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Re: How Not to Market on Twitter

fred perry shirts — Wed, 25 May 2011 09:25:59 -0000

The standalone version is the same as the web version, except that downloading images from the web and image cropping are not supported, and you have to set the output size numerically (number of pages wide/high) rather than using a fancy drag handle. The results are exactly the same.

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Funny T-Shirts — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:23:07 -0000

Wow, thanks for the great info Chris.

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tchochkes.com — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:15:07 -0000

Best way to get unfollowed is to give the appearance of spam. Bad bad bad. That he fixed it - good good good.

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sanader — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:12:38 -0000

hah i knew this wud happen, thanx.

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DesignerTeez — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:11:54 -0000

Thanks for posting this Chris. Hopefully your tips will rub off on a lot of the twitter community.

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Digital Photography — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:15:25 -0000

Twitter is a wonderful service but, like all web 2.0 applications, interactions are a must. Robotic systems will not work on Twitter. You must create relationship by building trust.

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Cathy b — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:09:40 -0000

Thanks Chris. I learned alot this last hour reading your articles on social media do's and don'ts! I like what and how you explain everything. IT all requires patience, and willingness to learn. And most importantly, to connect with the people you are following and vice versa... I really am enjoying twitter.. wish I had more time to read... for me, it takes so much less time than my continually stacking up emails... and is more newsworthy, for the most part. I actually was excited this am when listening to the local weather channel tv, the newscaster actually said "and look for me on Twitter if you want to follow up" before signing off the show! Of course I did!
again, thanks and kudos to you!
cathy b

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Steven Lewis — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:28:01 -0000

I never used to follow people just because they followed me (because of the ad pushes)... but then I found out about Tweet Deck, and I thought, 'what's the harm'. What I find kind of annoying is when I actually do respond to someone's 'pitch'... I've rarely received a reply back??? If you're going to spend the energy either pushing ur messages by hand or application, at least have the decency to respectfully follow up... isn't that what 'social marketing' is kind of about? ;)

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Dale — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:17:49 -0000

Hi everyone.
I'm going to chime in on this one because I do use Twitter and I do use it to build relationships in order to market. it's that simple. I seek relationships over the internet in hopes that people will consider doing business with me. So, in a sense. Don't we all market in some way. To join my business, visit my website or follow my blog? It's all the same thing as far as Im concerned.

If the technology wont support it, it wont. People will be part of the land rush, if they dont get results..they move on. I guess it does not bother me because its easy enough to un-follow someone. I dont feel this is a big deal because...to me it's really not.

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Gab Goldenberg — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:23:03 -0000

You say that's modern communication - 10 years ago couldn't they have called you on the phone and solved this? I mean the update would not be seen by 100% of the people who saw the criticism, but then the reach being about the same with the update, you might arguably still do them good for thse reading how Nova is a good egg etc.

What do you think?

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Bill Gassett — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:50:38 -0000

Hi Chris - Thanks for taking the time to come by my blog and commenting. I figured you may have had a Google alert set up:)

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Erika Owens — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:05:31 -0000

Whenever i see " have you tried...", or "do you like...", i immediately cringe and move on. These type of posts are indeed the most annoying. Kind of funny how they are oblivious to this.

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Jamie Favreau — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:06:33 -0000

Well I am against Auto DMs so much that I wrote a detailed blog post about it two nights ago. @fatheaddesign seems to think there is a trend going on. I think that it is unnatural and if you wouldn't give out your calling card at the start of an event at a live event why would you AUTO DM someone. That isn't good marketing and the only way you find out about someone is with interaction. No one is asking you to be friends with everyone but you should be able to spark some interest with a few common people that will benefit.

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Claire Jarrett — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:07:29 -0000

I DO have a DM message saying thanks for following me, and I autofollow by return. But I don't invite people to view my website or find out more about me...just presume this will happen naturally via the Tweets ;-)

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Rizzo Tees — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:14:47 -0000

I confess to using Tweetlater to send auto-DMs to new followers. There, I said it! lol

However, I should point out that:

1. In my profile, I do warn you that I'm going to send you an auto-DM, and I tell you what it's going to be about. I think if someone is that serious about Twitter, they should review who it is they're about to follow, and if you did that with me, you'd be forewarned that I'm going to DM you.

2. I do market my business - yes, I have t-shirts I want to sell you - but I do spend a heckuva lot of time NOT talking about tees. I'm close to 6,000 posts now - I love Twitter, and would be there whether or not I had a company. I do spend time helping others with advice, sales leads, and just silly links to silly stuff.

For some, auto-DMs and marketing are the scourges that ruin Twitter. To me, it seems symptomatic of a problem - just really bad marketing by a group of folks - and I am delusional enough to think I am not part of this group!

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TheJennTaFur — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:06:26 -0000

This is one of the many reasons why I left twitter because of how some companies market themselves and it is to me an unauthentic voice. I even was unfollowing people who were using twit later (I think that is the name) where it was a robotic response. It drove me insane.

I prefer being an observer and reading blogs now instead of using twitter as much as I did.

I appreciate your blog on this, Chris!
[I used to be @thejenntafur on twitter]

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Matt — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:42:08 -0000

I'm not a fan of these auto-post DM's where the first thing that a person says is - check out "Whatever" I'm selling/promoting/pushing... This is a great way to get unfollowed quickly. However it's great to see Twine step up, take notice and begin to change things.

Matt
@emailkarma

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cabezas — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:25:22 -0000

Chris:

Well done. I think Nova is a brilliant soul. I have been on Twine since mid-last year and I enjoy it. Two weeks ago I found him on twitter and connect w/ him (or vice-versa, don't remember), which I thought was great b/c I have seen him speak at conferences and I think he is amazing.

Unfortunately, shortly after I connect I get that ridiculous tweet that you documented. I replied telling him, "Please, no bots...", and that he is a brilliant mind, please don't ask me to join Twine when I have already been using it for some time. I think I mentioned the Semantic Web and how I wish it was here!

He was kind in his reply, but I am glad someone like you took them to task on this b/c we don't have time for it currently and it easily changes our perception of him and his site-that is not needed since I, and many, hold him in his site in the highest regard.

I am glad they are seeing the error in their ways; special thanks to you for speaking for many of us that don't have the clout that you wield.

I will continue to use Twine.com and follow Nova with much more interest now that I know this episode is over.

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Heidi Miller — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:38:32 -0000

Kudos to you for calling them out and to Twine for being open, listening and being willing to change the strategy. Warms my social media heart.

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Tumblemoose — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:11:28 -0000

I've found that when you bring things to the personal level, it's amazing what can be accomplished.
Technology is cool, when it's a tool. When a human it replaces, our society it defaces.

Cheers

George

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Jodi Kaplan — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:10:14 -0000

I'm not a twitterer (gasp!) but it sounds as if these messages are unanticipated, impersonal, and irrelevant. If you have something worthwhile, why ruin belief, trust, and goodwill by sending out messages that smell strongly of spam? Build a relationship and permission instead!

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Michelle / chelpixie — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:29:24 -0000

"This is the speed of marketing and business communications. Not days. Not usually even hours. This is going to be tricky. You think?"

Forget sleep!

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Karl Craig-West — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:28:27 -0000

Thanks Chris,

I'm glad you've mentioned this because Twitter runs the risk of losing market share if this kind of spamming gets worse.

Keep up the great work.
Karl
Promote your networking club in the UK

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Karim — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 07:49:42 -0000

Moral of the story - It's better to ask forgiveness than permission

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swan — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 07:24:32 -0000

It seems that Nova has not been able to apply the breaks yet. After seeing this post yesterday, I just got a bulk email from Twine last night telling me about the great new feature: "We've hooked into Twitter, and now you can invite your Twitter friends to join Twine or to a twine you think they would like to join. " followed by a link to the functionality. I didn't dare click on it for fear that I would be spamming my Twitter stream without warning.