Comments on: How To Use Twitter More Effectively

By: rampantheart

rampantheart — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 02:18:02 +0000

@Baturalp is right! Well, in my case, I have been an active part of twitter for a long time now and use it mostly to network with people rather than promoting my posts. Of course I am not a pro blogger but make it a point not to annoy people. I have a separate account for my blog that updates the recent blog posts to people. I use Twitterfeed for that.

By: Marlive

Marlive — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:35:45 +0000

Great information Mert!

I also like Chris Brogan’s 4 goals with using Twitter which has been extremely helpful in me gaining followers:
1) Be helpful; 2) Be informative; 3) Be Human; and 4) Be responsive

By: Miguel Wickert

Miguel Wickert — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:25:51 +0000

I don’t know if I agree with not updating twitter with new blog post… I do but it’s not the only thing I update twitter with. I share interesting reads, sites I comment on and so forth.

I right there with ya Mert, I normally share quality links or communicate with family and friends behind the scenes. If you’re only use of twitter is one dimensional (whatever that may be), you may want to rethink your approach. Excellent points all around folks!

By: Mert Erkal

Mert Erkal — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:58:44 +0000

@ Baturalp: Sorry for my misunderstanding I think you are right on most of your comments. I gain 5-10 new followers almost every single day, so I want to keep them updated. I have nearly 900 followers, and it is not so easy to become friends with most of them. All I can do is to update them with my tweets. But you also mentioned very good points here. I will be thinkging about them. Thanks for joining the conversation, and honestly sharing your opinion. Good nite

By: Baturalp

Baturalp — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:45:29 +0000

@Mert: Sorry, I wasn’t talking directly to you. I don’t believe that promoting every post on twitter is necessary and beneficial. It’s much more like sending SMS to all of your friends, if it’d be free. Probably, no one wants to bother friends because they’ve already followed your posts.

For instance, creating another Twitter account as an RSS mirror could be a better idea. That’d be special for only readers. I believe that personal Twitter accounts should reflect personal ideas and broadcast a personal/business life.

From now on, I’m talking directly to you Please don’t forget that your twitter followers might be willing to learn some ideas/experiences in your mind by following you. — and also they might already noticed your posts. Now, keep twitting your latest posts.

By: Mert Erkal

Mert Erkal — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:09:18 +0000

@ Baturalp : Consider it done, sir You can easily remove me from your followers list if you don’t like my Twitter updates. As a problogger, I need to update my readers about my latest post. I usually post useful stuff for my readers, so I don’t feel guilty when letting my followers know about my latest post.

By: Baturalp

Baturalp — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:48:22 +0000

Don’t update your twitter when you write a new blog post. This can be quite annoying. There are different ways of promoting your posts such as rss, newsletter etc. but twitter is not the way of doing this.