Something for Twitter trainers, advisers, consultants and gooros

I recently had reason to contact some Twitter people to train one of my customers. Guess  what happened:

email - no reaction, one reaction came three full days later
PM on 4N - no reaction
DM - no reaction
Phone - not tried
normal Tweet - instant reaction

What's wrong with this?
 

If the client already knows how to use Twitter, he won't be needing you. You should really be available by methods other than Twitter. 

In other words, pick up your potential clients where they are, not where you are.

That's pretty poor, and a great example that a lot of 'Twitter-trainers' might be sitting on Twitter saying "Do you need training on how to use Twitter?", when really they should be targeting elsewhere.

I guess the only saving grace, though, is that you state above "Phone - not tried".  Perhaps every one of them would have answered their phone straight away.

Twitter consulting is still pretty new. People from various walks of life name themselves Twitter expert these days. Some didn't find anything better to do with whatever expertise they had before, some are very good. But some just like using Twitter (a lot) and that itself is not enough to call yourself an expert. 

Other examples with a similar underlying thinking or problem:
Wanting to buy some FB shares because you like/use it ever so much.
Declaring email as dead, because you reach all your friends easier on FB. (Note: "Friends" not business prospects)
Starting a QR code consulting business, because you happen to have used these a handful of times. 
 

Put yourself in the shoes of your target group. Those who don't know yet.

Communication devices have been around for years no matter how new/ old your business is.

Yesterday I was in the middle of a forest in Croatia but I still managed to take 3 mobile and 2 skype calls, answer 5 emails, respond to someone on twitter and make a small change to a clients website.

The tools aren't the issue, it's the mindset that needs changing.

Yes, that absolutely right. Well put. It's all about attitude in the end. And at the start 

You're having a holiday Rickles, how very dare you



Ahem, back on topic, yep completley agree with "Put yourself in the shoes of your target group. Those who don't know yet."

I don't think rickles is on holiday but he is in his secret forest lair training an army of croatian coders.

Hello again btw

I actually dont think anyone really needs training on Twitter. With reasonable intelligence and a passion for your business, once you have the Twitter account and spent time on finding your way around Twitter, anyone can build a working Twitter Network.

Anyone disagree??