This is going to be a quick and simple post, becasue I need somewhere to rant about this new starbucks campain.

Starbucks has now come up with the idea that people are going to buy instant coffee from them. Scary thing is, they are right!

They have finally gone off the coffee deep end. Every little TINY bit of respect I was slowly gaining from starbucks has 

now just been flushged down the drain. 

First of all there is NO SUCH THING as a FRESH cup of instant coffee, I dont care how many words Starbucks throws in a Stupid internet commercial (http://www.starbucks.com/coffee/c17-instant-coffee.aspx) saying all kinds of technical words that they know regular Starbucks customers are going to belive and fall for…They are lying to you. It is just not possible. 

The only way to get a fresh cup of coffee is from FRESH GROUND BEANS. On location, and brewed right in from of you.

Now I know alot of people are not going to care, becasue they are not the coffee geek that I am, but what they need to think about is that this VIA instant brew is not cheep, and if you really want a fresh cup of coffee, your going to STILL save money by stopping by your local coffee house and getting one. One that has been hand mande and cared for. 

Starbucks has finally resorted to a plain and simple method of just wanting to make more money. MORE MONEY. 

They may tell 

you that they care about your cup of coffee, but if you buy this new instant brew, your only going to be instnaly flushing 

your money down the pooper on a poorly cared for fash, cup of muck.

sb

For the people here that know me very well, you know that I use a site called Twitter.

Twitter is a socal networking and “micro” blogging platform that lets you post thoughts, ideas and even what your doing at that very moment to people all over the world. 

Some people come to me and ask me why I use twitter and why do I even care what people are doing, or why should I care to share what i am doing with everyone else. Im going to explain to you why I use twitter and why ever since I was introduced to twitter, its been inpossible not to go a day without a “tweet”.

First of all twitter is a awesome way to share quick feeling with anyone. Its easy for me rather than to write a long, full length blog about something, to just write a quick comment of rant that I can send out in real time, instantly to people. Its a awesome way for you to tell people what your doing any why your fed up with something, you always can get direct or @replys from people that may or may not feel the same way. Its a awesome conversation starter, or something just to let people know how you feel on a quick basis.

Another way twitter is usefull to me is that I can see conversations in real time, from all around the world. You can even go to http://search.twitter.com and type in anything that is of intrest to you and find out what people are saying about it. You can join the conversations of just observe. Eather way, if your thinking of doing something or gonig somewhere or even thinking you might want to see a movie, twitter is a good way to find out fast if its even worth your time by reading thing people people all over.

Another think i have reall loved about twitter is the awesome links that have been shared. I have seen so much new, storys, and picture/movies that i would of never found on my own through twitter. You can post links to basicly anything you want and have them shared to the twitter world.

You can use google for quick awnsers to your questions, or in my case i like to use twitter to ask a question. With google you always get the awnsers your looking for right away, but with twitter you get the awnser with a personal responce, that my friends its  awesome networking!

Your business can also prosper from twitter. Right now are currently using twitter for Journeys Coffee. We are using it to get our twitter followers involved and into the shop for diffrent discounts and such so that they can become more intrested. Also as far as your business goes, you can track what people are saying about your company on twitter. Get real time awnsers to issues you may be having, or things you may want to work on in the future.

The more I use twitter, the more I love it. The more i learn from people and the more I grow. 

I have meet some awesome people on twitter…You should too!

http://www.twitter.com/seanbartley

Sean