Comments on: Twigger Happy Self Promotion http://jonontech.com/2009/06/03/twigger-happy-self-promotion/ Just a nerd trying to save the publishing industry. Again. Fri, 11 May 2012 17:43:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: George http://jonontech.com/2009/06/03/twigger-happy-self-promotion/#comment-1735 George Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:34:45 +0000 http://jonontech.com/?p=744#comment-1735 Thanks for the graph!People are waking up to the power of twitter and it's great to see an actual analytics chart! Thanks for the graph!People are waking up to the power of twitter and it’s great to see an actual analytics chart!

]]> By: Suzy T http://jonontech.com/2009/06/03/twigger-happy-self-promotion/#comment-1189 Suzy T Sat, 06 Jun 2009 09:22:47 +0000 http://jonontech.com/?p=744#comment-1189 I personally don't care how many times I see your tweets, just so long as you've cleared them off your FB profile (which you did a while back, thanks). But then I will dip in here every few days regardless of your self-promotion so it doesn't really make a difference to me. I guess what you really want to do is get one of the big nerd forums (/., dailywtf etc) to link to you - then if the clickthroughs like what they see, they'll come back. (Hi Andrew! :) ) I personally don’t care how many times I see your tweets, just so long as you’ve cleared them off your FB profile (which you did a while back, thanks). But then I will dip in here every few days regardless of your self-promotion so it doesn’t really make a difference to me. I guess what you really want to do is get one of the big nerd forums (/., dailywtf etc) to link to you – then if the clickthroughs like what they see, they’ll come back. (Hi Andrew! :) )

]]> By: Jon Marks http://jonontech.com/2009/06/03/twigger-happy-self-promotion/#comment-1178 Jon Marks Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:00:16 +0000 http://jonontech.com/?p=744#comment-1178 Ignorant Microsoft employees! Next time I'm in Redmond I'll explain it to you. Luckily for you, that's next week. See you at the airport :-) Ignorant Microsoft employees! Next time I’m in Redmond I’ll explain it to you. Luckily for you, that’s next week. See you at the airport :-)

]]> By: Andrew Godfrey http://jonontech.com/2009/06/03/twigger-happy-self-promotion/#comment-1177 Andrew Godfrey Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:46:27 +0000 http://jonontech.com/?p=744#comment-1177 Btw I was asking about when you tweet the same blog post twice, not the other "re-tweet" case you mentioned. Btw I was asking about when you tweet the same blog post twice,
not the other “re-tweet” case you mentioned.

]]> By: Andrew Godfrey http://jonontech.com/2009/06/03/twigger-happy-self-promotion/#comment-1176 Andrew Godfrey Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:01:13 +0000 http://jonontech.com/?p=744#comment-1176 I use RSS (I still don't get the point of Twitter). Could you explain to an idiot like me why you would want to re-tweet the same blog post at all? Is it just that your readers are following so many things, you're scared that if you don't tweet close to when they read it, it will fall off their radar? I hope I'm missing something - that would be so lame. Either way: Spammer! I'm glad I don't see this rubbish in my RSS feed. And: It seems like a simple feature for Twitter to be able to eliminate the duplicate tweets, so your readers only see 1 tweet no matter how many times you repeat it. P.S. You kids, get off my lawn! I use RSS (I still don’t get the point of Twitter).
Could you explain to an idiot like me why you would want to re-tweet the same
blog post at all?

Is it just that your readers are following so many things, you’re scared that if you don’t tweet close to when they read it, it will fall off their radar? I hope I’m missing something – that would be so lame.

Either way: Spammer! I’m glad I don’t see this rubbish in my RSS feed.
And: It seems like a simple feature for Twitter to be able to eliminate the duplicate tweets, so your readers only see 1 tweet no matter how many times you repeat it.

P.S. You kids, get off my lawn!

]]> By: Marcus A http://jonontech.com/2009/06/03/twigger-happy-self-promotion/#comment-1175 Marcus A Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:51:48 +0000 http://jonontech.com/?p=744#comment-1175 Why not solve the timezone issue by localising your tweets? eg: "...and for all the East Coast US readers out there, why not check out my post [insert link]" "...GMT? You may have missed [insert link] ... pls RT @ EST ta" etc Just a thought :-) Why not solve the timezone issue by localising your tweets? eg:

“…and for all the East Coast US readers out there, why not check out my post [insert link]”

“…GMT? You may have missed [insert link] … pls RT @ EST ta”

etc

Just a thought :-)

]]> By: Jon Marks http://jonontech.com/2009/06/03/twigger-happy-self-promotion/#comment-1162 Jon Marks Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:01:16 +0000 http://jonontech.com/?p=744#comment-1162 No, I hadn't see it. It's pretty cool. But sadly it doesn't help me track which tweets caused traffic to this blog ... No, I hadn’t see it. It’s pretty cool. But sadly it doesn’t help me track which tweets caused traffic to this blog …

]]> By: Naomi http://jonontech.com/2009/06/03/twigger-happy-self-promotion/#comment-1161 Naomi Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:57:28 +0000 http://jonontech.com/?p=744#comment-1161 do you know about twitter counter? http://twittercounter.com/ its another good way to track all of this...if you want to be really marketing about it and less geek of course :) do you know about twitter counter? http://twittercounter.com/ its another good way to track all of this…if you want to be really marketing about it and less geek of course :)

]]> By: Neil Potter http://jonontech.com/2009/06/03/twigger-happy-self-promotion/#comment-1159 Neil Potter Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:10:51 +0000 http://jonontech.com/?p=744#comment-1159 Aggressive tweets - I like that. I was reading an article the other day that said the amount of click through's you get on your tweet is all dependant on how you 'sell' it. With this in mind, I'll think I'll try and spend longer on blog titles... RT's are where it's at. If someone worthy RT's your post, I always notice a massive spike in the stats. Aggressive tweets – I like that. I was reading an article the other day that said the amount of click through’s you get on your tweet is all dependant on how you ‘sell’ it. With this in mind, I’ll think I’ll try and spend longer on blog titles…

RT’s are where it’s at. If someone worthy RT’s your post, I always notice a massive spike in the stats.

]]> By: Ian Truscott http://jonontech.com/2009/06/03/twigger-happy-self-promotion/#comment-1158 Ian Truscott Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:31:11 +0000 http://jonontech.com/?p=744#comment-1158 Interesting! I must admit I noticed the multiple tweets and thought that something was broken - like Twitterfeed had decided to embarrass you and then I noticed a pattern, that this must be on purpose. On the other hand, you make a great point, I am one of those people who are following too many people and can no longer use twitter like it's e-mail, eyeing up each tweet and now tune in and out like radio. So, I am noticing I am missing stuff, by folks like you who I enjoy following - I am also missing your stuff because other folks have started multiple tweeting or those people that tweet 20 times in a nanosecond and everything else gets buried. So maybe you need to be more aggressive and post MORE tweets about your stuff ;-) a tweeting arms race. Tweetdeck is great, with groups, but I think Twitter needs to add some core functionality to help us out here.... Interesting! I must admit I noticed the multiple tweets and thought that something was broken – like Twitterfeed had decided to embarrass you and then I noticed a pattern, that this must be on purpose. On the other hand, you make a great point, I am one of those people who are following too many people and can no longer use twitter like it’s e-mail, eyeing up each tweet and now tune in and out like radio.
So, I am noticing I am missing stuff, by folks like you who I enjoy following – I am also missing your stuff because other folks have started multiple tweeting or those people that tweet 20 times in a nanosecond and everything else gets buried. So maybe you need to be more aggressive and post MORE tweets about your stuff ;-) a tweeting arms race.
Tweetdeck is great, with groups, but I think Twitter needs to add some core functionality to help us out here….

]]> By: Neil Potter http://jonontech.com/2009/06/03/twigger-happy-self-promotion/#comment-1157 Neil Potter Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:03:06 +0000 http://jonontech.com/?p=744#comment-1157 "Even worse when you advertise it with a different tag line" :) I've been trialling this method with little snippets from my posts to see if it sparks any more interest! I didn't really think about how annoying it might be! ;) Back to the drawing board..! “Even worse when you advertise it with a different tag line”

:) I’ve been trialling this method with little snippets from my posts to see if it sparks any more interest! I didn’t really think about how annoying it might be! ;)

Back to the drawing board..!

]]> By: Jon Marks http://jonontech.com/2009/06/03/twigger-happy-self-promotion/#comment-1156 Jon Marks Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:50:46 +0000 http://jonontech.com/?p=744#comment-1156 Yeah, you are guilty Neil. And it's a bit annoying ;-) In fact, probably about as annoying as mine have been :-( I see plenty of your tweets for the same post, and I'm sure you see plenty of mine. We have to trust our readers more to find the stuff they want to find. When I'm back-scrolling through the tweets I follow, I get nice and excited when I see a new blog post from people (yourself included). Then always a bit disappointed when it turns out to be one I've seen already. Even worse when you advertise it with a different tag line. I'm guilty of the same. At least the old more spammier me was guilty of the same. As of now I'm changing my spots as I mentioned in a comment higher up. Still going to allow the Twitterfeed bot to do its thing, but I might kill that too at some point. Yeah, you are guilty Neil. And it’s a bit annoying ;-) In fact, probably about as annoying as mine have been :-( I see plenty of your tweets for the same post, and I’m sure you see plenty of mine. We have to trust our readers more to find the stuff they want to find. When I’m back-scrolling through the tweets I follow, I get nice and excited when I see a new blog post from people (yourself included). Then always a bit disappointed when it turns out to be one I’ve seen already. Even worse when you advertise it with a different tag line. I’m guilty of the same.

At least the old more spammier me was guilty of the same. As of now I’m changing my spots as I mentioned in a comment higher up. Still going to allow the Twitterfeed bot to do its thing, but I might kill that too at some point.

]]> By: Neil Potter http://jonontech.com/2009/06/03/twigger-happy-self-promotion/#comment-1155 Neil Potter Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:26:32 +0000 http://jonontech.com/?p=744#comment-1155 I'm seriously guilty of self promotion via Twitter and I've been called up on it a few times by respected colleagues or industry bods. But what the heck, similar to you Jon, I feel I have something worthy to say and I don't want people to miss it (your real-time argument is spot on). I guess it's all down to the content, no matter how many times you tweet it, bump it, add to this feed and that feed or shout about it from the roof tops...If people don't think it's worth reading...they wont. and they wont pass it on. I’m seriously guilty of self promotion via Twitter and I’ve been called up on it a few times by respected colleagues or industry bods. But what the heck, similar to you Jon, I feel I have something worthy to say and I don’t want people to miss it (your real-time argument is spot on).

I guess it’s all down to the content, no matter how many times you tweet it, bump it, add to this feed and that feed or shout about it from the roof tops…If people don’t think it’s worth reading…they wont. and they wont pass it on.

]]> By: Jon Marks http://jonontech.com/2009/06/03/twigger-happy-self-promotion/#comment-1154 Jon Marks Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:18:31 +0000 http://jonontech.com/?p=744#comment-1154 Pie, Darren, You've confirmed my suspicions. I am one of those douche-bags. As a result, my policy is officially changing. One Twitterfeed auto-post, plus one manual tweet in the middle of the day some time. And that's it. Thanks for the wake-up slap. Pie, Darren,

You’ve confirmed my suspicions. I am one of those douche-bags. As a result, my policy is officially changing. One Twitterfeed auto-post, plus one manual tweet in the middle of the day some time. And that’s it.

Thanks for the wake-up slap.

]]> By: Jon Marks http://jonontech.com/2009/06/03/twigger-happy-self-promotion/#comment-1151 Jon Marks Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:41:31 +0000 http://jonontech.com/?p=744#comment-1151 I think my Twitter bump comes for people doing twitter searches for things like #CMS, #ECM etc. I don't think it is as a result of the followers. Hard to tell, though. I think my Twitter bump comes for people doing twitter searches for things like #CMS, #ECM etc. I don’t think it is as a result of the followers. Hard to tell, though.

]]> By: Ben Morris http://jonontech.com/2009/06/03/twigger-happy-self-promotion/#comment-1150 Ben Morris Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:32:50 +0000 http://jonontech.com/?p=744#comment-1150 I guess that Twitter only gives you a bump if you have a *lot* of followers - not sure if I have the energy for it! I'm surprised that you get so few hits from search engines as I've always found long-tail search to be a prime source of blog traffic - that and commenting on other blogs and forums... I guess that Twitter only gives you a bump if you have a *lot* of followers – not sure if I have the energy for it! I’m surprised that you get so few hits from search engines as I’ve always found long-tail search to be a prime source of blog traffic – that and commenting on other blogs and forums…

]]> By: Darren Ferguson http://jonontech.com/2009/06/03/twigger-happy-self-promotion/#comment-1146 Darren Ferguson Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:51:57 +0000 http://jonontech.com/?p=744#comment-1146 Hi John, Interesting post. I see the multiple tweets and my first reaction is spammer! To be completely honest with you, if you didn't have something interesting to say then I probably would have unfollowed by now. I'm not criticising your use of twitter, it is such a simple service that everyone is busy writing their own rules of etiquette and it is nobody's right to dictate how another uses the service. I'd be interested in a service that allowed you to append your latest blog post URL to your email/website forum signatures as a way of distributing your latest content. Hi John,

Interesting post. I see the multiple tweets and my first reaction is spammer! To be completely honest with you, if you didn’t have something interesting to say then I probably would have unfollowed by now.

I’m not criticising your use of twitter, it is such a simple service that everyone is busy writing their own rules of etiquette and it is nobody’s right to dictate how another uses the service.

I’d be interested in a service that allowed you to append your latest blog post URL to your email/website forum signatures as a way of distributing your latest content.

]]> By: Pie http://jonontech.com/2009/06/03/twigger-happy-self-promotion/#comment-1140 Pie Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:32:39 +0000 http://jonontech.com/?p=744#comment-1140 Can't help you. I tweet once, but that is my choice. People that tweet for days about the same piece of content annoy me, but a few random tweets, not as bad. I actually scan everything the people I follow tweet, even if I am asleep. There are a few exceptions, but that case usually holds true. But I am just one reader. Can’t help you. I tweet once, but that is my choice. People that tweet for days about the same piece of content annoy me, but a few random tweets, not as bad.

I actually scan everything the people I follow tweet, even if I am asleep. There are a few exceptions, but that case usually holds true. But I am just one reader.

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