Andy Harcombe - Weblog » Twitter

Some twits just don’t get it!

Andy — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:39:39 +0000

Some people just don’t get the idea behind Twitter and their Direct Selling (no, it’s not Direct Marketing, it’s selling!) makes me want to scream. I’m scanning through my messages and am wondering what people are thinking about when they send me this stuff.

Listen, I don’t want to make $4,000 per month with Twitter by hacking off the whole Twitter community, I don’t want a 1,000 new followers by the time I wake up tomorrow morning, and I don’t want any free gifts, free reports, free webinars or free courses. While I’m at it, I don’t want my Twitter feed bombarded and stuffed with spam either.

Selling through Twitter is, I’d suggest, like selling anywhere else: People buy from people, not from some faceless avatar that you’ve never met and unlikely to trust. So, for those seeking to use Twitter as a sales tool, try applying some thought behind what you’re doing before you get going. For those spammers that bombard me dozens of times a day, you are wasting your time with me. I will never ever buy anything from you unless I know you first.

Social media network

Andy — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:22:52 +0000

Before just jumping in and building blogs and Twitter and facebook and Linked-in etc, think about the end in mind; how are you going to engage with people, what tone are you going to use, what type of content are you going to publish and the frequency. If you think and plan the network through you’ll have far more chance of getting it to work and also being efficient so that it doesn’t consume all your time.

How will you socialise this summer?

Andy — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:57:12 +0000

For sure, you’ll be having the odd Barbq, dinner party, evening down the pub, weekend watching the cricket but what about your online social network?

Many businesses have a quiet period over the summer and many close for the holiday period. This year, unfortunately, some may not reopen.

The holiday period is a great time to take stock of your online business activities and learn about new things happening on the Internet. There’s a huge buzz about Social Media on the Internet, and it’s not all about dating. If you’ve heard about and play with Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, Flickr, Linkedin etc. Great! Have you started to think about how you could use these tools to benefit your business? If you’ve not heard about them, don’t you think it’s about time you did?

Many people I come across tell me that they don’t have time for all the online social networking activities. Yet, the same people spend hours every evening watching some re-run film or soap on the TV.

Socialising online needn’t take large chunks out of your life. However, like most things in life, the more you put into it, the more you’ll get back.

Whether you’re a pro online socialiser or a novice, grab yourself a cup of coffee and get entertained for 10 minutes watching this clip.