Comments on: How to Increase Twitter Followers: Putting Twitter in Your Marketing ToolBox http://www.marketingautopsyblog.com/marketing/social-network-marketing/how-to-increase-twitter-followers/ Successful Inbound Marketing in the New Media Space Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:42:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Corporate Blogging - The Minimum Must-Have Elements For Successful Strategy - Marketing Autopsy Blog http://www.marketingautopsyblog.com/marketing/social-network-marketing/how-to-increase-twitter-followers/#comment-168 Corporate Blogging - The Minimum Must-Have Elements For Successful Strategy - Marketing Autopsy Blog Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:41:28 +0000 http://www.marketingautopsyblog.com/?p=502#comment-168 [...] Making and maintaining contact. Once you find out where you can beneficially contribute to the conversation, interact with both those already familiar with your brand and those new to it. Think carefully before you engage to make sure you understand the conversation and meaning behind each and every conversation thread. Again your involvement in the conversation must be relevant and helpful, or at least contributes on an informational level, otherwise you’ll be looked at as someone just out for personal gains. Lastly, maintain all social networking etiquette at all time, because you need to. To read more on social networking etiquette, here are a couple of articles to help: SEO and Social Networking as Reputation Management Tools, and Putting Twitter in Your Marketing ToolBox. [...] [...] Making and maintaining contact. Once you find out where you can beneficially contribute to the conversation, interact with both those already familiar with your brand and those new to it. Think carefully before you engage to make sure you understand the conversation and meaning behind each and every conversation thread. Again your involvement in the conversation must be relevant and helpful, or at least contributes on an informational level, otherwise you’ll be looked at as someone just out for personal gains. Lastly, maintain all social networking etiquette at all time, because you need to. To read more on social networking etiquette, here are a couple of articles to help: SEO and Social Networking as Reputation Management Tools, and Putting Twitter in Your Marketing ToolBox. [...]

]]> By: chuynh http://www.marketingautopsyblog.com/marketing/social-network-marketing/how-to-increase-twitter-followers/#comment-102 chuynh Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:24:12 +0000 http://www.marketingautopsyblog.com/?p=502#comment-102 "bidding on the right key words" That's an interesting concept, the mechanics of which still remain to be developed, and effectiveness to be seen. But in the end I think we're all doing the same thing. Everyone is selling something, whether or not he/she is aware of it or admit it. Where we differ is our approach to engage others, our patience with that engagement and the time we're willing to invest. Maybe the "gems" I'm looking for do not want to be found too. Interesting concept but maybe very true. Here's how I look at Twitter. I don't have the hard numbers to prove it but this is what I believe. There are 2 types of Twitter accounts: those that use Twitter purely for social purposes, and those who want to sell something. The first group may account for at most 30% of accounts and consists purely of people who really want to converse about various subjects. You know, the real social stuff. The second group consists of people who join Twitter to find out if they can use it as another way to sell whatever they're selling. So we're right back to the basic human nature and behavior that existed for centuries in a wide open marketplace: there are buyers and hawkers, there are people who won't buy and those who want to sell, and there're always those who make more noise than others. The only difference is it's now on Twitter, and our mileage will vary. “bidding on the right key words” That’s an interesting concept, the mechanics of which still remain to be developed, and effectiveness to be seen. But in the end I think we’re all doing the same thing. Everyone is selling something, whether or not he/she is aware of it or admit it. Where we differ is our approach to engage others, our patience with that engagement and the time we’re willing to invest. Maybe the “gems” I’m looking for do not want to be found too. Interesting concept but maybe very true.

Here’s how I look at Twitter. I don’t have the hard numbers to prove it but this is what I believe. There are 2 types of Twitter accounts: those that use Twitter purely for social purposes, and those who want to sell something. The first group may account for at most 30% of accounts and consists purely of people who really want to converse about various subjects. You know, the real social stuff. The second group consists of people who join Twitter to find out if they can use it as another way to sell whatever they’re selling. So we’re right back to the basic human nature and behavior that existed for centuries in a wide open marketplace: there are buyers and hawkers, there are people who won’t buy and those who want to sell, and there’re always those who make more noise than others.

The only difference is it’s now on Twitter, and our mileage will vary.

]]> By: CurtClapier.com http://www.marketingautopsyblog.com/marketing/social-network-marketing/how-to-increase-twitter-followers/#comment-101 CurtClapier.com Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:51:28 +0000 http://www.marketingautopsyblog.com/?p=502#comment-101 I agree. Thanks for the input. I think that searching for the right people on twitter is kind of like bidding on the right key words. For example in the home business industry if you search "home business" or "mlm" then you are likely to find 99.9% people who are trying to sell you something not people who are looking for info on home businesses or training. I try to find the gems by thinking of "buying" keywords that I can search for and then engage in conversation with people who I know are in the market for products or services that I market. I agree. Thanks for the input.

I think that searching for the right people on twitter is kind of like bidding on the right key words. For example in the home business industry if you search “home business” or “mlm” then you are likely to find 99.9% people who are trying to sell you something not people who are looking for info on home businesses or training.

I try to find the gems by thinking of “buying” keywords that I can search for and then engage in conversation with people who I know are in the market for products or services that I market.

]]> By: chuynh http://www.marketingautopsyblog.com/marketing/social-network-marketing/how-to-increase-twitter-followers/#comment-100 chuynh Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:32:18 +0000 http://www.marketingautopsyblog.com/?p=502#comment-100 @CurtClapier.com As far as I know, Twitter is not establishing guidelines and rules regarding many things, including what people consider as "spams". They do suggest that people follow @spam then DM them their issues. Personally I think Twitter needs to get to the next step of providing additional features within their toolsets to allow users more control. On the other hand, more restrictive control is not necessarily good. Here's an interesting discussion: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/26/here-comes-twitter-spam-and-how-to-fight-it/ Like many mentioned in that discussion thread, there are a number of things you can do right now, including unfollow. I think in the social networking space there is no absolute easy way to find the "gems" you're talking about. By definition, you have to sift through the junk to find the gem, otherwise it's no gem is it? Nobody says marketing or social networking is easy... @CurtClapier.com As far as I know, Twitter is not establishing guidelines and rules regarding many things, including what people consider as “spams”. They do suggest that people follow @spam then DM them their issues. Personally I think Twitter needs to get to the next step of providing additional features within their toolsets to allow users more control. On the other hand, more restrictive control is not necessarily good. Here’s an interesting discussion:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009.....-fight-it/

Like many mentioned in that discussion thread, there are a number of things you can do right now, including unfollow. I think in the social networking space there is no absolute easy way to find the “gems” you’re talking about. By definition, you have to sift through the junk to find the gem, otherwise it’s no gem is it?

Nobody says marketing or social networking is easy…

]]> By: CurtClapier.com http://www.marketingautopsyblog.com/marketing/social-network-marketing/how-to-increase-twitter-followers/#comment-97 CurtClapier.com Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:54:31 +0000 http://www.marketingautopsyblog.com/?p=502#comment-97 I'm currently attracting 50-100 new followers per day on twitter. The only problem is that most of them are trying to sell me stuff and they don't even read the messages I send them. I have to sift through a lot of crap to find the gems and make the worth while connections. I would love to hear if any of you are having similar experiences on twitter. Are any of you experiencing this same thing on Twitter? I’m currently attracting 50-100 new followers per day on twitter. The only problem is that most of them are trying to sell me stuff and they don’t even read the messages I send them. I have to sift through a lot of crap to find the gems and make the worth while connections.

I would love to hear if any of you are having similar experiences on twitter. Are any of you experiencing this same thing on Twitter?

]]> By: chuynh http://www.marketingautopsyblog.com/marketing/social-network-marketing/how-to-increase-twitter-followers/#comment-95 chuynh Fri, 29 May 2009 07:20:05 +0000 http://www.marketingautopsyblog.com/?p=502#comment-95 So Cormac Kelly suggested that I include the referenced text directly in this post, and take the link to the old post off. You can now read the complete piece above. So Cormac Kelly suggested that I include the referenced text directly in this post, and take the link to the old post off. You can now read the complete piece above.

]]> By: chuynh http://www.marketingautopsyblog.com/marketing/social-network-marketing/how-to-increase-twitter-followers/#comment-94 chuynh Thu, 28 May 2009 09:13:50 +0000 http://www.marketingautopsyblog.com/?p=502#comment-94 Ivan: thanks for pointing out the broken link. I've contacted Cormac Kelly to find out if he'll continue to make his post available, otherwise I'll have to take the link off. Hopefully it will come back. It's certainly an interesting read. Ivan: thanks for pointing out the broken link. I’ve contacted Cormac Kelly to find out if he’ll continue to make his post available, otherwise I’ll have to take the link off. Hopefully it will come back. It’s certainly an interesting read.

]]> By: Ivan | JobsBlog.ie http://www.marketingautopsyblog.com/marketing/social-network-marketing/how-to-increase-twitter-followers/#comment-93 Ivan | JobsBlog.ie Thu, 28 May 2009 07:34:26 +0000 http://www.marketingautopsyblog.com/?p=502#comment-93 PS. The link to Cormac Kelly’s site is broken. Just my 2 cents. PS. The link to Cormac Kelly’s site is broken.

Just my 2 cents.

]]> By: chuynh http://www.marketingautopsyblog.com/marketing/social-network-marketing/how-to-increase-twitter-followers/#comment-90 chuynh Sun, 03 May 2009 08:44:37 +0000 http://www.marketingautopsyblog.com/?p=502#comment-90 Thanks for visiting swasa. Glad you find the info useful. Cuong Thanks for visiting swasa. Glad you find the info useful.
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]]> By: swasa http://www.marketingautopsyblog.com/marketing/social-network-marketing/how-to-increase-twitter-followers/#comment-89 swasa Sat, 02 May 2009 10:22:35 +0000 http://www.marketingautopsyblog.com/?p=502#comment-89 Thanks for the very nice information shared. Thanks for the very nice information shared.

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