Comments on: Twitter Follow Strategy: Are You Really Building Relationships? http://www.wayneliew.com/twitter-follow-strategy-building-relationships/ Small Business Advice and Entrepreneurship Blog by Wayne Liew Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: JBestler http://www.wayneliew.com/twitter-follow-strategy-building-relationships/#comment-31477 JBestler Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:37:00 +0000 http://www.wayneliew.com/?p=1203#comment-31477 100% Correct. I believe in starting out every relational building web site small and working on the relationships. Once you have built a real relationship with someone, they are normally willing to promote you to their social grid... 100% Correct. I believe in starting out every relational building web site small and working on the relationships. Once you have built a real relationship with someone, they are normally willing to promote you to their social grid…

]]> By: robate159 http://www.wayneliew.com/twitter-follow-strategy-building-relationships/#comment-31278 robate159 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:46:54 +0000 http://www.wayneliew.com/?p=1203#comment-31278 Small business <br>4) Small Business owners are largely forgotten. Thats why I only focus on them. I have experience several members of my family file bankruptcy due to small business failures. I also I suffered through 2 destroyed businesses due to failure however, in my failings I have learned some of the secrets to success. (Who can say they know it all?)<br>What I like about small business owners is that they are not afraid to take huge risks and lay it all on the line. But, I agree they do need a lot of help with their marketing. I think having them go the social media and email route is not only the least expensive but its also the most effective. Thanks for the stats!<br><a href="www.onlineuniversalwork.com" rel="nofollow">www.onlineuniversalwork.com</a> Small business
4) Small Business owners are largely forgotten. Thats why I only focus on them. I have experience several members of my family file bankruptcy due to small business failures. I also I suffered through 2 destroyed businesses due to failure however, in my failings I have learned some of the secrets to success. (Who can say they know it all?)
What I like about small business owners is that they are not afraid to take huge risks and lay it all on the line. But, I agree they do need a lot of help with their marketing. I think having them go the social media and email route is not only the least expensive but its also the most effective. Thanks for the stats!
http://www.onlineuniversalwork.com

]]> By: robate159 http://www.wayneliew.com/twitter-follow-strategy-building-relationships/#comment-31277 robate159 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:39:09 +0000 http://www.wayneliew.com/?p=1203#comment-31277 Small business<br><br>2) The Center for Media Research has released a study by Vertical Response that shows just where many of these ‘Main Street’ players are going with their online dollars. The big winners: e-mail and social media. With only 3.8% of small business folks NOT planning on using e-mail marketing and with social media carrying the perception of being free (which they so rudely discover it is far from free) this should make some in the banner and search crowd a little wary……….<br><br><a href="www.onlineuniversalwork.com" rel="nofollow">www.onlineuniversalwork.com</a> Small business

2) The Center for Media Research has released a study by Vertical Response that shows just where many of these ‘Main Street’ players are going with their online dollars. The big winners: e-mail and social media. With only 3.8% of small business folks NOT planning on using e-mail marketing and with social media carrying the perception of being free (which they so rudely discover it is far from free) this should make some in the banner and search crowd a little wary……….

http://www.onlineuniversalwork.com

]]> By: Chris Hughes http://www.wayneliew.com/twitter-follow-strategy-building-relationships/#comment-31257 Chris Hughes Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:25:09 +0000 http://www.wayneliew.com/?p=1203#comment-31257 Thanks Wayne! You're information's been a huge asset to my development and I'm glad that I got to meet you! <br><br>Too many of those silly twitter products have focused on getting quantity of followers and not quality... it's people like you and @DavidBeKing (Twitter Influence) who have helped me realize the importance of quality followers > quantity of followers. Thanks Wayne! You're information's been a huge asset to my development and I'm glad that I got to meet you!

Too many of those silly twitter products have focused on getting quantity of followers and not quality… it's people like you and @DavidBeKing (Twitter Influence) who have helped me realize the importance of quality followers > quantity of followers.

]]> By: Wayne Liew http://www.wayneliew.com/twitter-follow-strategy-building-relationships/#comment-31255 Wayne Liew Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:37:23 +0000 http://www.wayneliew.com/?p=1203#comment-31255 Hey Adam, thanks for taking time to comment.<br><br>Celebrities rarely follow back but their fans do. Perhaps you should reach<br>out to super fans on Twitter in order to promote KnowEm. ;-)<br><br>Reaching out to people that really matter to you, for me, is way better than<br>blasting your messages out to the space. Yes, people might get to know you<br>that way, but it will be a very shallow relationship and it's going to be<br>hard for you to keep up too. Hey Adam, thanks for taking time to comment.

Celebrities rarely follow back but their fans do. Perhaps you should reach
out to super fans on Twitter in order to promote KnowEm. ;-)

Reaching out to people that really matter to you, for me, is way better than
blasting your messages out to the space. Yes, people might get to know you
that way, but it will be a very shallow relationship and it's going to be
hard for you to keep up too.

]]> By: Wayne Liew http://www.wayneliew.com/twitter-follow-strategy-building-relationships/#comment-31254 Wayne Liew Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:30:41 +0000 http://www.wayneliew.com/?p=1203#comment-31254 Thank you for the comment, Chris.<br><br>I'm glad that you are one of the few Twitter users that focus on building<br>relationships, interacting with followers and helping them out whenever you<br>can. Always grateful that I am able to have you as a connection on Twitter.<br><br>Keep up your social media efforts dude. You're doing great! Thank you for the comment, Chris.

I'm glad that you are one of the few Twitter users that focus on building
relationships, interacting with followers and helping them out whenever you
can. Always grateful that I am able to have you as a connection on Twitter.

Keep up your social media efforts dude. You're doing great!

]]> By: Adam Wexler http://www.wayneliew.com/twitter-follow-strategy-building-relationships/#comment-31248 Adam Wexler Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:30:56 +0000 http://www.wayneliew.com/?p=1203#comment-31248 wayne-<br>i agree twitter lists is a major development that few have recognized/utilized optimally thus far (including myself). <br><br>for example, the "celebrities" i follow should probably be grouped into an "entertainment" list. i think it's important to maintain a ~1:1 follower:following ratio, and since they rarely follow back, lists could be a great asset for their inclusion (rather than following).<br><br>additionally, i think you're right-on about focusing on those relationships you want to build & subsequently nurture. it's easy to get caught up in twitter, but if you identified the select number of people you wished to improve your relationship, i think you could be a lot more efficient with your time on twitter...and in the "outside world" :)<br><br>-adam w. wayne-
i agree twitter lists is a major development that few have recognized/utilized optimally thus far (including myself).

for example, the “celebrities” i follow should probably be grouped into an “entertainment” list. i think it's important to maintain a ~1:1 follower:following ratio, and since they rarely follow back, lists could be a great asset for their inclusion (rather than following).

additionally, i think you're right-on about focusing on those relationships you want to build & subsequently nurture. it's easy to get caught up in twitter, but if you identified the select number of people you wished to improve your relationship, i think you could be a lot more efficient with your time on twitter…and in the “outside world” :)

-adam w.

]]> By: Chris Hughes http://www.wayneliew.com/twitter-follow-strategy-building-relationships/#comment-31246 Chris Hughes Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:47:42 +0000 http://www.wayneliew.com/?p=1203#comment-31246 great post bro! I've found that Twitter lists have helped me dramatically in furthering the relationships I was developing in Twitter. When I first started, I thought "oh, I'll just follow a ton of people and a certain % will follow me back"...that worked to get me a lot of followers but I wasn't creating relationships with them...<br><br>Lately I've switched the approach to creating relationships FIRST and foremost. It's helped me dramatically and the information shared here is GOLDEN!<br><br>Keep it up bro,<br>Chris great post bro! I've found that Twitter lists have helped me dramatically in furthering the relationships I was developing in Twitter. When I first started, I thought “oh, I'll just follow a ton of people and a certain % will follow me back”…that worked to get me a lot of followers but I wasn't creating relationships with them…

Lately I've switched the approach to creating relationships FIRST and foremost. It's helped me dramatically and the information shared here is GOLDEN!

Keep it up bro,
Chris

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