a friend recommended to try WAHspace and there I finally found a real work at home job and I recently started, so now I’m trying to learn from other people’s experience and blogs.

By: WorkFromHomeHappiness

WorkFromHomeHappiness — Sat, 23 Jan 2016 00:08:06 +0000

In reply to Cheri Read.

Hi Cheri,

Thank you! 🙂 With popular hashtags like #tweetmyjob, Twitter has really taken off as a place to find all sorts of job opportunities — freelance, home-based, in-house, contract, seasonal — you name it, and chances are there’s somebody actively tweeting about it. Using the right hashtags has really helped me find clients and get found by them — win-win!

I’ve tried Facebook and haven’t had any luck. Seriously, not a single client. Facebook is such a different beast. I feel like Facebook is where people go to talk about themselves (Hey, check out what I did this weekend. Cool, huh?) and share things with their friends and family. Whereas Twitter users go to find cool/useful/fun/helpful stuff that they can relate to and connect with like-minded individuals.

That’s why, once you get going in Twitter, you’ll start noticing that the new accounts you follow (and the ones that follow you) often share a huge number of the same followers. Like, if you were to look at the five blogger Twitter accounts I mentioned in this article, you would see that we all have many of the same followers and are all following many of the same people. Twitter itself has become a professional networking platform without all the formalities of LinkedIn.

If you can’t tell, I’m a huge fan of Twitter as a way to grow your freelance business 🙂 As another bonus, Twitter clients seem to be less — what’s the word I want to use — persnickety. I’ve yet to figure that out, but I’m not gonna complain 😉

Thanks again for stopping by! I look forward to pinning with you on Pinterest and learning more about you.

By: Cheri Read

Cheri Read — Fri, 22 Jan 2016 20:23:15 +0000

Hi Ashlee!

So glad to find your blog and this super useful Twitter post. I am a little bit of a Twitter newbie and am also a freelance writer.

I noticed that you said 20% of your previous 20 clients came from Twitter. Did any of the other clients come from another social media platform? Just curious!

Love your blog!

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By: WorkFromHomeHappiness

WorkFromHomeHappiness — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 16:27:28 +0000

In reply to Corina Ramos. Hi Cori! Tweeps :-) Love it. That's my word of the day.

By: Corina Ramos

Corina Ramos — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 15:26:36 +0000

This is awesome Ashlee! Thanks for putting this together. You’ve shared a lot of information.

You mentioned some great tweeps, including yourself…they are the perfect people to follow for work-from-home jobs. 🙂

You know I’m passing this along! Have a great week ahead!

Cori