Comments on: Twitter as a marketing tool http://www.thinksynergy.co.uk/2009/05/26/twitter-marketing-tool/ Fixed price, low cost web design and hosting based in Harrogate, North Yorkshire Fri, 11 Jun 2010 03:24:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jim http://www.thinksynergy.co.uk/2009/05/26/twitter-marketing-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-743 Jim Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:30:06 +0000 http://www.thinksynergy.co.uk/?p=397#comment-743 @Frog: I would say I baulk a little at the concept of using twitter as a marketing tool. I think it should be respected a little like making new friends... get to know when and then they will want to know about you, rather than getting to know them in order to market to them. I guess there is a fine line. @Zoe: Spot on... I have yet to meet up with anyone I have made friends with on twitter, but it is only a matter of time! Like any service I guess it is open to abuse. The worst thing I see on twitter is the idiots who spend all day tweeting to celebs, "look at me, look at me!", like they are their best mate LOL @Frog: I would say I baulk a little at the concept of using twitter as a marketing tool. I think it should be respected a little like making new friends… get to know when and then they will want to know about you, rather than getting to know them in order to market to them. I guess there is a fine line.

@Zoe: Spot on… I have yet to meet up with anyone I have made friends with on twitter, but it is only a matter of time! Like any service I guess it is open to abuse. The worst thing I see on twitter is the idiots who spend all day tweeting to celebs, “look at me, look at me!”, like they are their best mate LOL

]]> By: Zoe Piper http://www.thinksynergy.co.uk/2009/05/26/twitter-marketing-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-742 Zoe Piper Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:23:59 +0000 http://www.thinksynergy.co.uk/?p=397#comment-742 I completely agree - I see Twitter as a way to make friends and contacts out of people you'd never normally get to meet otherwise. I like meeting people from Twitter in real life! The trouble is, companies and organisations think there's a magic formula for harnessing the 'power' of Twitter. There is no magic formula and you can't harness people that don't want to be advertised to (which I bet the vast majority of users don't). Unfortunately so-called 'experts' and the media just propagate the myth, which is why we won't stop hearing about Twitter any time soon! I completely agree – I see Twitter as a way to make friends and contacts out of people you’d never normally get to meet otherwise. I like meeting people from Twitter in real life! The trouble is, companies and organisations think there’s a magic formula for harnessing the ‘power’ of Twitter. There is no magic formula and you can’t harness people that don’t want to be advertised to (which I bet the vast majority of users don’t). Unfortunately so-called ‘experts’ and the media just propagate the myth, which is why we won’t stop hearing about Twitter any time soon!

]]> By: Frog http://www.thinksynergy.co.uk/2009/05/26/twitter-marketing-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-737 Frog Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:14:42 +0000 http://www.thinksynergy.co.uk/?p=397#comment-737 Hi Jim, completely agree with you here, Twitter is a great marketing tool. Digg even changed their 'share' feature, removed the shout to Digg friends function and replaced it with 3 share options, one for Facebook, one for email and one for Twitter. Eveb Mashable use the Tweetmeme button to harness the power of Twitter as a marketing tool. Hi Jim, completely agree with you here, Twitter is a great marketing tool. Digg even changed their ’share’ feature, removed the shout to Digg friends function and replaced it with 3 share options, one for Facebook, one for email and one for Twitter. Eveb Mashable use the Tweetmeme button to harness the power of Twitter as a marketing tool.

]]> By: Jim http://www.thinksynergy.co.uk/2009/05/26/twitter-marketing-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-723 Jim Wed, 27 May 2009 06:54:12 +0000 http://www.thinksynergy.co.uk/?p=397#comment-723 @Lyndi: I like how you use twitter, I always click on your links because they are generally a spot-on match for my interests. What irritates me a little is people who tweet about something. Then they tweet that they are blogging about it. Then they tweet again once they post the blog! Enough already! LOL I just feel there is a lot of spam on twitter, and a lot of people who don't seem willing to give back what they take out. @Lyndi: I like how you use twitter, I always click on your links because they are generally a spot-on match for my interests. What irritates me a little is people who tweet about something. Then they tweet that they are blogging about it. Then they tweet again once they post the blog! Enough already! LOL

I just feel there is a lot of spam on twitter, and a lot of people who don’t seem willing to give back what they take out.

]]> By: Lyndi http://www.thinksynergy.co.uk/2009/05/26/twitter-marketing-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-722 Lyndi Wed, 27 May 2009 04:11:49 +0000 http://www.thinksynergy.co.uk/?p=397#comment-722 Answering the original question on Twitter (What are you doing?) no longer works, no-one will even answer you. All I do on Twitter is share interesting articles I find all over the Net that I think might be of interest to my Twitter friends. I do not promote myself or at least not much. One out of every 30 articles I share might be my own. Twitter does bring a bit of traffic to my blog but it is nothing to write home about. Answering the original question on Twitter (What are you doing?) no longer works, no-one will even answer you. All I do on Twitter is share interesting articles I find all over the Net that I think might be of interest to my Twitter friends. I do not promote myself or at least not much. One out of every 30 articles I share might be my own. Twitter does bring a bit of traffic to my blog but it is nothing to write home about.

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