Comments on: How to Gain Followers and Influence Tweeple http://glennhilton.com/2009/12/how-to-grow-your-following-and-influence-on-twitter/ Thoughts for tweeple, techies & a brighter tomorrow Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:35:31 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Twitted by CIBennett http://glennhilton.com/2009/12/how-to-grow-your-following-and-influence-on-twitter/comment-page-2/#comment-218 Twitted by CIBennett Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:43:15 +0000 http://glennhilton.com/?p=379#comment-218 [...] This post was Twitted by CIBennett [...] [...] This post was Twitted by CIBennett [...]

]]> By: Glenn Hilton http://glennhilton.com/2009/12/how-to-grow-your-following-and-influence-on-twitter/comment-page-2/#comment-217 Glenn Hilton Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:30:56 +0000 http://glennhilton.com/?p=379#comment-217 Hi BB, thanks for taking the time to comment. Tweetdeck was quite a memory hog when it first came out but it's much more efficient now. It's great to hear you've been using the Twitter interface and finding it useful. In relation to judging people those are all good criteria and I'd agree that custom backgrounds may not be for everyone. However, if a person has significant goals that they're hoping to accomplish through Twitter, they want to appear professional and don't want to be mistaken for a spam account then it might be worth taking the time to put a custom background together. And finally if you're looking for conversation or someone to take the time to read all your tweets, you're probably more likely to find it with individuals with fewer followers as unfortunately those with high follower counts can't dedicate the time needed to focus on each and every one of their followers. Hi BB, thanks for taking the time to comment. Tweetdeck was quite a memory hog when it first came out but it's much more efficient now. It's great to hear you've been using the Twitter interface and finding it useful. In relation to judging people those are all good criteria and I'd agree that custom backgrounds may not be for everyone. However, if a person has significant goals that they're hoping to accomplish through Twitter, they want to appear professional and don't want to be mistaken for a spam account then it might be worth taking the time to put a custom background together. And finally if you're looking for conversation or someone to take the time to read all your tweets, you're probably more likely to find it with individuals with fewer followers as unfortunately those with high follower counts can't dedicate the time needed to focus on each and every one of their followers.

]]> By: Glenn Hilton http://glennhilton.com/2009/12/how-to-grow-your-following-and-influence-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-216 Glenn Hilton Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:14:25 +0000 http://glennhilton.com/?p=379#comment-216 Thanks for dropping by Francie and glad to hear you found the post helpful. Great to see you're a journalist & writer. Let me know if you have a blog of your own :) Thanks for dropping by Francie and glad to hear you found the post helpful. Great to see you're a journalist & writer. Let me know if you have a blog of your own :)

]]> By: BarbsBooks http://glennhilton.com/2009/12/how-to-grow-your-following-and-influence-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-215 BarbsBooks Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:08:37 +0000 http://glennhilton.com/?p=379#comment-215 Great things to think about. I disagree about needing to tweet from several places. I used to use Tweetdeck, but it used too much memory and kept other applications from working right. I guess I judge people by their content, common interests, location, bios, & pictures -- not by their custom backgrounds. I prefer to follow people who don't have thousands of followers. Great things to think about. I disagree about needing to tweet from several places. I used to use Tweetdeck, but it used too much memory and kept other applications from working right. I guess I judge people by their content, common interests, location, bios, & pictures — not by their custom backgrounds. I prefer to follow people who don't have thousands of followers.

]]> By: Francie Grace http://glennhilton.com/2009/12/how-to-grow-your-following-and-influence-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-214 Francie Grace Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:43:18 +0000 http://glennhilton.com/?p=379#comment-214 Hi, Glenn - What an amazing compilation of Twitter Dos and Don'ts. Thanks for pulling it all together! Both affirming and illuminating... - @FrancieGrace Hi, Glenn – What an amazing compilation of Twitter Dos and Don'ts. Thanks for pulling it all together! Both affirming and illuminating… – @FrancieGrace

]]> By: Twitted by ShawnNoLimits http://glennhilton.com/2009/12/how-to-grow-your-following-and-influence-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-213 Twitted by ShawnNoLimits Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:14:56 +0000 http://glennhilton.com/?p=379#comment-213 [...] This post was Twitted by ShawnNoLimits [...] [...] This post was Twitted by ShawnNoLimits [...]

]]> By: Twitted by SuperMNet http://glennhilton.com/2009/12/how-to-grow-your-following-and-influence-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-212 Twitted by SuperMNet Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:07:16 +0000 http://glennhilton.com/?p=379#comment-212 [...] This post was Twitted by SuperMNet [...] [...] This post was Twitted by SuperMNet [...]

]]> By: Glenn Hilton http://glennhilton.com/2009/12/how-to-grow-your-following-and-influence-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-210 Glenn Hilton Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:57:17 +0000 http://glennhilton.com/?p=379#comment-210 Great input Ryan. Always been impressed with the efforts you put into answering questions & helping others. ;) Great input Ryan. Always been impressed with the efforts you put into answering questions & helping others. ;)

]]> By: rjdempsey http://glennhilton.com/2009/12/how-to-grow-your-following-and-influence-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-209 rjdempsey Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:48:18 +0000 http://glennhilton.com/?p=379#comment-209 I use <a href="http://search.twitter.com" rel="nofollow">search.twitter.com</a> regularly for research and finding like-minded tweeters. For search terms I want to stay constantly plugged into, I setup a search column for the term on Tweetdeck. That way I always aggregate every mention of the term in the twitterverse. From time to time I'll filter that list to be even more specific. Tweetdeck makes this easy. For example if I feel like answering questions (a great way to engage your community btw), I'll filter the column, by '?', who, what, why, etc. Or if you're job hunting you can filter by 'hiring', 'help wanted', etc.<br><br>Twitter is the ultimate social network for marketers because of your ability to monitor your own brand and related keywords. Facebook wants to follow suit but will suffer the backlash. I use search.twitter.com regularly for research and finding like-minded tweeters. For search terms I want to stay constantly plugged into, I setup a search column for the term on Tweetdeck. That way I always aggregate every mention of the term in the twitterverse. From time to time I'll filter that list to be even more specific. Tweetdeck makes this easy. For example if I feel like answering questions (a great way to engage your community btw), I'll filter the column, by '?', who, what, why, etc. Or if you're job hunting you can filter by 'hiring', 'help wanted', etc.

Twitter is the ultimate social network for marketers because of your ability to monitor your own brand and related keywords. Facebook wants to follow suit but will suffer the backlash.

]]> By: Glenn Hilton http://glennhilton.com/2009/12/how-to-grow-your-following-and-influence-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-205 Glenn Hilton Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:29:29 +0000 http://glennhilton.com/?p=379#comment-205 I've been mainly using search in tools such as Peoplebrowsr and Tweetdeck to search for potential clients. Basically I setup of saved searches for things like "looking Drupal", "need Drupal", "find Drupal", etc and then monitor those for people looking for a Drupal firm. That's worked quite well for us. I've been mainly using search in tools such as Peoplebrowsr and Tweetdeck to search for potential clients. Basically I setup of saved searches for things like “looking Drupal”, “need Drupal”, “find Drupal”, etc and then monitor those for people looking for a Drupal firm. That's worked quite well for us.

]]> By: Glenn Hilton http://glennhilton.com/2009/12/how-to-grow-your-following-and-influence-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-204 Glenn Hilton Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:22:11 +0000 http://glennhilton.com/?p=379#comment-204 Glad to hear you're keeping it real Susan! Both you and Janice have been doing some amazing stuff for moms thru your blog (<a href="http://www.5minutesformom.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.5minutesformom.com/</a>) & in social media. I'm excited about your new video blogging site (<a href="http://www.sayitfacetoface.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.sayitfacetoface.com/</a>) that you created too. Vlogs are definitely growing in popularity so I think it will be well received! Glad to hear you're keeping it real Susan! Both you and Janice have been doing some amazing stuff for moms thru your blog (http://www.5minutesformom.com/) & in social media. I'm excited about your new video blogging site (http://www.sayitfacetoface.com/) that you created too. Vlogs are definitely growing in popularity so I think it will be well received!

]]> By: Justin Kozuch http://glennhilton.com/2009/12/how-to-grow-your-following-and-influence-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-203 Justin Kozuch Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:18:13 +0000 http://glennhilton.com/?p=379#comment-203 Hey Glenn, thanks for updating the post.<br><br>Wanted to ask you (and some of the other readers as well): what are some of the way you use search? I find myself fascinated with search and social media, and I'm looking to get some insight from established social media experts. Hey Glenn, thanks for updating the post.

Wanted to ask you (and some of the other readers as well): what are some of the way you use search? I find myself fascinated with search and social media, and I'm looking to get some insight from established social media experts.

]]> By: 5minutesformom http://glennhilton.com/2009/12/how-to-grow-your-following-and-influence-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-202 5minutesformom Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:15:22 +0000 http://glennhilton.com/?p=379#comment-202 Great tips Glenn.<br><br>I keep my following and tweeting all completely organic and I don't automate anything. I don't even schedule tweets for a later time... while it might be tempting to do so, I like people to know that I'm actually here at the keyboard while I'm tweeting.<br><br>~Susan Great tips Glenn.

I keep my following and tweeting all completely organic and I don't automate anything. I don't even schedule tweets for a later time… while it might be tempting to do so, I like people to know that I'm actually here at the keyboard while I'm tweeting.

~Susan

]]> By: Twitted by amtcon http://glennhilton.com/2009/12/how-to-grow-your-following-and-influence-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-198 Twitted by amtcon Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:12:39 +0000 http://glennhilton.com/?p=379#comment-198 [...] This post was Twitted by amtcon [...] [...] This post was Twitted by amtcon [...]

]]> By: Glenn Hilton http://glennhilton.com/2009/12/how-to-grow-your-following-and-influence-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-199 Glenn Hilton Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:08:29 +0000 http://glennhilton.com/?p=379#comment-199 Sweet. Now my post is truly Canadian, with both an English & French version ;) Sweet. Now my post is truly Canadian, with both an English & French version ;)

]]> By: SEO consultant http://glennhilton.com/2009/12/how-to-grow-your-following-and-influence-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-197 SEO consultant Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:30:09 +0000 http://glennhilton.com/?p=379#comment-197 Wow ! a great article with lots of tips and good pratices. I found it following a tweet written in french. Let me add a similar article written in french hopping it will be useful to the peaple who are not confotable with english. <br><a href="http://www.axiz.fr/articles/twitter-attitude-10-bonnes-pratiques.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.axiz.fr/articles/twitter-attitude-10...</a><br><br>@axizebusiness Wow ! a great article with lots of tips and good pratices. I found it following a tweet written in french. Let me add a similar article written in french hopping it will be useful to the peaple who are not confotable with english.
http://www.axiz.fr/articles/twitter-attitude-10...

@axizebusiness

]]> By: SEO consultant http://glennhilton.com/2009/12/how-to-grow-your-following-and-influence-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-196 SEO consultant Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:27:35 +0000 http://glennhilton.com/?p=379#comment-196 Wow ! a great article with lots of tips and good pratices. I found it following a tweet written in french. Let me add a similar article written in french hopping it will be useful to the peaple who are not confotable with english. <br><a href="http://www.axiz.fr/articles/twitter-attitude-10-bonnes-pratiques.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.axiz.fr/articles/twitter-attitude-10...</a><br><br>@axizebusiness Wow ! a great article with lots of tips and good pratices. I found it following a tweet written in french. Let me add a similar article written in french hopping it will be useful to the peaple who are not confotable with english.
http://www.axiz.fr/articles/twitter-attitude-10...

@axizebusiness

]]> By: How To Gain Followers and Influence Tweeple | Out-Smarts Social Media Marketing http://glennhilton.com/2009/12/how-to-grow-your-following-and-influence-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-194 How To Gain Followers and Influence Tweeple | Out-Smarts Social Media Marketing Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:45:40 +0000 http://glennhilton.com/?p=379#comment-194 [...] Hilton from Imagex Media has kindly allowed me to share his recent blog post How To Gain Followers and Influence Tweeple with you – [...] [...] Hilton from Imagex Media has kindly allowed me to share his recent blog post How To Gain Followers and Influence Tweeple with you – [...]

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]]> By: Glenn Hilton http://glennhilton.com/2009/12/how-to-grow-your-following-and-influence-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-193 Glenn Hilton Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:43:26 +0000 http://glennhilton.com/?p=379#comment-193 Hey EJae, thanks for sharing your experience. You're right that there is some cynicism growing from those who feel exploited or used as a way to pad numbers. But if you press on and continue to be helpful, share value and genuinely care about others people will see you're the real deal. There's a lot of variables to consider, but if you're consistently doing the right things (and not the wrong things) the growth & opportunities will come. Hey EJae, thanks for sharing your experience. You're right that there is some cynicism growing from those who feel exploited or used as a way to pad numbers. But if you press on and continue to be helpful, share value and genuinely care about others people will see you're the real deal. There's a lot of variables to consider, but if you're consistently doing the right things (and not the wrong things) the growth & opportunities will come.

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