Anakin - speaking as someone who is still relatively new to the Twitter world, I can totally relate to what you're saying - I'm still learning the "most effective" way to use Twitter - while it's deceptively simple, it's also hard to get your head around it at first. I've talked until I'm blue in the face with some marketers who see it as only another platform for spam....at the same time, I'm still learning the "best" way to interact in that environment...whatever that means.....
@anakin1814 - Yes, a great night that was, and I though symbolic of the type of real human interaction that social media can lead to. Or you can use it to post links to your products every hour of every day. Your choice ;^)
Seeing that picture makes me smile. That was one of many magical nights. :)
Interaction is key. I find getting 3 or 4 well-thought out comments a day on my audioboos much more meaningful now than a bunch of sub4sub spam and hate on YouTube. I guess I'm tired of everybody shouting to be heard over there, with only the lowest common denominator winning out.
The marketers on Twitter just don't get it. I followed a local wedding photographer a few weeks back. I thought it would be a great way to interact, learn a few things, and make a contact. After 2 months of her tweets only posting links to new photo galleries, with zero interaction, I unfollowed. I wonder if her tweets weren't automated. I have a few close YouTube friends who I noticed would only tweet links to new videos if posted....that's it. Nope. Next. Spam comes in many shapes, sizes, and flavors.
@WorldAccordingtoRich - The saddest part is, that "social media expert" is probably taking a lot of people's money teaching them to do exactly what he's doing.
Recently, I signed up to follow a local restaurant on Twitter - I dropped it almost as quickly for precisely the reason you were talking about. Multiple messages in a single day simply promoting a coupon deal or other promotion - no interaction, certainly no restraint, just a flood of unwanted spam. Does anybody really want to see six or seven tweets a day from a commercial enterprise, promoting exactly the same thing. I followed some social media "expert" for a single day, within which he tweeted multiple times his overly expensive social media service...hardly would be likely to trust HIS judgement!
Thanks @ebiannah - That's the way conversations are supposed to go, but too many "marketing experts" believe that social media conversations end at A. @andymooseman - Yep, that's Cambria! I thought it illustrated the point quite well, at least, for those who recognize the photo ;^) (and yes, I've embedded this boo in the blog).
Interaction is key. I find getting 3 or 4 well-thought out comments a day on my audioboos much more meaningful now than a bunch of sub4sub spam and hate on YouTube. I guess I'm tired of everybody shouting to be heard over there, with only the lowest common denominator winning out.
The marketers on Twitter just don't get it. I followed a local wedding photographer a few weeks back. I thought it would be a great way to interact, learn a few things, and make a contact. After 2 months of her tweets only posting links to new photo galleries, with zero interaction, I unfollowed. I wonder if her tweets weren't automated. I have a few close YouTube friends who I noticed would only tweet links to new videos if posted....that's it. Nope. Next. Spam comes in many shapes, sizes, and flavors.
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@andymooseman - Yep, that's Cambria! I thought it illustrated the point quite well, at least, for those who recognize the photo ;^) (and yes, I've embedded this boo in the blog).