Twitter Week in Review Haunt Jaunts Week Ending 10/2

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I’m nuts for Twitter. It would have driven me nuts before (as in before I started doing Haunt Jaunts), but for blogging purposes? WONDERFUL! It’s an invaluable tool. I wish I had taken advantage of it when I was still blogging for Families.com. I have learned a ton, and I do mean a TON, about a lot of neat people and places just in the month I’ve been Tweeting.

FOLLOW FRIDAY

If you Twitter, you may be familiar with a phenomenon on Fridays called Follow Friday. (a.k.a. #followfriday and #FF)

If you don’t Twitter, Follow Friday is where you list certain Tweeters you follow. (Not all of them. Just ones that you feel like giving a shout out to that week.)

“What good does that do?” you may be wondering.

It’s all about the networking opportunities. It lets certain Tweeters know you dig them. It’s customary to at least thank them, if not give them a courtesy follow in return. People who follow you might also start following them and vice versa. If you want to grow your followers list, Follow Friday helps! (Not to mention it builds goodwill with other Tweeters.)

WEEK IN REVIEW

At any rate, Follow Friday reminded me about something I did as a blogger at Families.com: a Week in Review. I blogged in both Marriage and Pets. Since there were multiple bloggers for both topics, we’d use one post a week to recap all the posts we each made that week.

I come across a lot of neat Haunt Jaunts in my Google Alerts, but I can’t make full blog posts of all of them. Twitter has proved SUPER useful on this front. I shorten the link, write a quick blurp, hit update and voilà! I can still share the info.

Similarly, I run across a lot of neat Tweets about Haunt Jaunts and Halloween Happenings that I can’t make full blog posts of, but I can RT (re-Tweet) them.

However, I know not everyone who reads this blog Twitters. Yet, I know they’d dig some of the info I’ve come across, too. (Especially lately. Lots of info being Tweeted about Halloween haunted houses, ghost tours and walks and the like.)

So what’s a blogger to do? A Twitter Week in Review!

Below find my first one. It’s all the Tweets I made, RT’d, or favorited during the past week. (Excluding Tweets announcing Haunt Jaunts specific blog posts. These are only the Tweets about things I couldn’t make a full blog post out of, but that I found interesting, useful, or both.)

TWEETS BY ME 9/25/09-10/2/09

9/25/09

  • Report on Ghost Research Society’s trips to Waverly Hills and Mansfield Reformatory http://twurl.nl/xsueh7 #paranormal
  • Ghost Trackers investigate #paranormal activity in the old jail at Mount Dora Historical Society http://twurl.nl/e6iu5c
  • 5 of the Southeast’s top haunted hotels/B&Bs http://twurl.nl/ulvrrk #paranormal #travel
  • Great Eerie Eatery event in OK: BBQ & Banshees http://twurl.nl/zyq3kn
  • Find werewolves, vampires and more in the Land Between the Lakes area! http://twurl.nl/ldklbi

9/26/09

No Tweets.

9/27/09

  • Lawrenceville, GA adding Ghost Trolley to their Ghost Tours. Just in time for Halloween! http://twurl.nl/pgv358
  • Ventura’s Pierpont Inn one Spooky Stay! Ghosts in the attic and Rm 603. http://twurl.nl/ucx6b6
  • McCall’s Pumpkin Patch in NM open now! http://twurl.nl/gjjik0
  • Good article about McCall’s Pumpkin Patch, which also has a haunted barn and cornfield. http://twurl.nl/8zdqul

9/28/09

  • Even India is getting wise about how to cash in on #paranormal #tourism! (And preserving history.) http://twurl.nl/hy0a2s
  • WAY COOL! RT @HauntdHappnings Watch the Salem MA Haunted Happenings parade tonight Live! on USTREAM (thx SATV!) – http://bit.ly/101UyH

9/29/09

All RTs except for 2 Tweets about HJ blog posts.

9/30/09

  • Catch a play at Hillsboro, Oregon’s Venetian Theatre…and perhaps a glimpse of a #ghost? http://twurl.nl/t8j3be #paranormal
  • Haunt Jaunting to #PA? Be sure to check this out beforehand http://twurl.nl/evkbvi (Thx 4 tip @AndyStettler)
  • Warren County History Center offering “Ghost in the Museum” tours beginning 10/9 http://twurl.nl/uwj467
  • Woodbridge, NJ offering FREE “Ghost Walk” on 10/23 (but reservations req’d) http://twurl.nl/2mqalb
  • Great article about Evening Eclipse’s Adopt-a-Bat program http://twurl.nl/s8mxh2
  • Things you don’t see every day: German Farmer creates “Pumpkin Croc” http://twurl.nl/4hiwtu

10/1/09

  • Looking for #Halloween Haunted Houses that benefit charities. (Like @scareforacure). Please DM or RT with answer. Thx!
  • #Ghost and Legend Day planned for Oct 24 in Ripley, #OH http://twurl.nl/4sijh4 #Halloween
  • Freehold Borough Historic Preservation Commission wants #ghost stories for 2010 #Halloween season. http://twurl.nl/4pch3u
  • Erwin (NC) holding first #Ghost Walk at the Cape Fear River Park. FREE event! http://twurl.nl/01fbuz #Halloween #paranormal
  • #Travel Video’s 10 Don’t Miss #Halloween Treats in Historic Philadelphia http://twurl.nl/vmhwx3 #paranormal
  • What kind of ghost hunter are you? Neat post with great descriptions! http://bit.ly/1qWjIj
  • Terror at Skellington Manor: A #Halloween haunted house that’s actually haunted! http://bit.ly/4s174O
  • Historic Haunt: Howard County Historical Museum (good example of a fear cage) http://bit.ly/Kiict #paranormal
  • GREAT Haunt Jaunt: A Tour of Southern Ghosts in Stone Mountain Park, GA http://bit.ly/bwM31
  • Just saw trailer for movie 2012. RIDICULOUS! What do you think? View it here: http://bit.ly/fQMRm
  • Haunt Jaunting by road? It’s deer mating season! Be careful! Esp at dusk. (Peak in Nov, but watch for deer on roads now!)

10/2/09

  • Actors play #ghosts for Elizabeth City Historic Neighborhood Assn’s Annual Ghost Walk http://bit.ly/3pM2C6 NC #paranormal
  • Happy 60th Birthday Casper! You’re still the friendliest and cutest ghost around! http://bit.ly/3XtVJR
  • Spooky Thriller “The Woman in Black” at the Chemainus Theatre Fest in Canada http://bit.ly/ACCnG
  • Triple Tree #Publishing looking for #ghost stories for its “Dead on Demand” Anthology http://bit.ly/24MhYO #writing
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TWEETS BY OTHERS 9/25/09-10/2/09 (a.k.a. RTs)

9/25/09

  • RT @Learn2GhostHunt Niles Haunted House Opens 30th Official Season: http://bit.ly/3mTxKY

9/26/09

No RTs

9/27/09

  • RT @ghosthunterusa Groovy haunted house – I mean caves ha ha! http://ghosthunterusa.yolas…
  • RT @KrisWilliams81 ScareHouse in Pittsburgh – named as one of America’s Best Haunted Houses by Travel Channel and Hauntworld DARE u to go 🙂
  • LOL! RT @hallowedtweets I’ll bet living in a nudist colony takes all the fun out of Halloween.

9/28/09

9/29/09

9/30/09

  • RT @yourgatlinburg Gatlinburg Ripley’s Haunted Adventure – 908 Parkway Gatlinburg, TN (800) 590-4428: Ripley’s Haunte.. http://bit.ly/1lLUae
  • My kind of Haunt Jaunt! RT @halloweenspirit Library plans night of mystery and thrills http://bit.ly/2urzoL
  • GREAT link, Andy. THX! RT @AndyStettler Thought you guys would enjoy this Haunted? multimedia feature – http://bit.ly/x3Iju
  • RT: @joshuagates The world’s most dangerous paranormal investigation. Ghosts of Chernobyl on an all new Destination Truth, TONIGHT, on Syfy
  • RT @LlewellynNews #Ghost hunter & Weird Chicago tour guide @AdamSelzer on The Paranormal View. Listen @ http://bit.ly/4wCFuK
  • RT @dustinpari Limited Tickets Remain at www.idealeventmanage.com for the Ripley’s event with Steve, Tango and myself- don’t procrastinate!

10/1/09

  • RT @halloweenspirit Dying to scare you: House of Death, other haunts ready for #Halloween http://bit.ly/AN2PE
  • WAY COOL! RT @HauntdHappnings Watch the Salem MA Haunted Happenings parade tonight Live! on USTREAM (thx SATV!) – http://bit.ly/101UyH
  • GREAT info! RT @halloweenspirit Halloween events at US theme parks http://bit.ly/EE6h6
  • FYI RT @Parachasers This #followFriday we will be giving away more Parachasers paranormal stickers. So keep your tweets and our website open

10/2/09

FAVORITE TWEETS 9/25/09-10/2/09

9/25/09-9/27/09

Nothing favorited.

9/28/09

  • Learn2GhostHunt October Events at Flamingo Gardens « DRW Magazine: A not-too-scary Haunted House and Flamingo Fright Film Fest .. http://bit.ly/QDUSr
  • Learn2GhostHunt Austin Eavesdropper: House of Torment HAS NOW OPENED: I bet that’s happened a lot before. Reader, do tell m.. http://bit.ly/fz3Fj
  • Learn2GhostHunt CANADABOOM EDMONTON » Halloween Party Ideas To Help You Create A …: For instance, if you have chosen the haun.. http://bit.ly/2VP62k
  • Learn2GhostHunt The Bedford First Parish UU Church presents its 2009 Haunted House …: The Bedford First Parish UU Church pres.. http://bit.ly/RSxaK
  • thehauntedhotel The NEW Nightmare on Elm Street movie trailer! Check it out, and come down to see Freddy in action!… http://bit.ly/fYmjZ

9/29/09

Nothing favorited.

9/30/09

10/1/09

  • HalloweenSuperM Hot and Sexy Women’s Halloween Costumes at Affordable Prices – 10% Off! http://www.halloweensuperma… #halloween

10/2/09

Nothing favorited…yet. The day’s not over.

Which makes me see a flaw in my system. Fridays might not be the best day for me to do a Week in Review. (I’d like to get ALL posts in for the dates specified during the week. So it probably would’ve been better to post this tomorrow, but weekends are tricky. I don’t always have time to blog. Also, this turned out a little long. Hmmm…the Week in Review may undergo some tweaks. Bear with me until I work it all out!)

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3 Comments

  2. I follow about 210 people on Twitter and you are definately one of the most active, lol. I read all of them even though I haven’t posted a reply. I’m the same way with the blogs I follow as well.

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    Autumnforest: It’s a little overwhelming isn’t it? I just now saw all this for the first time since I posted it…a little loooong…which leads me to Julie’s comment:

    Julie: GULP! Now that’s something to think about! I don’t know if I should be happy about that or embarrassed. (I’m sure there has to be a name for a person who Tweets too much. Like how people talk too much? I can think of a lot of names for people like that. Chatterbox, Chatty Kathy…I don’t want to become known as a Twatterbox or a Twhatty Tina…But there is sooooo much info out there…lol)

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