Comments on: Guest Post: To auto-follow and auto-DM, that is the question http://www.rchurt.com/twitter-auto-follow-auto-dm Tips & Ideas for SEO Novices Fri, 12 Nov 2010 09:09:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Debbi http://www.rchurt.com/twitter-auto-follow-auto-dm/comment-page-1#comment-110 Debbi Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:36:38 +0000 http://www.rchurt.com/?p=312#comment-110 This is a great post! Thanks for writing it. I've been taking an online course in social media. One of the presenters makes it a practice to auto-follow and use Tweetdeck or some other app to sort it all out. However, I like your approach better. In the online world, it's so tempting just to throw your marketing up against the proverbial wall and see what sticks. But this method diminishes the personal touch. And isn't effective marketing supposed to be about building relationships? Maybe if I were selling a product like shoes, I'd feel differently. But I'm not. Maybe what it comes down to is that you have to use what feels right for you. And your post really nailed the way I feel about it. This is a great post! Thanks for writing it.

I’ve been taking an online course in social media. One of the presenters makes it a practice to auto-follow and use Tweetdeck or some other app to sort it all out.

However, I like your approach better. In the online world, it’s so tempting just to throw your marketing up against the proverbial wall and see what sticks.

But this method diminishes the personal touch. And isn’t effective marketing supposed to be about building relationships?

Maybe if I were selling a product like shoes, I’d feel differently. But I’m not. Maybe what it comes down to is that you have to use what feels right for you. And your post really nailed the way I feel about it.

]]> By: Rachel Levy http://www.rchurt.com/twitter-auto-follow-auto-dm/comment-page-1#comment-100 Rachel Levy Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:08:59 +0000 http://www.rchurt.com/?p=312#comment-100 Zemalf - Yes, I would be curious as to people's thoughts on that type of auto-DM... I know I still don't like it... it doesn't feel genuine when you know the same message is just automatically going out to everyone. But, let me know how it goes! @BostonMarketer Zemalf – Yes, I would be curious as to people’s thoughts on that type of auto-DM… I know I still don’t like it… it doesn’t feel genuine when you know the same message is just automatically going out to everyone. But, let me know how it goes! @BostonMarketer

]]> By: Zemalf http://www.rchurt.com/twitter-auto-follow-auto-dm/comment-page-1#comment-98 Zemalf Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:11:22 +0000 http://www.rchurt.com/?p=312#comment-98 Interestingly just today I set myself on auto-follow and set up auto-DM too, so it'll be interesting to see how it goes. About the "auto-DM = auto unfollow", like you wrote, you can't walk in and start selling, so the reason why people are annoyed by the auto-DMs is the incorrect way most people do it, like "Hi, thx for the follow. Oh, go buy my stuff here!". I like to use the auto-DM to do what I did manually anyway, which is more and less saying "Hi, thanks for the follow". Interestingly just today I set myself on auto-follow and set up auto-DM too, so it’ll be interesting to see how it goes. About the “auto-DM = auto unfollow”, like you wrote, you can’t walk in and start selling, so the reason why people are annoyed by the auto-DMs is the incorrect way most people do it, like “Hi, thx for the follow. Oh, go buy my stuff here!”. I like to use the auto-DM to do what I did manually anyway, which is more and less saying “Hi, thanks for the follow”.

]]> By: RChurt http://www.rchurt.com/twitter-auto-follow-auto-dm/comment-page-1#comment-97 RChurt Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:00:57 +0000 http://www.rchurt.com/?p=312#comment-97 Rachel makes an excellent point. Personally auto-DMs have been a huge pet peeve of mine...can't stand them. Though I completely agree that there are certain entities for whom auto-follow and perhaps even auto-DMs make sense. I like how you state that "companies" can benefit by using auto-follows because you should be interested in who follows you...hopefully auto-follows and DMs don't make it too easy for people to miss out or skip important first time interactions that they should or may have otherwise. Excellent post! Rachel makes an excellent point. Personally auto-DMs have been a huge pet peeve of mine…can’t stand them. Though I completely agree that there are certain entities for whom auto-follow and perhaps even auto-DMs make sense. I like how you state that “companies” can benefit by using auto-follows because you should be interested in who follows you…hopefully auto-follows and DMs don’t make it too easy for people to miss out or skip important first time interactions that they should or may have otherwise.

Excellent post!

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