Could it be the call it Twitter because...

by Tsnyder

Posted: 15 years ago 12 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

Could it be they call it Twitter because most of the participants are twits?

I opened an account at Twitter a few days ago and I've got to say that
so far I am not impressed.

I sought out... and followed... several marketers for whom I have a great
deal of respect... Kern... Moffat... Reese... Bruno... a couple others...
because I thought the best way to learn how these folks use this tool would
be to actually observe them using it.

LET ME SAY THAT I HAVE NOT BEEN DISAPPOINTED WITH THEM IN THE LEAST.

What I learned was that these guys actually use the tool to connect with
folks on a personal level while OCCASIONALLY posting a link to something they're
promoting.

BUT...

Somehow... those of you more experienced with Twitter than I am probably
know how this works... I've had quite a few people sign up to follow me... so
I follow them back to see what they're up to.

So... I now have all these people I've never heard of who seem to engage
in a non-stop pitch fest. What a complete waste of a potentially powerful tool.
That's my opinion, anyway.

Where's the romance? Why should I click their links? I've never heard of
them. Where's the credibility in that?

Anyway... I think Twitter can be very useful to me... and I believe if done
correctly a ton of money can be made. But... I'm convinced that too many
people jump in without appearing to give a damn about the people whose
money they're trying to attract.

I don't think it will work out for them... time will tell.

Tsnyder

#call #twitter

JohnMcCabe 15 years ago

History will repeat itself.

There was a reason the traveling medicine shows were traveling...

When the Twitter pitchmasters find the environment a little frosty, they'll move on the the next railhead, too.
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valerieSONORA 15 years ago

Everytime I go on twitter I say Hi twits. I just did a few mins ago. I still dunno why I go there but I do and it can be good. Meet new ppl, socialize or get your links out quickly and get instant visitors.
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- Barbara Eyre 15 years ago
  
  I just love how someone(s) is making several Derek Gehl accounts. Have had about 8 or so of them (via email notifications) .... Will the REAL Derek Gehl please stand up!
  
  There are a few marketers on Twitter that do easily 80%+ of promotions. Unfortuneately, I started to tune them out. I would also like to get to know them and learn from them ... not just be sold to, ya know?
  
  I have had to unfollow a handful of folks because of other non-IM related reasons. One complained about his girlfriend all the time. Another would only pine about the girlfriend who is living elsewhere. Got really depressing !!
  
  Some people need to calm down on Twitter - others need to ramp it up ... but many are just right in using it. Feels like the story of Goldilocks and the 3 Bears.
  
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lennelljones 15 years ago

I think that it is about finding that happy medium. You want to give a glimpse of your personality while providing useful content at the same time...

And for some, it is just a way to just kick back and socialize. The best thing about Twitter is that YOU choose who to follow. If it it not what you expected, you can always unfollow.

I find Twitter to be pretty a pretty insightful view into the psyches of some, though...
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- Elmer Hurlstone 15 years ago
  
  Over time I've noticed that we who spend most of our time locked in our little rooms busily marketing lose sight of the world at large.
  
  We, sometimes, eat, sleep and only talk marketing. At least that's what my wife tells me.
  
  I've found Twitter enables me to expand my horizons. I've benefited from meeting a great number of folks who do things different to what I do. Artists, crafters, writers and general, often humorous, kibitzers.
  
  While some folks are attempting to build massive lists of followers I do things differently. I let them come, for the most part, as and when they will.
  
  I also don't follow everyone that follows me. Not because I'm stuck-up or self-important. I'm neither. I simply don't have common interests--of any kind--with some people.
  
  So, for me Twitter serves two purposes. 1. Socialization and 2. Business The order and importance continually changes.
  
  I've picked up two productive affiliates because of Twitter. And not by massive posting of links. I probably place a link in less than 1% of my tweets.
  
  For me it's not a "numbers game" but a way to help and be helped by others.
  
  And along the way have a bit of fun...
  
  Elmer Hurlstone
  
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PeterDudek 15 years ago

I'm just learning about Twitter. Seems weird. But my right-hand man has had more success getting answers to important technical questions on Twitter than by posting Support Tickets.

Seriously!

We've had VP's get back to us in minutes with Twitter where we'll wait for DAYS to get a response from a Support Ticket.

Strange.
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Dana_W 15 years ago

tom, if people are engaging in a non stop pitch fest I would unfollow them. There are plenty of people who go on Twitter and socialize, network, enter into conversations, etc. without constantly blasting out links to their site or affiliate sites. There really are a lot of great people on there.

Note - I do post links to new posts on my site, but about one in every 20 or 30 tweets. I should probably up it to about one in every 5 or 10 tweets, but NEVER more than that.

Barbara - I got followed by fake Eben Pagan yesterday! Morons, I tell ya. I hope the fake famous IM accounts are a passing trend.
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tomw

15 years ago

Twitter has always been a bit of a puzzle to me. Just like mobile phone text messages. As a species we've achieved so much when it comes to communication. We can talk to, interact with, see and engage people at almost any point on the globe. In real time. In living colour. On demand.

Yet so many spend their time communicating in such restricted forms, just like with text messages and now they have Twitter.

There are so many better ways to communicate, provide value, make friends and solicit business that to me Twitter is just a complete and utter waste of time.

Like many say, it's just a "watercooler" without any of the benefits of a real life one.

I think many people need to simply go outside and have a conversation with a real human being!

Thomas

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PeterDudek

15 years ago

Originally Posted by tomw

Thomas,

I totally agree with you. And I have been puzzling over the Twitter issue and the texting issue for a while. (My teenage daughter sends over 15,000 text messages/month! What's up with that?)

Anyway, here's my opinion.

Socializing by short text messages gives people the ILLUSION of intimacy and camaraderie while maintaining the feelings of SAFE ANONYMITY inherent in communicating by text. People feel free to express things they would keep to themselves in a face-to-face encounter. It's like masturbation vs. making love. Similar but not the same.

Peter

P.S. The irony of all this is, all this communicating by text is most likely being filtered and scrutinized by multiple g*vt @gencies so the end result is that we really have no intimacy OR anonymity.

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Thomas 15 years ago

Originally Posted by PeterDudek

(My teenage daughter sends over 15,000 text messages/month! What's up with that?)

Yikes! They must be 1 or 2 word texts.

15,000 texts X 160 characters/text = 2,400,000 characters @ average word length of 5 charcters + 1 space = 400,000 words = Approx. 13,333 words/a day.

She could write a novel in a week.
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valerieSONORA 15 years ago

I doubt teen texts are novel material LOL :p
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Derek_Franklin 15 years ago

Even though I was a little slow adopting it, I've come to enjoy Twitter.

But here's the deal...

I try to post useful things (links to great stuff I find), and an occasional update about something in my life.

I follow people I think might have something of value to share, but I don't follow everyone who follows me.

Could a Twitter expert explain to me why someone would want to follow 1000's of others (other than to 'game' the system to build your popularity), and how in the world people keep up and follow tweets from 1000's of people each day?

I get notice of people following me, then they unfollow just a couple days later, I think because I didn't follow them back.

The whole reciprocal, 'I'll follow you if you follow me', seems to be beyond the purpose and usefulness of the tool.

Could someone explain this to me?

Thanks!

Derek
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