Twitter Observation
This week, I got a Tweet on my phone from Brighton Best. It read, "Have u been watching the price of nickel? Up $0.70 in 15 days...".
That was it. I think that is an interesting use of Twitter. What are they saying exactly? Perhaps that prices are going up for any products with nickel content. Maybe it is just a commentary on one economic factor that caught their attention. Any fluctuations in the metals market is meaningful to the fastener industry. I'm not really familiar with the price of nickel, so it does not register with me whether or not that is some kind of huge spike or just a mild trend. But, the way I read it struck me this was kind of significant or surprising.
Could be a warning or maybe just an alert to customers as to what is going on out in the metals market. It could also mean that we should watch out because prices could be going up.
I think it is good for the average fastener distributor to know what is happening in the metals market. If steel is going up or down, certainly the price of many fasteners will follow. No one responded to that particular Tweet, but I did notice it. I think more specific information like that is valuable and I would follow more Twitter accounts that offer that kind of info sent right to my smart phone.
The premier edition of the U.S. Fastener Report came out this week. I have looked it over but not really spent a lot of time reading it yet. I would be curious to hear any feedback from you out there who have spent time reading it.
Business appears to be picking up right where it left off before the holidays. That is a good sign.
I read on the Global Fastener News site that the New England Distributors Association is moving their table top show from September to April. The next one will be on April 30, 2013. The NEFDA executive director, Joe Soja was quoted as saying they change the date because the close proximity to the Vegas Show hurt the attendance. They also have invited the NFDA to hold their annual meeting in conjunction with the table top show.
Regarding another fastener show, the All American Fastener Show in Branson was advertised on the front cover of the most recent LINK magazine. That show is coming up in May of 2012.
It is only still January but I can see several national, regional and local fastener shows being promoted on line and in magazines. Fastener organizations are releasing their schedule of events, and I certainly welcome any group to submit their information to be posted on this site. Better yet, send in a guest blog and feel free to talk about your events. I like to think of this site as a place where you can discuss your events and even have people respond back with questions or comments. Can't do that to a magazine or news outlet.
That was it. I think that is an interesting use of Twitter. What are they saying exactly? Perhaps that prices are going up for any products with nickel content. Maybe it is just a commentary on one economic factor that caught their attention. Any fluctuations in the metals market is meaningful to the fastener industry. I'm not really familiar with the price of nickel, so it does not register with me whether or not that is some kind of huge spike or just a mild trend. But, the way I read it struck me this was kind of significant or surprising.
Could be a warning or maybe just an alert to customers as to what is going on out in the metals market. It could also mean that we should watch out because prices could be going up.
I think it is good for the average fastener distributor to know what is happening in the metals market. If steel is going up or down, certainly the price of many fasteners will follow. No one responded to that particular Tweet, but I did notice it. I think more specific information like that is valuable and I would follow more Twitter accounts that offer that kind of info sent right to my smart phone.
The premier edition of the U.S. Fastener Report came out this week. I have looked it over but not really spent a lot of time reading it yet. I would be curious to hear any feedback from you out there who have spent time reading it.
Business appears to be picking up right where it left off before the holidays. That is a good sign.
I read on the Global Fastener News site that the New England Distributors Association is moving their table top show from September to April. The next one will be on April 30, 2013. The NEFDA executive director, Joe Soja was quoted as saying they change the date because the close proximity to the Vegas Show hurt the attendance. They also have invited the NFDA to hold their annual meeting in conjunction with the table top show.
Regarding another fastener show, the All American Fastener Show in Branson was advertised on the front cover of the most recent LINK magazine. That show is coming up in May of 2012.
It is only still January but I can see several national, regional and local fastener shows being promoted on line and in magazines. Fastener organizations are releasing their schedule of events, and I certainly welcome any group to submit their information to be posted on this site. Better yet, send in a guest blog and feel free to talk about your events. I like to think of this site as a place where you can discuss your events and even have people respond back with questions or comments. Can't do that to a magazine or news outlet.
Just F Y I, the U.S. Fastener Report received a nice group of new reader registrations after the article in your Fastener Blog, but we really received great feed back within 48 hours of our first broadcast email of the digital fastener magazine. We continue to move daily towards our goal of 50,000 email address by April 2012.
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