Are You A Twitter Snob?
Written by Vera Raposo
on November 4th, 2008 / 15 Comments / Print this
Get ready for a rant, and let me ask you this question…
“Are YOU a twitter snob??”
This post has been in my mind for a long time. What is the point of Twitter?
- is it to showcase your work?
- connect with others?
- secure business deals?
- build a relationship with your readers?
- all of the above?
I truly use Twitter mostly for the joy in connecting with my online business friends. Aside from that, it really annoys me when I respond to others and they either don’t check their replies, or don’t care to reply. I often check my replies so that I can reply back with a thank you, or to chat more on the topic at hand.
If you’re not on Twitter for relationship building, then I urge you to LEAVE TWITTER TODAY! Truly, nothing annoys me more when people SPAM their twitter followers with nothing but product stuff, etc. I haven’t seen too many people who SPAM but there are tons that DO NOT REPLY.
Come on people! If you’re wanting to build your business and relationships with the people you find on Twitter, tell me why don’t you interact with them?
- Are they not BIG enough in your books?
- are they not worth the effort to reply to?
- are you too busy for them?
Please do us all a favor, start building on your relationships….
Don’t be a TWITTER SNOB!
15 Comments to “Are You A Twitter Snob?”
November 4th, 2008
12:39 pm
It would be nice if you included your own twitter account to link to. Walking the talk, and all that.
November 4th, 2008
1:26 pm
I agree with you completely. Don’t be on twitter if you are not interested in cultivating relationships with your customers or contacts. The whole principle behind twitter is that is an easy way to keep in touch with very little time investment.
November 4th, 2008
3:24 pm
I use twitter for finding new information (new blogs, articles, quotes) and building relationships. Communicating on twitter and responding to tweets is a great way to share ideas.
November 5th, 2008
1:58 am
I am not Twittering at all. I find Twitter time consuming, so i never joined it at first place.
November 6th, 2008
8:13 am
Justin - Ha! You caught me, you know I had it in my mind when I was creating the post to put my twitter name in there. Here you go, http://www.twitter.com/veraraposo
Rob - Exactly, I love the way it’s so easy to stay in touch and it gives people a peek into your work and who you are.
Lior - Yes, great ways to find people and build friendships.
Jessica - You know I thought the same thing before I started there, I figured it would suck all of my energy like an instant message chat, but you can take it or leave it. Many people have compared it to being at the water cooler in the office setting. Participate, or take a peek and say goodbye.
November 6th, 2008
4:56 pm
Vera,
Good point! Perhaps the reason I am a Twitter snob right now is because I don’t get any responses with my comments on the posts - childish, but that what I did
Anyhow, I reconsider to wrote a reaction or two on any posts in Twitter to let Twitterworld know that I’m not a Twitter snob
Cheers!
November 7th, 2008
8:56 am
Like any part of the internet people use it for different purposes. Doesn’t insisting people use twitter in the way you want them to make you a twitter snob yourself?
November 7th, 2008
3:44 pm
Twitter is a great place for relationship building as you suggested. I wonder how it’ll be after all the politicking from the Election dies down. Relationships were surely tested with all the politics that was going around.
As with most things having a balance usually works. You need to respond like in any friendship. Who wants a one way relationship? Go talk to yourself elsewhere.
Long conversations where people @ each other can be a little annoying too.
Not without fault myself but jumping into another conversation always seems hard to me.
November 8th, 2008
4:36 am
You should definitely use Twitter to build relationships.If you are in the internet marketing niche you will make more sales if your visitors trust you.You can really use Twitter to your advantage and even Twitter your own newsletter if you have a one.
November 8th, 2008
6:45 pm
Noob - Hey you should share your twitter URL here too.
Neil - Yes, true the internet is used for all sorts of purposes. I can see your point, but I think mostly what bothers me is when people don’t respond or follow others back. But like you say, everyone has their own choice. Thanks for sharing.
November 10th, 2008
1:23 pm
Melitsa - I know that long conversations of others can be fun to follow or even a bit annoying like you said, I tend to get involved reading them but it is a time waster so I try not to do this.
Tom - That’s a great idea, instead of linking to your home page you can link directly to a page that shows a sign up for your newsletter. Great idea! Perfect way to build your contacts.
November 10th, 2008
9:46 pm
I heard someone say recently that if a blog is a business lunch, then Twitter is akin to a happy hour. I thought that was a great description. And at long last, I have officially joined Twitter as of this evening.
November 13th, 2008
6:39 pm
Hey Annie, that’s a fun way to describe it.
Glad you joined, why not post your twitter URL so I can follow you.
November 26th, 2008
8:32 pm
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November 30th, 2008
5:40 am
Haven’t tried Twitter much. Been planning to try out though since it involves connecting with people and making relationships.
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