24th
Clarifying things...
Just to clarify: http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/journal/article/769620
1) Twollow doesn’t send messages. That’s up to you.
2) “Unless a company is engaging in conversation with potential customers on Twitter and other social networking sites, the business is essentially broadcasting through twitter, Pirie says.
“What it amounts to is spamming,” he says.”
I’m sure Pirie didn’t know clarification Point 1 above, it just came out wrong, or he’s addressing people who just broadcast.
3) “To what end would you need 25,000 followers, and what do you think you’re getting from there..”
I feel weird defending other people’s words, but I’m pretty sure we’d all love to have 25,000 followers hanging on our every word about our businesses. We do. Well, almost 25k, 22k-ish now.
Having taken the time to write this I realize the only things I’m clarifying are Pirie’s comments. The writer ‘got’ what I said.
Oh wait (update):
4) “Mallett agrees trying to sell something over Twitter is ineffective, and when he discovers people using Twollow to spam on Twitter he deletes their accounts.”
I must have gapped out during the interview… we’ve never found anyone using twollow to spam because Twollow doesn’t send messages. Frankly I don’t know what I was thinking about there, but I remember saying the above. LOL.
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One overall point I’d like to make is that Twollow is an automated engagement tool for businesses. We tell you who is talking about you so you can engage with them.
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Update from Pirie here. In which I replied:
“Steve from Twollow here.
First, I hadn’t responded previously ‘cause I’m up to my ears & trying to take some vacation time during down time. Ironically, I found this link through a twollow auto-follow… I followed the exact tweet back to your post.
Anyhoo, of course companies should do more than just target & message people urls to their “hot deal”! or just try to post big follower numbers. Many get it. Many don’t. Big surprise, but we try to coax clients into putting more social in “social media”.
Laters,
S”
I love that I found his post through twollow.
@drewmack writes:
“It seems a little silly to me to confuse a tool with those using it. Or perhaps more accurately to define a tool by how you imagine it could be used in a worst case scenario.”
Well put @drewmack. Thanks for making it.
