Consider: Why do you think they call it “social” media?
In the words of Todd Carpenter who was recently appointed as social media manager at the National Association of Realtors :
Remember social media whether facebook or twitter, is not business media. Mixing business with pleasure is often difficult.
Todd futher advises:
“Again, I’m on Twitter because I like to meet and talk to people. I don’t care if it ever earns me a dime. But on the other hand, the top referrer to my newest blog is… Twitter. Five of the first six people who confirmed they were coming to RE BlogWorld, I met on… Twitter. The local meetup of RE 2.0 talent I organized today was promoted and organized largely on… Twitter.
I didn’t “get” Twitter either because I was trying to figure out a business use for it. But I got hooked on it because it was fun, and now the business opportunities are bearing fruit.”
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The main point of say twitter is to have followers that are interested in what you have to say. They dont want to follow a person who is going to provide ADs as tweets.
June 1st, 2009 at 8:12 am