Comments on: Day 2 – 30 Days of Social Media: Is this Twitter thing social media?

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:15:25 +0000

Watch out about registering a twitter username and “sitting” on it.

Everyone who uses twitter needs to read the following mashable post:

http://mashable.com/2009/09/13/twitter-spammers/

Domain name squatting has long been practiced by those looking to make money by snapping up desirable names in the hopes of later flipping them for a profit to interested buyers. Given the value of a good Twitter name, it’s no surprise the practice has rolled to over the micro medium as well.

But Twitter will have none of that. Name squatting is clearly spelled out as a big no-no. “You may not engage in name squatting. Accounts that are inactive for more than 6 months may also be removed without further notice.”

Twitter will get suspicious based on any of these behaviors:

- the number of accounts created
- creating accounts for the purpose of preventing others from using those account names
- creating accounts for the purpose of selling those accounts
- using feeds of third-party content to update and maintain accounts under the names of those third parties

By: Sarah Stewart

Sarah Stewart — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:16:19 +0000

I have to say I agree with Suzi about blogging and Twitter. i think one complements the other. I have far more people (excluding the marketing people) who follow me on Twitter than on my blog and I am sure that is because people like the immediacy of communication they get on Twitter compared to a blog. And I also think it’s because I use the two things for different purposes – my blog is only of interest to a very small number of people whereas I use Twitter in a more general way, likely to appeal to far more people.

Whatever tools you use, I think it takes time to build up an effective network

By: GaryK

GaryK — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:38:17 +0000

Well Suzi I happened to find your site via Twitter user @Social_MediaVA & so you can see how Twitter can help you connect your content with people who may never have found you through organic searches like Google. I look forward to seeing the rest of the series on social media I just subscribed via RSS. Cheers, Gary.

By: Suzi Dafnis

Suzi Dafnis — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:21:52 +0000

Hi Shay. Thanks for your comment. I don’t totally agree… and that’s okay I think that Twitter can work independent of, or in conjunction with, an online or offline presence. If your Twitter conversation is adding value to a niche, market, audience… you can create a tribe there regardless of whether you have a blog. Thanks for participating.

By: alyssa

alyssa — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:19:51 +0000

I love twitter it is such a great way to kill the day.

It also seems like a good business tool for staying in touch with your customers.

By: shay thompson

shay thompson — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:45:28 +0000

What many bloggers who praise Twitter fail you realise is that 90% of their followers are just following them for a simple reason: They already knew their blog and they liked it.
If you don’t already have a strong social media profile or blog outside Twitter to promote your new Twitter profile it will be very hard and time-consuming to get things going for you on Twitter.