Timber Frame Celebration and Twitter

My friend is having a barn/yoga studio built at her home and invited friends and family to celebrate in a centuries old tradition among timber frame house carpenters to celebrate the finishing of the timer frame of a new barn, house or studio. The completion of the frame is signified by the ridge pole being slid into place. Then a small evergreen tree is joyfully affixed to the gable end at the top of the rafters and the air is filled with music.

The ceremony is an honoring of the tree beings whose sacrifice made the building possible. It is also a celebration of gratitude that no lives were lost in the framing process and for cleansing the space and blessing the new building.

The celebration is taking place today and I am unable to make it, but she forwarded a picture to me with her smiling timber frame carpenters Josh, Michael and Cliff. When I looked at the picture of the beams all connected and thought about the hard work and how I watched the building process evolve I couldn't help but think about my process evolving on Twitter. I know, sometimes my warped mind is too business focused.

I thought I would share the picture with you and took some liberties with the picture to list seven reasons why a business person should get on Twitter.

1. Building - You will build relationships with other business people either in or out of your field or industry.

2. New Friends - You will begin to make new friends as you start to make posts and connect with people.

3. Branding - You will find it will help build your personal brand as well as your business brand.

4. Finding - It is a tool for finding new information and news as you read the posts of those you are following.

5. Connecting - This is the core of Twitter in bite sized pieces.

6. Asking - Here is another source of asking questions and getting helpful assistance from people you may not have had access to before.

7. Sharing - I have already found it a great tool for sharing information about my business and me or other news and facts that I think my followers would enjoy.

The best way to start if you haven't yet is just to get over to Twitter and sign up then take it in steps and evolve and don't forget to celebrate.