Comments on: Twitter: Cold-Calling 2.0 http://www.socmedia101.com/2009/05/twitter-cold-calling-20/ Social Media Tips and How-To's for Beginners Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:52:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: ron http://www.socmedia101.com/2009/05/twitter-cold-calling-20/comment-page-1/#comment-896 ron Fri, 29 May 2009 15:39:16 +0000 http://www.socmedia101.com/?p=570#comment-896 FARfetched: Thanks for the comment, and no you don't miss the point of social networking at all. The idea isn't to collect followers. It's to collect a group of people who matter to you and care about you and what you're doing. Doesn't matter whether that's 10 people or a thousand. In fact check out my post <a href=http://www.socmedia101.com/2009/04/outside-of-a-small-circle-of-friends/ rel="nofollow">Outside a Small Circle of Friends</a>, which discusses the idea of quality over quantity. You get it as far as I'm concerned. If you really are following people you don't like, I would encourage you to unfollow them and find people you care about. Otherwise, you're just wasting your time. Ron FARfetched:
Thanks for the comment, and no you don’t miss the point of social networking at all. The idea isn’t to collect followers. It’s to collect a group of people who matter to you and care about you and what you’re doing. Doesn’t matter whether that’s 10 people or a thousand.

In fact check out my post Outside a Small Circle of Friends, which discusses the idea of quality over quantity.

You get it as far as I’m concerned. If you really are following people you don’t like, I would encourage you to unfollow them and find people you care about. Otherwise, you’re just wasting your time.

Ron

]]> By: FARfetched http://www.socmedia101.com/2009/05/twitter-cold-calling-20/comment-page-1/#comment-895 FARfetched Fri, 29 May 2009 15:13:21 +0000 http://www.socmedia101.com/?p=570#comment-895 I agree with Angelos. Most of my followers are "attention whores" and marketroids. My personal algorithm for dealing with these is: if I recognize the person, I follow back. If not, I'll check their posts… and like I said, the ones who haven't already been banned usually fall into the two categories above and I simply ignore them. Quality, not quantity. Or does that miss the point of social networking? (Frankly, I don't care.) I agree with Angelos. Most of my followers are “attention whores” and marketroids. My personal algorithm for dealing with these is: if I recognize the person, I follow back. If not, I’ll check their posts… and like I said, the ones who haven’t already been banned usually fall into the two categories above and I simply ignore them.

Quality, not quantity. Or does that miss the point of social networking? (Frankly, I don’t care.)

]]> By: angelos http://www.socmedia101.com/2009/05/twitter-cold-calling-20/comment-page-1/#comment-776 angelos Tue, 26 May 2009 03:09:15 +0000 http://www.socmedia101.com/?p=570#comment-776 Agreed, but it seems like we're tilting at windmills. I'd say 1/4 of the people who follow me are 100% marketing tweeters. As in every single one of their updates is how they lost weight or found inner peace. They're not even people at that point. I only follow people I can "know," not marketing bots. I don't even let marketing bots follow me, I block them. So, if you are a real person, act like it. Stop with the auto-DMs. I don't even need a <i>personal</i> "thanks for the follow." Agreed, but it seems like we’re tilting at windmills.

I’d say 1/4 of the people who follow me are 100% marketing tweeters. As in every single one of their updates is how they lost weight or found inner peace. They’re not even people at that point.

I only follow people I can “know,” not marketing bots. I don’t even let marketing bots follow me, I block them.

So, if you are a real person, act like it. Stop with the auto-DMs. I don’t even need a personal “thanks for the follow.”

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