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Why Twitter is a waste of time....

by talfighel
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Hi everyone,

I just read in the news somewhere that over 85% of tweets never get read.

Just think about that.

I tried using twitter for my internet business and let me tell you this:

It is a total waste of time.

I am sure that others here will argue but again look at the real stats again:

over 85% of tweets never get read.

Tal
#time #twitter #waste
  • Profile picture of the author mauii
    It depends entirely on your followers and if they are legitimately interested in you and what you are tweeting about.

    The CTR on random tweets to random followers are abysmal, and conversions are even worse.
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    • Profile picture of the author talfighel
      Originally Posted by mauii View Post

      It depends entirely on your followers and if they are legitimately interested in you and what you are tweeting about.

      The CTR on random tweets to random followers are abysmal, and conversions are even worse.
      I still think that it is a waste of time.

      Tal
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      • Profile picture of the author mauii
        Originally Posted by talfighel View Post

        I still think that it is a waste of time.

        Tal
        I agree, unless you have any clout to begin with or have the time and patience to establish a reputation (i.e. a celebrity, someone with popularity within a niche, expert status, or a corporation). This is not the majority.
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        • Profile picture of the author sparckyz
          Originally Posted by mauii View Post

          I agree, unless you have any clout to begin with or have the time and patience to establish a reputation (i.e. a celebrity, someone with popularity within a niche, expert status, or a corporation). This is not the majority.
          I agree, for the average person on twitter it all just gets lost in the abyss!
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  • Profile picture of the author Nick Brighton
    It depends on your strategy.

    If you look at some of the biggest TV shows around today, along with radio and one off events, you'll see Twitter being used as an engagement tool.

    They're not trying to sell with Twitter. They're simply getting people's feedback and getting them emotionally and physically engaged (and investing time and effort into a brand basically.)

    Commercially, it obviously works as a market research tool and a way to get people more involved with your company... but it's all branding.

    I'd dare to say that 85% of tweets aren't read because 85% of tweets are people either broadcasting their laundry schedule or cat's antics... or they're boring people to death with sound bites and cute quotes that don't engage people in any meaningful way.

    ... although being interesting, funny, or a celebrity helps put you in the 15% that care.
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    • Profile picture of the author Tyrus Antas
      Originally Posted by Nick Brighton View Post

      They're not trying to sell with Twitter. They're simply getting people's feedback and getting them emotionally and physically engaged (and investing time and effort into a brand basically.)
      And engagement metrics for Twitter are still freaking
      awful. I wrote my opinion about twitter here:

      http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post2826506

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      • Profile picture of the author jbrett
        You think email is any better? The average open-rate for emails is 15% too.

        If you want to prove Twitter is a waste of time, you'd have to say something like "even the must successful companies only improve ROI by .0001%
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        • Profile picture of the author talfighel
          Originally Posted by jbrett View Post

          You think email is any better? The average open-rate for emails is 15% too.

          If you want to prove Twitter is a waste of time, you'd have to say something like "even the must successful companies only improve ROI by .0001%
          Email marketing is BY FAR better and more effective then posting your ads on twitter as tweets.

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      • Profile picture of the author Dan C. Rinnert
        Let's see...

        So, over 85% of tweets never get read.

        And Twitter is not effective because of it.

        Maybe it is because a large percentage of those tweets that never get read are not worth reading.

        Maybe it is because some people, marketers especially, tend to use Twitter as a glorified RSS feed and not as a social tool.

        Maybe it is because some people only tweet once a day on a non-regular basis and then are surprised when they don't get much of a response.

        So, here's the thing... If you think that Twitter is a waste of time, delete your Twitter account and stop using it, stop contributing to the 85% statistic by being deadweight to the people you are following. Otherwise, you're being part of the problem.

        Meanwhile, those of us that get good results from Twitter can keep on keeping on.
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        • Profile picture of the author sal64
          It's comments like these that save me a helluva lot of typing.

          ...and it's not just twitter. Too many lazy marketers. Rather than build a relationship with value, everyone just wants to sell.

          Now, depending on your methods, one would think that the intelligent approach would be to start a blog, and provide good content. And send tweeples to your blog... where they can get to know you and trust you.

          Duh!

          Originally Posted by Dan C. Rinnert View Post

          Let's see...

          So, over 85% of tweets never get read.

          And Twitter is not effective because of it.

          Maybe it is because a large percentage of those tweets that never get read are not worth reading.

          Maybe it is because some people, marketers especially, tend to use Twitter as a glorified RSS feed and not as a social tool.

          Maybe it is because some people only tweet once a day on a non-regular basis and then are surprised when they don't get much of a response.

          So, here's the thing... If you think that Twitter is a waste of time, delete your Twitter account and stop using it, stop contributing to the 85% statistic by being deadweight to the people you are following. Otherwise, you're being part of the problem.

          Meanwhile, those of us that get good results from Twitter can keep on keeping on.
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  • Profile picture of the author waken
    Well, that's very subjective.

    Some people will even say.. affiliate marketing is a waste of time. The stats? 95% of affiliates fail or give up in the first 2 years of trying.
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  • Profile picture of the author DogScout
    In order to have a 15% read rate, the average user would need to spend 15% of the day on twitter? (And read fast if they follow over 1,000 people.) 3.6 hours? I highly doubt 15% are read. MAYBE >1%? IF that?

    You just need to tweet to the >1%. To do that, you have to 'engage'. Like any net marketing, you have to continue the story in your target's head. To do that, you need a highly niched list. IE: not 'dog training', not 'Labrador training', but 'Dominant Male un-neutered chocolate Labrador anxiety training'. Have a small list, but a responsive one. (Anyone try to train an anxious un-neutered dominant male chocolate lab? It WILL get followers, just not thousands, but the ones it gets will buy).

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      I automate my twitter posting with twitter feed. I do get some clicks from it from new traffic and you get one do-follow backlink. I think people who use the internet from their mobile phone really appreciate twitter to follow sites.
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  • Profile picture of the author azad
    I agree. More and more twitter spammer are spamming it to hell. Most of the time server get overloaded lol. I don't use twitter much, as facebook is just awesome.
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  • Profile picture of the author hovirag
    Interesting thoughts, I heard so many times to engage your followers, yet I haven't seen a good example of that. Does anyone have a good twitter account to show how it is done properly?
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  • Profile picture of the author DogScout
    Or you can Google: 'explorer Dominant Male un-neutered chocolate Labrador anxiety training'
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      Originally Posted by DogScout View Post

      Or you can Google: 'explorer Dominant Male un-neutered chocolate Labrador anxiety training'
      Too funny!!!
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  • Profile picture of the author drmani
    Originally Posted by talfighel View Post

    I tried using twitter for my internet business and let me tell you this:

    It is a total waste of time.

    Tal
    It isn't.

    But then, as I blogged on June 24, 2008, here

    " And there's folks who'll still say: "Oh, Twitter"
    ...and happily go about their regular little lives!



    All success
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  • Profile picture of the author Joshua Rigley
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    That's like saying 85% of all emails are never read. It may be true, but it isn't the end-all, be-all.

    Far too many people use twitter as a marketing platform. For those people, it is a waste of time, because they're using it the wrong way.

    But for those who use Twitter as a social network (as it should be), and build a relationship with their list, then general statistics are irrelevant.
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  • Profile picture of the author Sparhawke
    Back in the day Twitter was good but it is not much good for unfocused efforts...Does anyone remember when Lucifer was Coming? lol That gained a huge following for Supernatural because some people knew what it was about and then that P Diddy idiot started bleating against it without a clue as to what it was about.

    If you can strike some controversy and get everyone bleating about something all at the same time you may win but the chances of that without having a celebrity name or thousands of followers already on Facebook are slim.

    The biggest problem Twitter faces is that the vast majority of it is unfocused marketing and bots spamming the same thing endlessly, I think to find an actual real person is an impossibility now :p
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  • Profile picture of the author Luis Carrillo
    I don't think twitter is a waste of time, is just that you don't know how to use it properly
    it is made as a social platform to interact and share with one another, not to sell

    you need to have quality followers, "fans" that like you and do enjoy reading your tweets, that way you can try and market to them later on once you have their trust and respect
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    • Profile picture of the author TheWealthSquad
      Twitter is a tool like any other.

      It can be used for several purposes and you can expect different results as well.

      Twitter can be used to engage people who are ALREADY your fans.

      You don't need a large list either.

      Lisa Robbin Young uses hers to engage her clients in a variety of ways. In conversations with her she has told me she has picked up a significant amount of revenue from using it.

      Scott Stratten has built his brand around Twitter and social media.

      Those are two people at different ends of the spectrum. If you build your Twitter following using a lot of the techniques that are taught you will end up with a large unresponsive list.

      Most of the ones I have seen on Fiverr and other sites have poor response rates. If they use a bit.ly service you can check their response rate by putting a + sign at the end of the link. It will give you the details of how many people clicked on it.

      Twitter isn't adwords. You can't send a link out like an email blast. You have to manage it differently than you do email or Facebook.

      Twitter is a stream. You have to plan around it.

      There are other uses for Twitter other than direct traffic though. You just have to be creative with it
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  • Profile picture of the author Joseph Ratliff
    I still have yet to see where anyone was seriously planning and focusing their use of Twitter (properly), then saying it was a waste of time.

    It's a social tool, which tells me I would need to be social to use it. Does broadcasting marketing messages sound like being social? Not to me...might be at least one of the many reasons why 85% aren't getting read eh?

    I've contacted people directly using Twitter, and exchanged valuable ideas with them. Not a waste of time for me.
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    Actually probably about 98% of the marketers who use Twitter don't know how to use it right. Sending out a bunch of Twitter spam promoting yourself and your products is not the way for a business to use Twitter. It's about developing contacts and social networking.

    I got very sick of the dribble coming in and just eliminated over half of the people I follow. Commercial message ... gone.

    Now with much of the noise gone, I have people with interesting things to say that I communicate with. It's about building relationships.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ty Wagner
    Originally Posted by talfighel View Post

    Hi everyone,

    I just read in the news somewhere that over 85% of tweets never get read.

    Just think about that.

    I tried using twitter for my internet business and let me tell you this:

    It is a total waste of time.

    I am sure that others here will argue but again look at the real stats again:

    over 85% of tweets never get read.

    Tal
    To much work for little in return in my opinion...

    I always looked at Twitter as an overhyped website.
    Yes people make money, network, and do other time
    consuming things on Twitter but you can use that time
    in better places to achieve the goals you desire.
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  • Profile picture of the author Intrepreneur
    99% of stats are made up!! haha

    But it's not a waste of time as being on there is another peg to your presence. Presence is what helps you get noticed so why is it a waste of time to build more presence?

    Doesn't add up..
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    • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
      True Confession time...

      I haven't looked at my Twitter page in months. I'm debating whether it's worth the time to clean out or whether I should kill it and just start over.

      I followed the standard advice - follow a bunch of people, delete the ones who won't follow back, etc.

      I ended up with a crap-fest filled with mostly automated streams of cloaked affiliate offers, squeeze page links and "motivational" quotes. Finding something interesting was like looking for coins in a manure pile.

      I tried sending out stuff I thought was valuable and interesting, and the response was like trying to have a conversation with one of those voice mail menus.

      So I just quit looking. And tweeting.

      What do y'all think? Rehab or tear down and start over?
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        Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe View Post

        True Confession time...

        I haven't looked at my Twitter page in months. I'm debating whether it's worth the time to clean out or whether I should kill it and just start over.

        I followed the standard advice - follow a bunch of people, delete the ones who won't follow back, etc.

        I ended up with a crap-fest filled with mostly automated streams of cloaked affiliate offers, squeeze page links and "motivational" quotes. Finding something interesting was like looking for coins in a manure pile.

        I tried sending out stuff I thought was valuable and interesting, and the response was like trying to have a conversation with one of those voice mail menus.

        So I just quit looking. And tweeting.

        What do y'all think? Rehab or tear down and start over?
        I think it depends on your twitter name. If you have your name or your business name, rehab and rebuild.

        If it is a generic name that doesn't match your brand, start over.

        There are some tools to mass unfollow. I have seen other people I followed do it. They sent out several tweets over a few days letting people know what was coming.

        Basically - I am doing a mass unfollow. Please send me a reply if you think I should continue to follow you.

        That way you preserve those who are actively following you.
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        • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
          Thanks - good advice...

          My Twitter name is the name of my company.

          I'm really leaning toward the rehab. Before, I was pretty much doing it because it was hot and I wanted to learn how. Now I have some definite purpose for keeping the account active.

          I like the idea of sending several tweets to let people know changes are coming. Unless I get some real compelling reason to start over, I'll start the rehab project soon. I'd appreciate if you or anyone else would hang in with me for a little while...

          Edit: Suzanne, I seem to have used up my thanks for the day, so thank you, too.
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        Originally Posted by TheWealthSquad View Post

        Suzanne

        That's why I use Tweetdeck (or other tools) to manage the people I follow.

        I honestly haven't taken the time to clean out people I follow but have moved the ones I am interested in keeping up with to their own columns.

        If I follow 10 people who provide me with useful information I am happy.

        Finding good tweeters is a lot like finding good partners and mentors. It takes work and effort.
        Ahhh .. I didn't even know about Tweetdeck. My housecleaning is nearly done now.

        Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe View Post

        What do y'all think? Rehab or tear down and start over?
        Mine was worth rehab. I took it slowly instead of trying to do it all at once and was brutal in the cuts. If the tweets didn't interest me, I axed them. At first I had to ax most of them. Now that the bulk of Tweet spammers are gone, I only run into a couple a day to get rid of.
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        Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe View Post

        What do y'all think? Rehab or tear down and start over?
        I told this story as part of the 'pitch' for my ebook on Twitter - way back in July 2008.

        At that time, I had been on Twitter for ONE YEAR.

        I haven't posted this here (until now) because it would not have been relevant. It is today... since MANY Warriors have tried Twitter for a year, and are at a point somewhere along the story I'm sharing below.

        The reason for posting it here now is simple... it would be a shame for YOU to miss out on what Twitter is REALLY about.

        My current Twitter stats: Following: 37 Followers: 4,636 Tweets: 13,200+ (stats has a glitch now, can't see exact numbers)

        (And yes, like any good marketer, I measure my socmed ROI carefully!)

        Read my story - then decide for yourself (I've taken out the 'pitch' part completely, btw! )

        = = = My Twitter Tale - Or "What Is Twitter Good For?!" = = = =

        Let me tell you the story of how I got curious about Twitter, tried it out, almost gave up on it, and then about what happened to change my mind and use Twitter in a different way that's so much more effective.

        It all started by...

        Taking Twitter on a Test Drive

        The first time I was curious and tried Twitter was in June 2007. Like most beginners, I viewed the 'Public Timeline' with amazement and astonishment... NOT of wonder and awe, but in near disgust!

        What good is this nonsense? How could I possibly benefit from passing glimpses of what X or Y or Z had for breakfast, or did last evening, or thought was funny?

        And the very natural next thought was this:

        "TWITTER IS A WASTE OF TIME!"

        And so I let my Twitter account idle away - until a month later...

        Twitter Re-visited

        I had just finished reading a little ebook by my friend, John Rhodes. It was a basic primer about Twitter, and how to use it. It's called "Mastering Twitter"

        It showed me some potential uses - and taught me Twitter was NOT about the 'Public Timeline' but about your own tribe within it. The people you 'follow' and the people who 'follow' you.

        And so, like every good Twitter newbie, I proceeded to build my network. By following people, and in turn following everyone who followed me.

        It grew my 'list' - but soon I was back in a rut.

        My 'Too Much Twitter' Dilemma

        With 200 people I was following, my Twitter home page was now crowded by 'tweets' (it's what Twitter calls the short 140-character posts users make) from all of them. And some were NOISY, tweeting several times every day.

        When I logged in to my Twitter account, it would take half an hour or more just to scan through all those tweets - and even more time to explore things of interest mentioned in them.

        And all the while, I could see no possible or potential benefit from all this.

        Because (and this was my FIRST Twitter lesson) 'quantity' matters very little as compared to 'quality' when it comes to the kind of following you have on Twitter. A 'big' list matters very little, a passionate and loyal list of followers is GOLD.

        But I'm getting ahead of my story.

        How I Was Ready To Give Up!

        To save time, I STOPPED reading others' tweets - and tested out some advice I got from people using Twitter to drive more traffic to their sites.

        I became a 'link lobber'.

        In every tweet, I would include a link. To my blog. Or sales page. Or an affiliate link. Something self-serving.

        What a waste of time!

        Nothing much happened. Today, I know what was wrong with that approach - but at the time, I didn't. I was just getting more and more frustrated with Twitter.

        I was ready to give up on Twitter.

        (Maybe that's how you feel too?!)

        The Big Twitter 'A-ha'

        It was at this point that I got my first major Twitter insight. Acting on it, I slashed my 'following'.

        From following 200+ people, I cut right down to just FORTY. I picked people whose tweets I found interesting, who shared links I found worth exploring, and folks I wanted to get to know better.

        And that decision completely altered my Twitter experience, made it infinitely richer and more purposeful. I've since started calling it my 'Rule of FORTY' and urge people who ask me about Twitter to adopt it - at least until they get a good feel for the service.

        Because I had only 40 people on my tweet-stream to follow, it took me less time to browse their tweets. That left me with more time to explore their recommended links, or interact with them through short mini-conversations.

        As a result, I developed STRONGER ties with my followers.

        The Bond Grows Stronger

        Then, something special happened. I got to know these people, care about them, and that led to my behaving in a certain way on Twitter.

        My followers noticed - and started clicking on any links I lobbed them. And I was getting more TWITTER TRAFFIC.

        Notice how it didn't happen when I was TRYING HARD to get traffic - but came about almost incidentally when I started doing certain things.

        And so, I kept doing the same things. And then, another strange thing happened. My following GREW - and KEPT growing!

        In March 2008, I had 300 followers. In April, I had 500. By early July, I had crossed 1,000. And I now have 1,150+ followers. (NB: this was July 2008, in Nov.2010, this is at 4,636 - and I still follow under 40)

        Word had spread. And it happened because I had now found the 'magic key' to Twitter success.

        I was completely convinced of the value of my Twitter network.

        = = = = End of Story = = = = =

        You decide what you want to make of it!



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  • Profile picture of the author bonn
    Originally Posted by talfighel View Post

    Hi everyone,

    I just read in the news somewhere that over 85% of tweets never get read.

    Just think about that.

    I tried using twitter for my internet business and let me tell you this:

    It is a total waste of time.

    I am sure that others here will argue but again look at the real stats again:

    over 85% of tweets never get read.

    Tal
    Just out of curiousity whats the read rate on Direct Mail or Email....

    LIttle bit of sarcasm there --- twitter is great --- when you do it right and your a local bizz
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    • Profile picture of the author dayanthan
      So far I agree with you Tal but I hope this will change in the future and I begin to understand how it really works.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dwight Anthony
    It's ok if you follow ten people and have 10 followers. the people I originally followed as authorities never even show up in my tweets!
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  • Profile picture of the author mathewhogard
    Don't thinks that twitter is a waste of time beacuse every twits you do depends upon the information you are giving.Twitter is one of the best social networking sites.It increases your traffic for your site.
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    • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
      Dr. Mani, just clicking the 'thanks' button doesn't seem like enough...

      Thank you for sharing that story. I knew there had to be a better way than what I was doing...
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  • Profile picture of the author sdentrepreneur
    That is awesome news !!! So that means, 15% of my 56,000 followers read my content, so that is about 8,000 people per tweet. I can live with that :-)
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    • Profile picture of the author vicone
      I continue to find the feedback I receive from followers to be useful in preparing the content I send out as tweets.

      There are a number of ways of getting this, including statements of appreciation, retweets, follower growth, etc. Most of those following me seem to be positive types, so a tweet which falls flat simply gets ignored but, to me, the silence speaks louder than groans I can't hear.

      The feedback helps me to do better. I'm able to become more focused and present the material in a more interesting way. As a result, I'm accumulating content, principally tweets, which I can later assemble as a book (if I wish) by expanding the details and adding graphics. The ideas are already on each page daily, leaping up and trying to grab my attention.

      I don't use Twitter to comment on every day trivia, such as being stuck in traffic or about to fall into bed. Rather, for me, I like to use it as a medium to exchange ideas and see how people respond to them.

      Like others have mentioned, I get more satisfaction from the timeline by removing the spammers. Many of those followed initially will adopt a 'bait and switch' approach to marketing. They offer an initial comment that seems relevant but, when followed, send a stream of unrelated promotional tweets. I browse through my timeline to identify and remove these. As a result, the bulk of the tweets I now receive are interesting and often enjoyable to read.

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    Very polarizing subject. Interesting.
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  • Profile picture of the author MichaelHiles
    It's really simple.

    Don't autofollow people.

    Limit the number of people you follow to those who are actually engaging in real conversations and posting links of value.

    LEARN TO TRACK AND FOLLOW RELEVANT KEYWORDS -- NOT PEOPLE.

    You will find the quality you're looking for when you find the conversations that are taking place around the exact topics you're interested in - instead of randomly following a bunch of people hoping that the gold nugget magically appears.

    When your needs or interests change, follow new people. You can always contact the old ones again later on if need be.

    I see people who are following 64,262 people and think... what a bunch of garbage noise.

    Useless.

    Trying to carry on a conversation across a stadium during the World Cup.

    Twitter is about engagement and conversations... not blather and one-way broadcast.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mangozoom
    I got one and hate it because it is just soooooooooooooooo boring!

    My twitter can fade away for now ... I do very well with my facebook groups

    John
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    I think it's all to do with value. There are loads of people just posting trash all the time and no one is really interested in reading all this trash. This principle applies to everything. There are people that post the same tweets every few minutes. They won't get many followers. Wherever you create real value, people will be attracted.
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  • Profile picture of the author Bronwyn and Keith
    Hi Tal

    All marketing is about getting the client used to the idea that what you have got to say about something is valuable to them.

    85% of tweets not being read - sounds about right.

    But the same applies to emails too.

    Some people read every email from some marketers. Others get instantly discarded without ever being looked at.

    Tweets and emails will be read if the person thinks that they have value to them.

    Ignore the figures and add value so that people look forward to your emails or tweets.

    Regards

    Bronwyn and Keith

    Originally Posted by talfighel View Post

    Hi everyone,

    I just read in the news somewhere that over 85% of tweets never get read.

    Just think about that.

    I tried using twitter for my internet business and let me tell you this:

    It is a total waste of time.

    I am sure that others here will argue but again look at the real stats again:

    over 85% of tweets never get read.

    Tal
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  • Profile picture of the author reapr
    Originally Posted by talfighel View Post

    Hi everyone,

    I just read in the news somewhere that over 85% of tweets never get read.

    Just think about that.

    I tried using twitter for my internet business and let me tell you this:

    It is a total waste of time.

    I am sure that others here will argue but again look at the real stats again:

    over 85% of tweets never get read.

    Tal
    I agree if you don't know how to brand or market yourself it is a complete waste of time.
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  • Profile picture of the author Thomas Michal
    Tell that to Conan O'Brien, twitter kept him in the public eye until his new show launched last night.
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  • Profile picture of the author jempub
    Here's my question... How in the world do some of these "gurus"
    have 60,000 -100,000 "followers" but are only following "20-30"
    people??

    Isn't this just a "one way" relationship and pretty much voids
    what twitter is all about??

    Gary
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    • Profile picture of the author paulie888
      Originally Posted by jempub View Post

      Here's my question... How in the world do some of these "gurus"
      have 60,000 -100,000 "followers" but are only following "20-30"
      people??

      Isn't this just a "one way" relationship and pretty much voids
      what twitter is all about??

      Gary
      Gary, gurus are a whole separate category. They are well-known, and typically blast their Twitter IDs everywhere for people to see and have Twitter integration on their websites, so obviously it's going to be a one-sided affair.

      For normal people it's going to be more of a 1:1 balance (followers : people you're following). Twitter doesn't see anything wrong with your account as long as it is at a 1:1 ratio, or skewed the other way like the gurus, where far more people are following you than the number of people you follow, as that makes you an authority figure in Twitter's eyes.

      What Twitter doesn't look kindly upon is when you follow disproportionately more people than the number of people following you, because that could indicate you're out to spam people with useless promotional links.

      Paul
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    • Profile picture of the author drmani
      Originally Posted by jempub View Post

      Here's my question...

      Isn't this just a "one way" relationship and pretty much voids
      what twitter is all about??

      Gary
      Engage me on Twitter with an @drmani message, and I will usually
      respond.

      Doesn't need me to follow you.

      That's another thing I *love* about Twitter

      All success
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  • Profile picture of the author robbertpenny
    Twitter if not used wisely it is totally a waste of time. There's a lot of twitter tools out there that can be used in your online marketing.
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    I dont think that twitter is waste of time if we use it as for meaningful porpose
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  • Profile picture of the author Sue McDonald
    Like any other social media it has some good points and some bad and the worse part of it is the spam. You have to monitor your own account and like any good housekeeper keep it clean. My Google analytics shows that I have had people to my site through Twitter so I guess I will continue you to use it. I only visit it once a week so I am not a massive user but I have thousands of followers.
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  • Profile picture of the author brendawyles
    Hhhmmm.. Somehow or some ways, twitter does fall on this condition. This is because of too much post done in each day. And it really depends on your tweets or on your followers if they seriously want to follow and know what is up with you...
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  • Profile picture of the author paulie888
    I think it's pretty clear that we really need to be discriminating about who we follow on Twitter. Remember that you always have the option to unfollow people if you find that they're not providing value in their tweets and are constantly spamming.

    Twitter is not a 'set it and forget it' type of tool, and it does require maintenance and care on a daily basis if you want to get the most out of it.

    Paul
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  • Profile picture of the author kevinfar
    Like anything else in IM, you have to look at how targeted the audience is. If you just buy a twitter message from someone on the internet who has followers added through a bot, you obviously will be lucky to get anything out of it, because people are probably not interested.

    However, if you take the time to build up a following of people interested in a particular topic, then why should it be a waste of time?
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  • Profile picture of the author Jayzee
    Ya ur rite...People write when they wake up, when they sleep, maybe even after sleeping. But I didn't get any responses from twitter so far. Thanx for the info. U have to have good amount of followers, they can contribute to ur twitter presence.
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  • Profile picture of the author russells
    I see where you're coming from but Twitter is awesome for JV's.

    I've been doing awesome figures on Twitter with CPA.

    How? Becuase I JV with Tweeters that have large followings and 50/50 the revenue.

    So in my opinion, it ROCKS LOL.

    Just my 2 cents.

    ~Russ
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  • Profile picture of the author Randy Daugherty
    I believe it depends on the interest of your follower. If they really are interested they will look for your tweets....
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  • Profile picture of the author jempub
    Ok... I'm going to rehab my Twitter account.

    I have almost 4000 followers and am following the
    same numbers.

    I want to get rid of the spam and useless tweets.

    How can I mass delete ALL of my current followers?

    Thanks,
    Gary
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    • Profile picture of the author drmani
      Originally Posted by jempub View Post

      Ok... I'm going to rehab my Twitter account.

      ...

      How can I mass delete ALL of my current followers?

      Gary
      Forget "mass". On Twitter, everything is (should be) *personal*.

      I deleted my initial group of followers one by one, by hand,
      keeping only a handful.

      Then I carefully evaluated every new person I followed - and
      only if I felt like continuing to follow them, kept them on the
      list. Out of 37 people I follow today, 30 are those whom I've
      followed since 2008, btw.

      All success
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    hahahahahaha.... I don't understand twitter either
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    Thanks for the help Mani.

    Talk soon,
    Gary
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    Yeah, Twitter and social media is a waste of time...
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    twitter is a stream of info
    you gotta know how to use the firehose
    very profitable if you have a proper method
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