About AvailablePitch in Ten Tweets - Article for Cover4Caravans E-Newsletter

When Richard at Cover4Caravans tweeted us to ask if we'd write an article for their eNewsletter, of course, the answer was YES!  But how to make it different, original and attractive to their online audience?  Because they'd contacted us by Twitter, we decided to write it in the form of ten tweets, all of which had actually been previously posted.  Cover4Caravans loved the idea and published in their June eNewsletter  Here's what we wrote: 

About AvailablePitch.com in Ten Tweets

• We’re Kevin & Catherine Simpson & we launched AvailablePitch.com in 2005 as there was no last minute pitch-finding service for campers back then
• #AvailablePitch connects campers, caravanners & motorhomers to campsites and caravan parks with touring pitch vacancies
• We developed, wrote and marketed www.AvailablePitch.com ourselves whilst working full time – an exhausting but exhilarating project!
• You can search hundreds of campsites for late availability pitches for your chosen dates, then book direct with the campsite
• Independent, small & unusual campsites, Certificated Sites and Certificated Locations are our main focus
• Looking for campsites with a B&B for your non-camping friends or relatives? Search #AvailablePitch
• For Rally organisers #AvailablePitch has a searchable rally field facility to help plan the perfect meet
• Looking for a campsite that allows campfires?  You can search on #AvailablePitch
• There are lots of camping-related articles in the AvailablePitch Camping Blog – please come and take a look: http://avpcblog.blogspot.co.uk/
• Why not follow @AvailablePitch on Twitter and come and “Like” us on FaceBook? FaceBook.com/AvailablePitch

Due to the limitations of Blogger (or perhaps more likely my level of knowledge!) I can't show the actual article, which can be viewed here then clicking on "June 2012".  What do you think?

Above image courtesy of Cover4Caravans

Have you grabbed your Twitter name yet?

Even if you have no intention of tweeting and cannot see the relevance or importance of tweeting for either your business or personal use,  there will probably come a point in the future when you change your mind.  Honestly.  By then, the name of your business or campsite may have been taken, and you will have to choose something which is less memorable or relevant.

The reason we're sharing this is that we've only recently started tweeting at AvailablePitch, however, we've been tweeting for our other business, WhichWay Marketing, for some time now.  We were fortunate that @AvailablePitch was untaken. However, had someone else nabbed it, it's hard to think what alternative username we would have chosen.

We were discussing just this subject with Sue at Upper Hurst Farm, Hartington, Derbyshire recently.  After our conversation, she registered @UpperHurstFarm immediately, sent a few tweets, then went back to getting her campsite ready for opening at Easter.  Her Twitter account is waiting for her when she has more time, and she has got exactly the name she wanted to use for future tweets. 

So for now, it's a good idea to go to Twitter.com and register either the name of your business, campsite or your personal name, then it's yours for when you want to use it in the future. 

This is called "grabbing" your Twitter name and as Sue said, "if I can do it, then anyone can"

Follow AvailablePitch.com on Twitter

AvailablePitch have been blogging since 2007 and we are pleased to announce that you can now find AvailablePitch.com on Twitter
with the username @AvailablePitch. 


We will be tweeting about all sorts of things, including hints and tips for campers, latest news and gossip from the world of camping and caravanning and clever use of social media for campsites and caravan parks.

And we would love to hear from you, whether you are a camper, caravanner, involved in the industry or a campsite or caravan park owner.  We love re-tweeting, so let us have your comment, observations, ideas and news.

We hope you decide to follow us!

Happy Tweeting