Quickly add friends on Bebo, Twitter and Facebook using a script

I want to be upfront with a full disclosure:

I have and use auto follow/friend request software that I don't pay a
subscription for. Most of it, I made myself w/ simple macros. Others,
were created using advanced automation software that I purchased.

I have also never used these tools to SPAM anyone. The way I see it,
it's enough of a challenge to make it online so why go causing yourself
more headache, work and disappointment by trying Blackhat tactics that
trash your reputation?

With that out of the way, here are my thoughts on the subject.

If you want to see the true power and speed of these social networks go
right ahead and auto build a huge list and SPAM them with offers w/o
contributing anything useful. I assure you, you will be amazed at how
fast you get a response!

Paul is 100% correct.

Paul,

I couldn't agree with you more that people who abuse and missuse auto
follow/friend subscriber scripts give them a bad name. If your only
doing this to blast out a quick "Hey check this link out I made $16K
over night with no work" message, then you and I are on the same page.

However, if a marketer's intention is to contribute to the community
ie.. twitter/fb/linked in ect with good useful content and occasionally
promote their products then I personally don't have any trouble with it.

At that point I consider it like listening to the radio. You tune in to
a station you like and get to hear what your interested in for a while,
then they run some commercials. Then they play more music you like. All
the while if you the listener gets bored or doesn't like what's on you
can change the channel or "un-follow" "de-friend" that person.

Case in point. My wife has strong political views. She spends a lot of
time on FB and passes along info she feels is on interest AFTER she
checks the facts with multiple sources. She is a public school teacher
and can not afford to be as reckless as the mainstream media tends to
be.

On rare occasion, someone on her ever growing friends list starts to
bash her views and stir up trouble. Oddly enough, the people on her
friends list defend her and remind the "bad apple" that they can block
her post or un-friend her anytime. This puts out the fire 99.9% of the
time or they remove her as a friend and we get on w/ our lives.

Another good example of this is Aweber auto responder service. You have
to opt-in to be on a list. (Accept a Friend Request/Follow). If you find
yourself not liking the content, you my use the unsubscribe link found
in every email sent from their system to give people a way to turn
off/tune out what they don't want.

My much point is: If you target your followers/friends based on their
common interest, and you join and contribute to their discussions you
will develop a loyal fan base that will police its self. Try to keep a
ratio of 5-7 quality post to 1 marketing post I don't think your
"target" market will mind.

Supposing you're one of the people who tweet about taking your dog out
to pee, or take pictures of random stuff on your way to work and mobile
upload them while still driving, then you should easily have 5-7 post
every few hours! Not sure the Quality factor is there, but the Quanity
sure will be!

Or, you can use simple automation to schedule your preset post at
different times. Then load in a "targeted marketing" post to follow your
preset ones.

If you are like a lot of IM'ers, you have several things to promote. I
would strongly suggest finding a niche group that's active and creating
a separate account for each one. Then start targeting your marketing
post as well as your contribution post to that niche.

Just like creating separate list in Aweber for each niche you market to.
With a little planning, and actually taking action, this can all be
setup very quickly.

If you follow this approach then I can't see why automating the process
of building a following, and a list is a bad thing. Where would Internet
Marketing be today with out email auto responders and companies like
Aweber?

Personally, I use the drip approach as opposed to shout from the roof
tops. By drip, I mean contribute to the discussion at hand, and casually
mention you have a skill/product/affiliate product/service that my help
solve or enhance their widget, lives, hobby or business. Whatever they
are interested in.

By using this approach, you hopefully add value to everyone and if the
members or followers are truly interested in learning more about what
you have to offer, they will ask you.

Consider this:

Would you expect a new teenager with no driving experience to get into
trouble with a sports car?

Would you expect an inexperienced IM'er excited about making money on
autopilot and no idea how to use it correctly to get into trouble with
automation software?

Bottom line is automation can be a tool for good or bad. Just depends on
how you utilize it.

Actually, I used a quick macro to auto edit this
post. It did in a fraction of a second what would have taken me 5
minutes to do.

Jonathan