@Koreatown on Twitter Expanding!

Scoop! The folks managing the @Koreatown Twitter account are moving ahead with the Visit Koreatown organization!

Isn't it amazing? Well, after the media coverage they've been getting, they had to do something, right? Korea Daily even put Lee on the front page under the banner "Boom Up Koreatown" -- it was like, you're being given this huge amount of exposure, you better use the account for purposes just as grand.

Their plan is to more proactively use the Twitter and Facebook accounts in encouraging visitors to check out Koreatown and then use social media to service the visitors before their trip and during.

And we're not just talking about out-of-towners like tourists. There are quite a number of Los Angelenos on the fringes who haven't been to Koreatown and still have an outmoded perception of what our neighborhood is like.

So these twittering folks who've been volunteering their time and resources during the accounts' surge in popularity these past few months... they have to get formally organized.... find funding...

As it happens, they're social-media mavens but totally clueless when it comes to raising cash. Still... despite that, they managed to sign on last week such establishments as KONY Pizza, 37sixty, Kalbi Burger and Genwa Korean BBQ.

Remember the names -- they're like the providers of the seed money for what could possibly be the most phenomenal thing to happen to our neighborhood.

[Update: Lee clarifies that she didn't really pitch VisitKoreatown.org to the businesses. It was more like explaining to them the value of tweeting about their offerings to 3,000 locals. I think she called them sponsored tweets.]

Everyone's excited. I for one will start posting their feeds all over the place. Maybe I'll do an sm audit for them too. Although what they really need are fundraisers. If anyone's interested in helping out, their email is volunteer AT visitkoreatown.org