Comments on: The Number One Question I Am Asked About Twitter

By: Design Soft Studios

Design Soft Studios — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:41:25 +0000

Nice post.I am running my own blog. am also o0n twitter since last 6 month.Participate on twitter to make more and more followers.I learn here new idea of twitter feed.Thanks.

By: Dataflurry Joel

Dataflurry Joel — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:50:35 +0000

Excellent points Mat. I am very new to tweetin it up, and just now starting to get a following base. I am sure also if you are proactive to add friends as you see people you like, you will gain followers with mutual benefits. Creating an actual twitter friend instead of a nonsense connection is key.

By: Mat Siltala

Mat Siltala — Fri, 29 May 2009 23:12:24 +0000

@Jeff S If you actually read the whole article you would know what the answer is. Nowhere did I say Twitter is real life - I said be real on Twitter = be yourself and you will gain followers.

By: Jeff S

Jeff S — Fri, 29 May 2009 23:03:43 +0000

That’s the answer? Twitter is real life? For realz?

By: Mat Siltala

Mat Siltala — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:20:55 +0000

@Nick Stamoulis Well said! I could not agree more ...

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:52:39 +0000

Twitter is not a difficult concept. All it is, is one giant conversation broken up into many little conversations. The questions should be, how do I introduce it into my business. Nick Stamoulis’s last blog post..Which Content Is Best For Link Building?

By: Mat Siltala

Mat Siltala — Wed, 27 May 2009 13:47:38 +0000

@Tad Chef How true this is! It ALL depends on what the business is trying to get out of Twitter - from there you plan your approach!

By: Tad Chef

Tad Chef — Wed, 27 May 2009 10:54:07 +0000

People in most cases ask me: How can we use Twitter for our business? There is not one answer to this, there are lots of. Tad Chef’s last blog post..User and Search Friendly URL Design for Multi-Language Websites in 4 Easy Steps

By: Mat Siltala

Mat Siltala — Tue, 26 May 2009 22:26:26 +0000

@Greg Lindblom Greg! You rule! I love ya bro - thanks for the Looooooooonng comment! haha

By: Greg Lindblom

Greg Lindblom — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:53:37 +0000

Great post! Its funny because when I first started using twitter I spent so much time thinking about my tweets, what I should write, what others will think, if I should reply or not, and wondering “how to get more followers.” Once I got more comfortable on twitter I realized that when I started being myself and just trying to interact and get to know people in a way that I would offline I started to magically… “get more followers”. When I stopped worrying about whether or not a person was “following” me or going to follow me I started getting more followers. And I only have about 350 followers but at least 80% are completely relevant to my industry or are near my area and have similar interests or I know are potential customers. Who is following me is more important than how many are follow me. Ok to sum my randomness up….what I got from this post is that its not about how many people you can get to follow you. Getting followers should not be your main focus when using twitter. Its about meeting relevant people(to your industry and interests)and getting to know them and be a “good neighbor”. For me, twitter only became a powerful tool that I actually enjoyed using when I stopped trying to get more followers and started being a real person. If I think my neighbor seems like a great person I don’t just sit at home waiting for them to bring me cookies or invite me over for a BBQ. I take the initiative and do my best to get to know them better. So on twitter to take initiative in being a good neighbor: I follow them, show interest in what they have to offer, give them an RT like mentioned above, get to know them better by asking them questions, and holy crap…I now know them…weird! Now I’m not saying we are best friends but we have found common interests and that will open up opportunities further down the road as I continue to show interest in them by following and interacting in the conversation, with time they will reciprocate those gestures. In the beginning I had to force myself to use twitter but once I started being myself and getting to know freakin awesome people I can’t stay off of it. Awesome post mat! Sorry for the long comment but you got me all fired up. Keep em coming!