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Bill Swartwout Photography Has a Verified Twitter Account

The “Blue Check” indicates that I am now a paid subscriber to Twitter.

Why not? I’ve been a Twitter member since the first year of this popular social media platform. I joined in June of 2007, only a few months after the Blue Bird spread its wings and took to the air (Internet).

Twitter header with 'Verified" Blue check.
Twitter with ‘Verified” Blue check for Bill Swartwout Photography.

Twitter is still a viable form of social media for marketing my photography. Being a “Verified” tweeter gives my account a bit of extra credibility. Perception and a positive image is beneficial to any sales endeavor. If you also use Twitter please go ahead and click on over there to give my Twitter account a follow.

Sure, there have been a raft of social media memes about how badly the new ownership is doing but I do not believe it is going to fly away any time soon. Twitter had a lot of “problems” that have been ignored for a long time – mainly fake accounts, run by bots, that spread like wildfire. I do believe that problem is being addressed because I am seeing fewer “bogus” advertisements every day.

Do YOU have a twitter account?

If so, leave a link in the comments section (below) and I’ll give you a follow.

I also have twitter accounts for two of my commercial websites. They are not, however, “verified” accounts. Yet.

Link to: Ocean City, MD – (Active since May, 2008)
Link to: South Baltimore Peninsula, MD – (Active since March, 2009)

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South Baltimore Peninsula vs. Mastodon

I was looking to get involved in Mastodon, another social media platform, but…

I did open a Mastodon account but I am all-of-a-sudden too busy for anything new. Two days ago a major urban development project (the largest on the East Coast) announced a rebranding with a major media promotion in the local (Baltimore) market. I have a 23 year old website about the South Baltimore peninsula (that was our home for four+ decades). The project is on one small (235 acre) strip of land on the southern edge of the peninsula. The new name for the project is Baltimore Peninsula and, consequently, website traffic at South Baltimore Peninsula has spiked over 300% since the announcement on November 15, 2022.

rebradning of port covington to baltimore peninsula
This signage in this photograph has been “adjusted” to reflect the recent (11/15/22) rebranding of Port Covington urban development project to the new name of Baltimore Peninsula.

I am busy going through dozens of pages and making them a bit more SEO “attractive” for the many visitors who will be searching for Baltimore Peninsula – the name of my site is South Baltimore Peninsula at SouthBaltimore.com. The project is not too shabby and is valued at 5.5 BILLION dollars over the next several years.

The newly rebranded Baltimore Peninsula with the South Baltimore peninsula domain name.
This photograph of the newly rebranded Baltimore Peninsula shows the South Baltimore peninsula domain name from back in 1999.

Yes, I do have related Baltimore and Fort McHenry and Chesapeake Bay “collections” in my FAA gallery. I am not unhappy at having no spare time for the next couple of weeks. My main interests these day lies in my art photography. I enjoy shooting photographs of locations, both near and far, and also enjoy marketing and selling the wall art I create.

Use the links below to visit see more of my photography…

Link to: Baltimore Collection
Link to: Fort McHenry Collection
Link to: Chesapeake Bay & Bridge Collection

Link to: My full gallery at Fine Art America

Link to: My gallery at Pictorem (with Free Shipping throughout North America)