Tweeting it like it is
New to Twitter, I am learning the ropes to tweeting.
Goal: Get as many people to follow me as possible
Step 1: Follow as many people as possible. This includes people who have nothing to do with my cause, who I will eventual stop following
Step 2: Follow everyone that follow someone who follows me in order to have them reciprocate the follow
Have I lost you yet?
Step 3: Retweet random information I find in order to entice new followers
Step 4: I’m not really sure. Take over the communications world? When I find out, I’ll let you know
CGirvin
myouens said,
April 13, 2010 at 6:37 pm
Step 5: See “Step 1″
worldlybitess said,
April 13, 2010 at 11:02 pm
sounds like a good method to me!
Bored one said,
April 14, 2010 at 3:19 pm
I think communication is a complicated issue and most people are intimidated by it. That is why many people opt to just send jokes to their friends in e-mails as opposed to sending a personal message. Even when someone sends a personal message others are slow to respond and find it stressful. In spite of advanced ways to communicate people choose more and more to be impersonal.
CGirvin said,
April 17, 2010 at 1:18 am
Bored one, I am not sure if it is intimidation or laziness. It is much easier to merely hit the forward button than compose an original message. Whether it is a time-management issue or not knowing what to say, people have lost the art of composing.
dbbradle said,
April 21, 2010 at 1:32 pm
I’m not sure about any of these steps, particularly 1 and 3.
What’s the purpose of following as many people as possible who have nothing to do with your cause or interests? To acquire them as a follower? What’s the point of having disingenuous followers?
For step 3, I’m not sure retweeting random information will entice followers. I’d suggest it would have the opposite effect.
I like the first half of step 2. I try to find people who I follow, who they follow, and so on to find interesting people. But I think it’s too much to assume they’ll follow you back.
CGirvin said,
April 30, 2010 at 12:16 pm
I understand you points, dbbradle, but this post was just a first step. I will post a follow up soon. Stay tuned!