A blogger rule of thumb: If you are doing a post where you are either coining a word/phrase that you think has a good chance of being absorbed into our technology lexicon or you are popularizing a word/phrase that’s been relatively obscure, you might want to check to see if that word/phrase is registered as a dot com domain name before making your post. If not, you should register it ASAP because there are folks such as myself who will gladly snap up such names for personal / business use.
Originally coined by Stowe Boyd, the term “twitpitch” entered my consciousness in this Read/Write Web post from Sarah Perez. I had not read two paragraphs of the post before I had the name registered (and I was shocked that I was able to grab it). This is a term that definitely has future development potential.
Great…I own the name. Now what?
Web development projects with such vast potential must be done with terrific care. My initial ideas include:
• Forums where various Twitpitches can be presented and discussed.
• Member pages where a person’s name & business profile can be linked to their Twitpitches.
• Creative uses of a Twitpitch API (A “Twitpitch Widget”…I like how that sounds).
• A Blog (probably call it the “Twitpitch Itch” or something catchy).
Anyway, it’s going to take quite a bit of time to blow out a full site development, so I elected to put up a simple website in the interim. Feel free to check out what I’ve done so far: Twitpitch.com .
Todd Mintz knows PPC…knows Social Media…knows SEO…knows Blogging…knows Domaining…and knows them all real well. He runs growth marketing for )and is also a Director & Founding Member of SEMpdx: Portland, Oregon’s Search Engine Marketing Association, and he can be found here on Twitter and Facebook.