Comments on: Twitter Success Does Not Mean Becoming a Follower Yuppie

By: Internet Marketing Facts to Help Jumpstart Your Business « Warren Samu

Internet Marketing Facts to Help Jumpstart Your Business « Warren Samu — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:19:51 +0000

[...] A majority of people now spend their time online interacting on social networks like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and to an extent, YouTube. All of these sites offer ways for you to connect with potential clients and customers by participating or creating groups in your market, creating specific business pages for the interested to follow, and sending out informative and entertaining updates to your social connections. Before you jump into the social networking scene, please read some friendly advice on growing your connections and followers. [...]

By: Michael Wilkins

Michael Wilkins — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:42:02 +0000

This was a very good and informative article people should be using social media to network and build relationships with people and to introduce themselves, their skills, and topics of interest and follow those with the same common interests.

By: Linda Stanley

Linda Stanley — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:14:14 +0000

Great piece using common sense in social networking.

People need to start handling social networking with their brains and not their egos!

Thanks for the post.

By: Kammy

Kammy — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:46:48 +0000

Good reminders. With tools like Hootsuite you can follow accounts without becoming a follower, so I think the tide is going to change as more people in the know use them and more people are aware of what stats really have meaning (hootsuite also shows me my most popular tweets, so I can bring more value to my followers).
I am trying to follow those I can have a relationship with and just group those who I want to get news/scoops from.

By: Randall Klopping

Randall Klopping — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:04:23 +0000

Good post, I tend to treat twitter as a means to practice my social skills, meet and learn about all kinds of people and to occasionally show off what I can do. Thus I don’t worry much about whose following me. I look at each, ones that intrique me I follow, ones who don’t I don’t and ones like some of the porn spammers (bots usually) I block and report.

By: Shari Weiss

Shari Weiss — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:07:20 +0000

very thought-provoking . . . and I agree with your basic philosophy about social networking being about relationship building.

One point to keep in mind, though, si that with a desktop app like Tweetdeck, you can keep all of your clients in a manageable group.

I have another story to tell about the value of lots of followers, but the background is so dark I cannot read what I’ve already written . . . and can’t see if I’ve misspelled anything.
Good post, though.

By: Suzanne Saxe-Roux

Suzanne Saxe-Roux — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:16:55 +0000

Great points on who to follow. I am still figuring out who is following me so i can be of value.

By: Tamera Nelson

Tamera Nelson — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:30:48 +0000

This is a wonderful article. I sometimes feel guilty for declining a friend’s request on Facebook or not accepting someone’s request to follow me on Twitter.

Your explanation of the proper use of these Social Network sites makes me feel better about wanting to network with those I know or who I can learn from and hopefully share with as well.