Comments on: Make Time For Social Media By Not Tweeting BS

By: FromThisSeat.com

FromThisSeat.com — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:38:37 +0000

You do need to be conversational to a great extent on twitter. It is easy to pick out a self promoter. It’s all about building relationships and earning trust for your brand.

By: Beth Rimmels

Beth Rimmels — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:48:23 +0000

I agree with all of the above except the inspirational quotes comment. I’ve run a few different Twitter accounts over the years and the quotes I’ve posted have consistently been heavily retweeted.

That said, you need to pick interesting, preferably off-beat quotes, ideally somehow related to your topic. As much as I love Shakespeare, he’s been tweeted to death.

Having a sense of humor about it helps, too. Doing it to seem profound turns people off because they know it’s a shame. Approaching it from a lighter, “I think this is cool” (without saying that) intention works much better.

By: Dean

Dean — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:53:40 +0000

Great list! After 42 years of social media research, I have actually identified 26 different tweet types each with their own douchebag factor, Kudos to you for unearthing a few more! http://wp.me/pKLGG-1s

By: StuartB

StuartB — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:09:53 +0000

I’m going to add those tweets that a junior member of an organization does once a day while sipping their first coffee of the morning, and often it’s nothing more than a link to an article on Outspoken Media!

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:16:37 +0000

Can we add the “oooh, I’m only 3 Facebook friends away from 1,000, please come friend me!” tweets? Or their variation, the daily “please please please come vote for me at online competition XYZ!!!” tweets?

By: Hollie

Hollie — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:55:34 +0000

This is excellent advise. Have a plan and stick to it. Slate your social media comments and posts just like you would other tasks. And keeping your tweets or posts relevant is the way to go.

By: Lisa Barone

Lisa Barone — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:53:06 +0000

He really is such a baby.

By: Lisa Barone

Lisa Barone — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:52:49 +0000

If you don’t see the difference between “Good morning, Twitter” and any of the tweets you selected, then it’s clear we have two very different uses for Twitter.

By: Meg

Meg — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:14:41 +0000

I’m guilty of… 6 & 8. Which makes me happily passive-aggressive? I just got married, which explains the former, and I commute on transit for 3 hours a day, which explains the latter.

I don’t tend to tweet out a bunch of social media links or make a big production of saying hi to my “twitterfam” each day, complete with individual greetings to everyone who could potentially be online. And I LOATHE the bizarro content cycle that leaves everyone in the universe linking to the same. five. posts. They’re not THAT good, even if they’re that good.

But the ones that make me the most insane are the quote tweets and the “I’m hustlin’!” tweets. Good! You’re inspired! You’re working hard! Doesn’t mean you need to channel Tony Robbins. Blech.

By: Rick Holden

Rick Holden — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 04:26:24 +0000

LOL! Those nonsense “status” are really annoying not only in twitter but also in FB. I wish they learn how to use Social media effectively ;)