Comments on: Stop Using Twitter… For Fun

By: Cari Kerja

Cari Kerja — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:03:47 +0000

i’m so lazy while using twitter hehehe

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:20:52 +0000

I think Andrew at http://mixergy.com has done a pretty good interview with Guy in the past…

By: Textbook Rental

Textbook Rental — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:47:26 +0000

Neil,

That is a good point what about an article about social networking business strategies, mabey interview Guy kawasaki and look how you can have 3-4 employees managing a social marketeing machine. I have a customer trying to do this right now and I see info from a user standpoint but not a company strategy.

By: Textbook Rental

Textbook Rental — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:41:30 +0000

How do you feel about twitter programs like hummingbird and twitterfeed? I feel they are only part of the soulution they can attract followers but you must have something to give them. But is automation the cold business machine?

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By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:31:03 +0000

It’s important to get started with it before too many people jump on board and take it over…

By: Guildford

Guildford — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:08:29 +0000

Twitter definitely helps marketing your business. Those online business not using twitter should find time and resources and engage in twittering.

By: chandan

chandan — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:51:31 +0000

Before I take twitter as funny thing, but after reading lots of article on twitter on how twitter help us for our marketing, now I am taking twitter seriously,

Now I get most of traffic from twitter, I have not much follower on twitter, but I am using some tools for increase my twitter follower.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:10:20 +0000

Never burn your bridges.

By: Albert Fang

Albert Fang — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:18:43 +0000

I think Twitter is a great use for business, however, like Neil had said, you must be careful about what you say. Because it might bite you back later on.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:43:43 +0000

I agree, it can be a very powerful tool, but it was an open shop for spammers to come and take advantage of.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:39:16 +0000

Its not and you shouldn’t waste your time. If you do, be prepared for a ton of spam.

By: AJ Kumar

AJ Kumar — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:33:59 +0000

I noticed that too many people started jumping on board with twitter and the amount of spam jumped up like 10 fold… It really does suck because it’s such a powerful too.

By: mark king

mark king — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:19:32 +0000

I know there are even tools that can add followers automatically.Im not sure if its worth it

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:24:49 +0000

The whole “auto-follow” sensation pretty much killed it for many.

By: Suite 171

Suite 171 — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:19:16 +0000

Twitter is a good tool, but I see most people use it wrong. Good information – thanks for the info.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:32:43 +0000

The more people who start using twitter, obviously the more spam that will build up. just be selective with who you follow.

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By: Danail Donchev

Danail Donchev — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:37:35 +0000

Twitter is great service but sp@m is huge problem.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:58:10 +0000

Usuallly, people are ONLY interested in stuff like that from celeberties. You need to have some kind of presence and following in order for that to work successfully.

By: Michele McGraw

Michele McGraw — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:11:34 +0000

Twitter was started to answer one question, “What are you doing?” If all you do is business, then keep tweeting about only business, but if you do more than business, then strike a balance.

I don’t mind seeing “eating a chicken salad sandwich for dinner while vegging in front of the TV” because it makes a person real. If all I wanted was to hear all the great business things someone has to say, I’ll read their blog or book. I want to get the real person who eats lunch.

I keep it real. I am the same person on Twitter as I am in person. I’m not going to bore someone with ONLY my business conversation and my knowledge in person, so I’m definitely not going to do that on Twitter. And yes, I might share what I had for lunch with my neighbor if I’m having a conversaion.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:21:07 +0000

They were one of the pioneers, which is why they had such tremendous success. You need to be VERY creative to do something like that.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:18:30 +0000

It is just a tool and frankly, most people have no idea of how to use it. Just be smart with it and you can easily get some amazing results.

By: London IT Support

London IT Support — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:26:13 +0000

Twitter can be great for marketing I mean look at Dell – They have sold $3,000,000 worth of computers just through twitter.

By: How to make $100 a day

How to make $100 a day — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:29:26 +0000

I believe that twitter is a tool just like anything else, like e-mail marketing, or RSS, or other social media.

It has certain rules that have been generally accepted and if you follow them you can generate a lot of traffic to your websites.

It can also be helpful for generating buzz about your brand.

For example, on one of my websites I let people get to a free back link to their site. Website owners love this because it helps them rank higher in the search engines.

Twitter allows me to tell my followers that I am giving away free back links. And it gets traffic to my website.

Furthermore my followers retweet the message which gets me even more traffic.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:33:01 +0000

I would say that most people don’t care mainly because they tend to follow everyone and their mom

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:26:14 +0000

I think legitimate twitter users are currently rare, lol

By: pays to live green

pays to live green — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:27:31 +0000

Twitter seems like a waste of time when people post about whatever comes on their minds or what they are currently doing. What do other people gain from reading those post? Do people think that everybody else who is following them wants to know what they are doing or thinking at all times?

It can help you if you post appropriate things for business purposes and be a great tool to help promote it.

By: Love Graphics

Love Graphics — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:32:31 +0000

I agree, there will come a time when legitimate twitter users are rare, I sincerely hope all the twitter spamming stops. Like Neil said, you need to provide quality content and you will succeed.