October 16th, 2010 was the day Alyssa Ally joined twitter. Some may say it's the best day of their life. For me it was the beginning of something special. I originally signed up for twitter because I found out many of my favourite soccer players have twitter - I thought it would be a great way to stay up-to-date with their lives. I soon found out that a lot of news first breaks on twitter -- especially for sports -- and that's where the addiction began. I found myself on twitter for BlackBerry all day every day. When I woke up the first thing I would do is check my timeline. Anything I thought was tweetable, I tweeted. And don't get me started when an important soccer match is on. Let's just say it's no surprise that a year into having a twitter account I'm almost at 10,000 tweets.
Twitter has also allowed to me connect with fellow soccer lovers that I wouldn't have ever had the chance to "meet." Because of my love for soccer, a friend told me I should start a blog about the Canadian women's national team (cdnwomenssoccer.blogspot.com). I started tweeting my links on twitter and developed an audience. A few editors from major companies asked me to write for them. Some of which are canadiansoccernews.com which is the site to go to for all your Canadian soccer updates. I also write a monthly article for Our Game Magazine. The founder of Women Talk Sports asked if I would be interested in interning for them and I jumped at that opportunity. I got all of these "jobs" without a resume and none would have come as easily without twitter.
I definitely see myself continuing to use social media in the future and definitely when I become a broadcaster. You see, social media, twitter more specifically, allows you to stay connected with people around the world who share similar interests, it allows you to get your work out there to a broader audience. In my case it gave me the opportunity to get my foot in the door to start my career.
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