It is difficult to compete sometimes – that’s natural. But the Web Industry suffers from a huge number of amateurs who are pretending to be professionals. And sometimes you meet a client who wants to compare your (truly) professional services with those of these charlatans masquerading as a “worthy” adversary.
If you are using Twitter, or for that matter, publishing any kind of links on the Internet via a social forum – e.g. blogs, Facebook, Posterous, etc – you should start a bit.ly account (it’s free). Here’s why.