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Who do you REALLY follow on Twitter?

by Peter Bestel
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I recall someone describing Twitter like being in a huge public bar surrounded by folk all talking at once and every now and then you drop in on a conversation. Seeing as some folk within the IM world are following 10,000+ people, could you imagine being in that bar and trying to decide who to talk to?

Nightmare.

So we become more selective and we naturally have a core group of people that we communicate with on a regular basis. But who are those people? Who are the marketers, thinkers, interesting folk in your core group?

I'll get us going (in no particular order):

  1. Paul Myers - @PaulMyers
  2. Bev Clement - @BevClement
  3. John Taylor - @John_Taylor
  4. JayXtreme - @JayXtreme
  5. Dr Mani - @DrMani
  6. Kevin Riley - @Kevin Riley
  7. Stephen Fry - @StephenFry
  8. Paul Duxbury - @PaulDuxbury
  9. Elmer Hurlstone - @ElmerHurlstone
  10. Andy Henry - @AndyHenry
I'll stop at ten just now, there are obviously more than that but most of them won't be relevant to Warrior Forum members. Interestingly, I have a one-way conversation with a couple of those, they talk and I mainly listen.

So who's in your core group, who do you recommend we follow?

Peter

PS I'm not necessarily looking for the big names, just interesting people who are adding value to Twitter.
#follow #followers #recommendation #twitter
  • Profile picture of the author Jason Moffatt
    Let's face it, not many people are "Listening" or really "Following" on Twitter.

    With marketers it's pretty much become a ... "Hey, look at how big my D%@% is".
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    • Profile picture of the author Peter Bestel
      Originally Posted by Jason Moffatt View Post

      Let's face it, not many people are "Listening" or really "Following" on Twitter.

      With marketers it's pretty much become a ... "Hey, look at how big my D%@% is".
      Yeah Jason, shame isn't it.

      That's one of the reasons for this thread - who are the people who don't simply treat it like that? Aside from the 'hit-them-over-the-head-with-the-offer' style of marketer there are folk out there who know how it really works, long term. I think it would be useful to know who these guys are.

      Peter
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    • Profile picture of the author ragnartm
      Originally Posted by Jason Moffatt View Post

      Let's face it, not many people are "Listening" or really "Following" on Twitter.

      With marketers it's pretty much become a ... "Hey, look at how big my D%@% is".
      More of a, "I don't feel masculine/powerful enough so I prove the control I have over the world by showing how many people I can get to click a link on my behalf."
      I don't use twitter at all, hate me for it complain about it, I don't see the marketing value in it because I wouldn't want to use it that way unless people actually requested it from me. I'm a bit more narrow minded than I would like to believe at times I guess.
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  • Profile picture of the author Peter Bestel
    Steadfast

    Twitter, first and foremost, CAN be (and should be!) a social networking site. If you're not getting responses from your tweets then maybe you're not following the right people or your tweets aren't interesting enough. But it can often be a place full of listeners not talkers - persevere, it WILL work.

    Peter
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  • Profile picture of the author David Raybould
    Interesting.

    I often wonder about those that are
    following thousands and thousands.

    I only follow a handful of people, and
    most of those provide the occasional
    insight, tinged with amusement, which
    is basically all I'm looking for lol.

    I think my favorites are probably

    @johncarlton007
    @jasonmoffatt
    @michelfortin

    Also quite like Kevin Riley's tweets,
    but I'm always too busy to click his
    links...

    Sorry Kev!

    -David Raybould
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  • Profile picture of the author Jagged
    I have a personal account with close friends / family only...

    I have a "marketing account" where I follow the likes of:
    1. Paul Myers - @PaulMyers
    2. John Taylor - @John_Taylor
    3. JayXtreme - @JayXtreme
    4. Kevin Riley - @KevinRiley
    5. Jason Moffatt - @jasonmoffatt
    As well as others that pertain to certain niches I am in......
    Rarely do I tweet the marketers account, only using that for information from some of the greats....
    I tried tweeting but had zero response...guess i'm not important enough.............yet, i'm working on that though.

    I then have my "Local business account" where I only follow local businesses here in Tucson, AZ. This is the account that generates income. I'm important enough here...

    I'm not one to "follow the masses", but I do follow the quality...I'd much rather have a list of 100 that offer value & information I can actually use....rather than a list of 50,000 that tweet their daily non-sense like "my pizza is cold" or "I just stubbled my toe".

    JMO,
    Ken
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  • Profile picture of the author ecoverartist
    @copyblogger
    @problogger
    @webdesigngo (helpful design links)
    @phaoloo (all around design and cool links)
    @unmarketing
    @chrisbrogan
    @chrisgarrett
    @Dana_Willhoit

    Those are the main ones that come to mind that haven't already been mentioned!
    And if you want, you can follow me @sherice too
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  • Profile picture of the author Pete Egeler
    I pretty much stick to following Internet marketers, and real estate folks.

    Don't follow any "stars" with the exception of @AnnCurry

    Pete
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  • Profile picture of the author Peter Bestel
    Well, in a few hours time our Twitter streams will be full of #FollowFriday recommendations. I wonder how many of these 'recommendations' are thought through? - I'd prefer to get one per tweet with a reason to follow rather than just a list of names.

    I guess J-Mo's right and in the main, marketers use Twitter just as a tool for scatter-gun promotion and not for building relationships.

    Sad.

    Peter
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    • Profile picture of the author clifftan
      john reese
      mark ling
      sean d'souza
      mike filsaime.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dmitry
    Me, myself... and um, I

    ...but I'm pretty new so...
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  • Profile picture of the author cheeze69
    When I receive a "you're being followed" message, I go look at the person's profile to see what they talk about. If it's all conversational crap replies, I don't follow. If it's pure marketing BS and regurgitated affiliate links, I don't follow. But, if they have at least a couple tweets I'm interested in on the first page, I will give them a try.

    Thus, I only have some IM people who provide useful information and not just spam links, along with a bunch of people in another niche I'm interested in personally, plus a couple "big stars" like Phil from The Amazing Race and similar stuff.

    As a result, I actually pay attention to my TweetDeck throughout the day at work and tend to actually read a good number of people's tweets because I've kept the list down to people I think are interesting/useful.
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  • Profile picture of the author drmani
    Originally Posted by Peter Bestel View Post

    I recall someone describing Twitter like being in a huge public bar surrounded by folk all talking at once and every now and then you drop in on a conversation.
    I did once, in a blog post - though I called it a 'coffee room', not a bar

    EVERYONE'S Twitter use evolves over time.

    I've been using it actively since August 2007, so
    passed through this phase sooner - and hence my
    "Rule of FORTY" which limits my 'following' to
    that figure, which is manageable within my self-
    imposed limit of 10 minutes a day.

    But something I read last night has caused me to
    radically re-think this strategy - and I expect
    the way I use Twitter and other social media to
    become exciting all over again as I put this new
    idea to the test.

    All success
    Dr.Mani
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    • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
      Hmmm... Not counting Warriors?

      Paul_Lemberg (One of the smartest human beings I know. Seriously. Dude is brilliant. And a lot of fun.)
      BobBurg (Majorly clued in, people-wise.)
      ThisIsTrue (Randy Cassingham - very clever.)
      PerryMarshall (Y'all know Perry, right?)
      duhism (for comedic value...)
      neilhimself (Neil Gaiman - All the REAL writers know who he is. Enter "Sandman." "American Gods." Etc.)
      wilw (Wil Wheaton - Very funny. Good guy, for a geek...)
      Don_Crowther (Great guy, great tweets.)

      Probably a few others I'll be embarrassed to have forgotten...


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  • Profile picture of the author coreygeer
    I honestly don't follow anyone to listen to their 140 character ramblings.

    If I want to hear what someone has to say I'll go to their blog/website or most likely I'm in a forum with them. I still don't get how that site got so popular anyway.. I tried it out and didn't care for it, it's mostly just other marketers trying to throw their garbage products on every one.
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  • Profile picture of the author motivebrendan
    on my personal twitter i follow mostly Affiliate Marketers, entrepreneurs, CEO's i know or respect, and most of my competition (other cpa networks) now with the nature of Affiliate Marketers there is a ton of post like "click here to make $10,000" but i guess that's life - all in all twitter is effective for what i use it for.
    @brendansmith
    @motive
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