Secret Twitter – 18 shades of tweeting: Top tweet places for a Twitter user on a mission

I started using Twitter in earnest exactly a year ago today. Do I say Happy Tweetiversary? Probably as there seem to be lots of rather strange words in the English language involving the wee bird…Tweeps, Tweeple, Tweet-Up, Dweeting (drunken tweeting), the list goes on…

Mashable have even given us a rather a fab Guide to Twitterspeak to help those of us that aren’t really up to Tweed… *groan*

Using Twitter has been an interesting journey for me; I posted on Valentine’s Day about my love for the bird and our relationship continues to throw up some surprises.

So, in celebration of our first anniversary, and with some help from my fellow working parents on there…have any of you tweeted:

1. Under the duvet; sorry this was me, I wanted some peace and quiet and it was 6.30am, so I thought I could hide there. I should have realised my error. I was wrong my phone and my Tweet got jumped on by the mysterious little people that live in my house

2. At the fast food restaurant; thanks to Tracey Clayton of Photo Organising company, Bless Ewe Creations, for this one:

@KiddyCharts well im in kfc at the mo!

— Tracey Clayton (@Tracey_Clayton) July 10, 2012

Careful of the grease all over the screen; but perhaps if you mention the outlet they might give you a free meal?

3. At the school gate; don’t let the kids catch you or take the phone, you certainly don’t want to be telling your clients they “smell of poo”

4. In the bath; don’t drop the phone in, confuse it for the sponge – and thinking of strange words for Twitter users, is this actually called Bathweeping?…too much?

5. In the shower; same problem as above really, though the phone has further to fall I suspect, and therefore we get double the disaster, its wet AND its probably smashed into a million pieces, some of which went down the plug hole

6. In the loo; regular blog readers will know that my life is spent in the loo for some reason or another, so why not tweet there too?. Thankfully, I am not the only one, Chelle McCann from Social Media Sparkles tweets in the loo too…not the same one as me, of course..

@KiddyCharts @mumsclub does the bath and the loo count?

— Chelle McCann (@ChelleMcCann) July 16, 2012

7. While cooking; this is actually my personal favourite because it gives the impression that I am superwoman as I am working, and looking after the family all at the same time. Sod the fact that I may very well have got Bolognese sauce in the inner workings of my phone

8. While exercising; I have never done this, as I don’t have time to exercise as I am trying to take over the world as an all powerful business mum. I do suspect that there may be sweaty Tweets all over the Twitterverse

9. In your dreams; I did dream about tweeting once, but then I am a bit sad. I dreamt that a very attractive celebrity replied to one of my tweets. I don’t get out much you see…I have small people

10. At the softplay; I actually go there to tweet, don’t you? I go there over the summer holidays in particular to get a bit of “me” time really. Check out the KiddyCharts free parents checklist for surviving the summer for some tips to get through the next few weeks. And they don’t all involve gin, honest.

11. In hospital after baby related stuff; hopefully not during the birth, but perhaps after it, or an early scan. I guess some people might tweet in between puffs on the gas and air. It’s a rather nice way to announce the little dears entry into the world. Not for me though. I was too late to Twitter, but thanks to Joanne Dewberry from Charlie Moos for this, and another lovely lady that tweets in the softplay too

@KiddyCharts tweeted at soft play, school playground, longleat, in a hospital waiting for a scan & just after the birth of O – not too odd!!

—Joanne Dewberry (@CharlieMoos) July 10, 2012

12. While swimming; well paddling in the sea really, and only because we were at the beach and the kids looked cute and I just had to share it – honest. Nothing to do with knowing I was going to write this post and I had to rack another one up…

13. In the Supermarket; generally in frustration at them having run out of an everyday necessity by 9am in the morning – is there some strange giant baby wandering the isles in some well known supermarkets nicking all the milk?

14. On the swings; or at them as my kids run riot around the playground because I am looking down at my phone – oh no, hang on, I do actually try not to do this one…generally I succeed, but occasionally the lure of the Twitter stream is just too great…

15. In the study; I know, shocking isn’t it – I actually tweet at work for work. Who would have thought it possible?

16. In the pub; hence the dweet above, though sometimes its when you come back from the pub. This is one to watch; you need to be very careful what you say, and check that spelling otherwise you may very well be telling someone you never met that you love them, or telling everybody in your Twitter stream your inner most thoughts. My advice, approach a dweet with EXTREME caution…

17. In the shade; I just put this in so the title would work, I can’t think of anything witty to say about tweeting in the shade *looks acutely embarrassed and bites lip*

18. During sex; just kidding.

Couldn’t think of 50 I am afraid *listfail.* Perhaps you can add yours to this list in the comments to help me out? Do let me know below. And if you aren’t on Twitter and you run your own business, what on earth are you doing?

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Helen

Helen is a mum to two, social media consultant, and website editor; and this site is (we think) the only Social Enterprise parenting magazine!Since giving up being a business analyst when juggling travel, work and kids proved too complicated, she founded KiddyCharts so she could be with her kids, and use those grey cells at the same time.KiddyCharts has reach of over 1.1million across social and the site. The blog works with big family brands (including travel) to help promote their services, as well as offering free resources to parents of kids under 10.It gives 51%+ profits to Reverence for Life, who fund a number of important initiatives in Africa, including bringing running water and basic equipment to a school in Tanzania.Helen has worked as a digital marketing consultant (IDM qualified) with various organisations, including Channel Mum, Truprint, Talk to Mums, and Micro Scooters. She loves to be creative in the brand campaigns she works on.Get in touch TODAY!

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