Comments on: Please RT & Why You Shouldn’t Do It http://www.infusionblog.com/social-business/please-rt-why-you-shouldnt-do-it/ Email Marketing, CRM and Small Business Tips Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joseph Mannahttp://www.infusionblog.com/social-business/please-rt-why-you-shouldnt-do-it/comment-page-1/#comment-6751 Joseph Manna Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:38:49 +0000 http://www.infusionblog.com/?p=5811#comment-6751 Twitter is a great way to expand the audience of one's brand, and has worked quite well for us at Infusionsoft. However, anytime I see tweets with "please RT," they are pathetic and don't offer me (as a user) value in following you. <br><br>Quality is the essence of good Twitter interactions. Finding people in your niche and the top dogs are a good way to engage in good conversation.<br><br>Yeah, I've seen many peculiar trends in people following me when I change my bio to include various keywords. <br><br>Thanks for commenting, Kevin. I always appreciate your thoughts. :-)<br><br>~Joe Twitter is a great way to expand the audience of one's brand, and has worked quite well for us at Infusionsoft. However, anytime I see tweets with “please RT,” they are pathetic and don't offer me (as a user) value in following you.

Quality is the essence of good Twitter interactions. Finding people in your niche and the top dogs are a good way to engage in good conversation.

Yeah, I've seen many peculiar trends in people following me when I change my bio to include various keywords.

Thanks for commenting, Kevin. I always appreciate your thoughts. :-)

~Joe

]]> By: Kevin Ringhttp://www.infusionblog.com/social-business/please-rt-why-you-shouldnt-do-it/comment-page-1/#comment-6749 Kevin Ring Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:31:40 +0000 http://www.infusionblog.com/?p=5811#comment-6749 Of course, the strategy is to get people outside of your followers to see you and want to follow you. I've not really seen many people use it outside of internet marketing people who are convinced that the only way to make money is to have 50K followers. <br><br>Me, I'm much more concerned about finding the exact people in my niche. Best I can tell at this point, that number is nowhere near 50K, so I don't really care.<br><br>Another interesting experiment. Change your twitter bio to include the words "internet marketing". See how many followers you get tomorrow... Of course, the strategy is to get people outside of your followers to see you and want to follow you. I've not really seen many people use it outside of internet marketing people who are convinced that the only way to make money is to have 50K followers.

Me, I'm much more concerned about finding the exact people in my niche. Best I can tell at this point, that number is nowhere near 50K, so I don't really care.

Another interesting experiment. Change your twitter bio to include the words “internet marketing”. See how many followers you get tomorrow…

]]> By: Joseph Mannahttp://www.infusionblog.com/social-business/please-rt-why-you-shouldnt-do-it/comment-page-1/#comment-6153 Joseph Manna Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:38:49 +0000 http://www.infusionblog.com/?p=5811#comment-6153 Twitter is a great way to expand the audience of one's brand, and has worked quite well for us at Infusionsoft. However, anytime I see tweets with "please RT," they are pathetic and don't offer me (as a user) value in following you. <br><br>Quality is the essence of good Twitter interactions. Finding people in your niche and the top dogs are a good way to engage in good conversation.<br><br>Yeah, I've seen many peculiar trends in people following me when I change my bio to include various keywords. <br><br>Thanks for commenting, Kevin. I always appreciate your thoughts. :-)<br><br>~Joe Twitter is a great way to expand the audience of one's brand, and has worked quite well for us at Infusionsoft. However, anytime I see tweets with “please RT,” they are pathetic and don't offer me (as a user) value in following you.

Quality is the essence of good Twitter interactions. Finding people in your niche and the top dogs are a good way to engage in good conversation.

Yeah, I've seen many peculiar trends in people following me when I change my bio to include various keywords.

Thanks for commenting, Kevin. I always appreciate your thoughts. :-)

~Joe

]]> By: Kevin Ringhttp://www.infusionblog.com/social-business/please-rt-why-you-shouldnt-do-it/comment-page-1/#comment-6151 Kevin Ring Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:31:40 +0000 http://www.infusionblog.com/?p=5811#comment-6151 Of course, the strategy is to get people outside of your followers to see you and want to follow you. I've not really seen many people use it outside of internet marketing people who are convinced that the only way to make money is to have 50K followers. <br><br>Me, I'm much more concerned about finding the exact people in my niche. Best I can tell at this point, that number is nowhere near 50K, so I don't really care.<br><br>Another interesting experiment. Change your twitter bio to include the words "internet marketing". See how many followers you get tomorrow... Of course, the strategy is to get people outside of your followers to see you and want to follow you. I've not really seen many people use it outside of internet marketing people who are convinced that the only way to make money is to have 50K followers.

Me, I'm much more concerned about finding the exact people in my niche. Best I can tell at this point, that number is nowhere near 50K, so I don't really care.

Another interesting experiment. Change your twitter bio to include the words “internet marketing”. See how many followers you get tomorrow…

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