Comments on: The Fastest Way to Lose Your Followers on Twitter http://www.marketingfit.com/the-fastest-way-to-lose-your-followers-on-twitter/ Social media tips with an active living twist. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:14:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: April Gregory http://www.marketingfit.com/the-fastest-way-to-lose-your-followers-on-twitter/#comment-3457 April Gregory Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:09:47 +0000 http://www.marketingfit.com/?p=914#comment-3457 Thanks Leesa--great discussion! As a newbie to twitter, it's so annoying to get 101 'free offers' in my dm box. I'm starting to hate FREE offers. Anything overused-gets abused and that's what I feel is happening with these dm messages. Everyday, someone says, hey I have a free gift for you and I say to myself hey I don't want your free gift. I want valuable info(stuff) that happens to be a gift. That's why I'm not an advocate of FREE stuff. I tell my clients to put a value on it even if it is free. Thanks Leesa–great discussion!

As a newbie to twitter, it’s so annoying to get 101 ‘free offers’ in my dm box. I’m starting to hate FREE offers. Anything overused-gets abused and that’s what I feel is happening with these dm messages.

Everyday, someone says, hey I have a free gift for you and I say to myself hey I don’t want your free gift.

I want valuable info(stuff) that happens to be a gift. That’s why I’m not an advocate of FREE stuff. I tell my clients to put a value on it even if it is free.

]]> By: Gregory Burrus http://www.marketingfit.com/the-fastest-way-to-lose-your-followers-on-twitter/#comment-3432 Gregory Burrus Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:06:29 +0000 http://www.marketingfit.com/?p=914#comment-3432 Absolutely agree - I hate when someone sends me their product as an auto reply to a twit. I prefer to get to know what they are about first. What we will have to deal with is every application now has a way to send someones information to twitter even when it is not about conversation. So we shall see how twitter handles all these inputs. Absolutely agree - I hate when someone sends me their product as an auto reply to a twit. I prefer to get to know what they are about first. What we will have to deal with is every application now has a way to send someones information to twitter even when it is not about conversation. So we shall see how twitter handles all these inputs.

]]> By: Twitter Wisdom: How to Use TweetLater Correctly | Web 2.0 - Online Visibility - PR - Social Networking http://www.marketingfit.com/the-fastest-way-to-lose-your-followers-on-twitter/#comment-3407 Twitter Wisdom: How to Use TweetLater Correctly | Web 2.0 - Online Visibility - PR - Social Networking Sat, 15 Nov 2008 15:24:12 +0000 http://www.marketingfit.com/?p=914#comment-3407 [...] is singing its praises because of the rampant spamming that is done using TweetLater. My friend Leesa Barnes opened up a great discussion about TweetLater on her blog a short while [...] [...] is singing its praises because of the rampant spamming that is done using TweetLater. My friend Leesa Barnes opened up a great discussion about TweetLater on her blog a short while [...]

]]> By: Yarncoture http://www.marketingfit.com/the-fastest-way-to-lose-your-followers-on-twitter/#comment-3388 Yarncoture Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:41:18 +0000 http://www.marketingfit.com/?p=914#comment-3388 Thanks for writing this informative article. I am new to Twitter and have definitely experienced the DM spamming firsthand. I also noticed many people over-promoting their products...it's tempting, but I am trying to stay away from that. I definitely look at a person's website and even down to how they present themselves in their avatar. I'm old-fashioned and I think that if something would offend me, it would offend my followers. I definitely don't have time to spend my day twittering, but I do want to build long, lasting relationships with my followers. Thanks for writing this informative article. I am new to Twitter and have definitely experienced the DM spamming firsthand. I also noticed many people over-promoting their products…it’s tempting, but I am trying to stay away from that. I definitely look at a person’s website and even down to how they present themselves in their avatar. I’m old-fashioned and I think that if something would offend me, it would offend my followers. I definitely don’t have time to spend my day twittering, but I do want to build long, lasting relationships with my followers.

]]> By: Sarah Browne http://www.marketingfit.com/the-fastest-way-to-lose-your-followers-on-twitter/#comment-3385 Sarah Browne Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:29:26 +0000 http://www.marketingfit.com/?p=914#comment-3385 @jeanettejoy. Love your comment. IMHO about half of the folks who are using social media are fakers of some kind. The ones who are making the most noise are often the ones without tangible skills or expertise -- other than blowing their own horn. Leesa's excellent article points up the avalanche of self-promotion that's quickly making Twitter, Facebook and virtually every social media tool tiresome. With the economy, I know it's only going to get worse. Community used to be fun. I loved having online neighbors. I loved meeting great new people across the globe. Now too much of it is Robo-Friend . . automated everyone. Is it too early to say Bah Humbug!? Thanks for listening to my soapbox -- and thanks to all for such a provocative conversation. @jeanettejoy. Love your comment. IMHO about half of the folks who are using social media are fakers of some kind. The ones who are making the most noise are often the ones without tangible skills or expertise — other than blowing their own horn. Leesa’s excellent article points up the avalanche of self-promotion that’s quickly making Twitter, Facebook and virtually every social media tool tiresome. With the economy, I know it’s only going to get worse.

Community used to be fun. I loved having online neighbors. I loved meeting great new people across the globe. Now too much of it is Robo-Friend . . automated everyone. Is it too early to say Bah Humbug!?

Thanks for listening to my soapbox — and thanks to all for such a provocative conversation.

]]> By: Nancy Marmolejo http://www.marketingfit.com/the-fastest-way-to-lose-your-followers-on-twitter/#comment-3384 Nancy Marmolejo Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:32:19 +0000 http://www.marketingfit.com/?p=914#comment-3384 Leesa, once again we're on EXACTLY the same page and I'm really disappointed to see that some marketers actually advocate this cheezy spammy technique. I use TweetLater (I've used it for several months now) I just say "Thanks for the follow!". When I see a link to anything in an autofollow, I cringe. Most folks are making innocent mistakes, but they should know better. This goes to show YET AGAIN that Web 2.0 marketing and "traditional" internet marketing are worlds away. :-) Nancy Leesa, once again we’re on EXACTLY the same page and I’m really disappointed to see that some marketers actually advocate this cheezy spammy technique.

I use TweetLater (I’ve used it for several months now) I just say “Thanks for the follow!”. When I see a link to anything in an autofollow, I cringe. Most folks are making innocent mistakes, but they should know better.

This goes to show YET AGAIN that Web 2.0 marketing and “traditional” internet marketing are worlds away.

:-)
Nancy

]]> By: Jennifer Haubein http://www.marketingfit.com/the-fastest-way-to-lose-your-followers-on-twitter/#comment-3382 Jennifer Haubein Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:01:01 +0000 http://www.marketingfit.com/?p=914#comment-3382 Hi Leesa, I feel pretty confused right now. About 1 month ago I read an article by the Blog Squad outlining exactly what you are talking about as a good strategy to build your ezine list. As I was excited to find a way to build my list I thought about doing this as well, but had not done it yet. But it sounds like from the comments here and your article this tactic doesn't work. I have had the best communication with people who send personal DMs and then we start into a dialogue. But it is time consuming to send personal DMs to everyone. Any tips on how to do this without spending all day on Twitter? I think that is the great draw to using Tweetlater to automate your DMs. Hi Leesa,

I feel pretty confused right now. About 1 month ago I read an article by the Blog Squad outlining exactly what you are talking about as a good strategy to build your ezine list. As I was excited to find a way to build my list I thought about doing this as well, but had not done it yet.

But it sounds like from the comments here and your article this tactic doesn’t work. I have had the best communication with people who send personal DMs and then we start into a dialogue. But it is time consuming to send personal DMs to everyone. Any tips on how to do this without spending all day on Twitter? I think that is the great draw to using Tweetlater to automate your DMs.

]]> By: JoLynn Braley @ The Fit Shack http://www.marketingfit.com/the-fastest-way-to-lose-your-followers-on-twitter/#comment-3381 JoLynn Braley @ The Fit Shack Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:15:49 +0000 http://www.marketingfit.com/?p=914#comment-3381 I've experienced this more times today than I can count - following someone and then immediately getting an auto dm with a link or something promoting the person I followed. And yes, there is a service that will auto-follow whoever follows you, a script you can use - http://is.gd/5c1p The thing is with the auto-dms....they are so impersonal and social media is supposed to be about building relationships first. No one cares how much you know until they know how much you care, that's simply a basic way of the world. I don't use auto replies but I did tweet about 2 of my new followers today who sent me personal dms after I followed them. I won't mention the ones who did the auto replies but I like to give shout outs to the ones who are keepin' it real. ;) I’ve experienced this more times today than I can count - following someone and then immediately getting an auto dm with a link or something promoting the person I followed. And yes, there is a service that will auto-follow whoever follows you, a script you can use - http://is.gd/5c1p

The thing is with the auto-dms….they are so impersonal and social media is supposed to be about building relationships first. No one cares how much you know until they know how much you care, that’s simply a basic way of the world.

I don’t use auto replies but I did tweet about 2 of my new followers today who sent me personal dms after I followed them. I won’t mention the ones who did the auto replies but I like to give shout outs to the ones who are keepin’ it real. ;)

]]> By: funfelt http://www.marketingfit.com/the-fastest-way-to-lose-your-followers-on-twitter/#comment-3322 funfelt Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:25:07 +0000 http://www.marketingfit.com/?p=914#comment-3322 I agree with Maria. What people don't realize with online presence is it is parallel to "IRL" presence. If someone introduces themselves to you at a party, is your first response, "Thanks for saying Hello! Now buy my stuff!" ?? It's all about building trust and rapport so that people want to be around you. Use the golden rule online and remember there are real people on the other side! Karen I agree with Maria. What people don’t realize with online presence is it is parallel to “IRL” presence. If someone introduces themselves to you at a party, is your first response, “Thanks for saying Hello! Now buy my stuff!” ?? It’s all about building trust and rapport so that people want to be around you. Use the golden rule online and remember there are real people on the other side!
Karen

]]> By: Tina McAllister » Blog Archive » Twitter Link Love http://www.marketingfit.com/the-fastest-way-to-lose-your-followers-on-twitter/#comment-3317 Tina McAllister » Blog Archive » Twitter Link Love Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:07:09 +0000 http://www.marketingfit.com/?p=914#comment-3317 [...] up - a great post at Marketing Fit on the fastest way to lose your followers on Twitter. As a newcomer to Twitter I immediately became besotted with twam via direct messages. Yuck. Me no [...] [...] up - a great post at Marketing Fit on the fastest way to lose your followers on Twitter. As a newcomer to Twitter I immediately became besotted with twam via direct messages. Yuck. Me no [...]

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