Comments on: Is There a Trick to Using Twitter? http://www.justgabe.com/2009/08/02/is-there-a-trick-to-using-twitter/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:47:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Rose Caplan http://www.justgabe.com/2009/08/02/is-there-a-trick-to-using-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-862 Rose Caplan Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:38:10 +0000 http://www.justgabe.com/?p=1014#comment-862 Hey Gabe! How do you get followers to retweet something like this Dec 13 Help family and friends remember their beloved children that have been taken from them too soon http://bit.ly/5yOZ11 Please retweet Thanks, Rose Hey Gabe!

How do you get followers to retweet something like this

Dec 13 Help family and friends remember their beloved children that have been taken from them too soon http://bit.ly/5yOZ11 Please retweet

Thanks,
Rose

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]]> By: Gabe http://www.justgabe.com/2009/08/02/is-there-a-trick-to-using-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-395 Gabe Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:45:46 +0000 http://www.justgabe.com/?p=1014#comment-395 Raffi, Good point - thanks for adding value to this discussion. Phil, I meant nothing by my statement other than it was an observation that I apparently was wrong about. It was not meant as a barb, just a friendly nudge. You need not apologize. It is difficult sometimes when people do not know each other (as you can attest we just started tweeting to each other yesterday) when the written word has to be interpreted without any history of communication. I will add that nothing you said has offended me in the least. :) Let this serve as a good lesson on the value of "social" media. The fact that you came back and stated your case is a testament on how discussions can be valuable to making real connections. Raffi,
Good point – thanks for adding value to this discussion.

Phil,
I meant nothing by my statement other than it was an observation that I apparently was wrong about. It was not meant as a barb, just a friendly nudge. You need not apologize. It is difficult sometimes when people do not know each other (as you can attest we just started tweeting to each other yesterday) when the written word has to be interpreted without any history of communication. I will add that nothing you said has offended me in the least. :)

Let this serve as a good lesson on the value of “social” media. The fact that you came back and stated your case is a testament on how discussions can be valuable to making real connections.

]]> By: philhart http://www.justgabe.com/2009/08/02/is-there-a-trick-to-using-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-394 philhart Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:23:23 +0000 http://www.justgabe.com/?p=1014#comment-394 Gabe, Now you have me absolutely stumped! Your comment "I detect a tone of sarcasm in your comment. Do you not think you can get value from your Twitter colleagues?" left me speechless (and my wife would be perfectly happy to attest that I respond that way when I am totally clueless), so all I can say is "SORRY, SORRY, SORRY, AND I BEG YOUR FORGIVENESS". (I am extremely fortunate, being a mere male, in having no less than three female friends who know exactly where I am coming from, and would back my statement to the hilt.) I will now lay it on the line, and I would guess from your previous response that you may find the following extremely offensive, but it is the best that I can offer: I state that what I wrote I regarded (and still regard) as being purely factual, and that (as can happen in human communication) the message that was received was not the message that was intended to be sent. Please accept my apologies if this has occurred. As a minor aside, of course I value my twitter colleagues: they have added immensely to the quality of my life! Gabe,

Now you have me absolutely stumped! Your comment “I detect a tone of sarcasm in your comment. Do you not think you can get value from your Twitter colleagues?” left me speechless (and my wife would be perfectly happy to attest that I respond that way when I am totally clueless), so all I can say is “SORRY, SORRY, SORRY, AND I BEG YOUR FORGIVENESS”. (I am extremely fortunate, being a mere male, in having no less than three female friends who know exactly where I am coming from, and would back my statement to the hilt.)

I will now lay it on the line, and I would guess from your previous response that you may find the following extremely offensive, but it is the best that I can offer: I state that what I wrote I regarded (and still regard) as being purely factual, and that (as can happen in human communication) the message that was received was not the message that was intended to be sent.

Please accept my apologies if this has occurred.

As a minor aside, of course I value my twitter colleagues: they have added immensely to the quality of my life!

]]> By: Raffi http://www.justgabe.com/2009/08/02/is-there-a-trick-to-using-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-393 Raffi Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:16:50 +0000 http://www.justgabe.com/?p=1014#comment-393 You briefly mention timing, but I think it goes beyond that. Let's say you are a restaurant tweeting about lunch specials. You should tweet them at 11am, 11:30am, noon. Get people while they are thinking about where they will go to lunch - not 8:30am when they are starting their day. Same with dinner - hit 4:30pm, 5pm, 6pm... You briefly mention timing, but I think it goes beyond that.
Let’s say you are a restaurant tweeting about lunch specials. You should tweet them at 11am, 11:30am, noon. Get people while they are thinking about where they will go to lunch – not 8:30am when they are starting their day. Same with dinner – hit 4:30pm, 5pm, 6pm…

]]> By: Gabe http://www.justgabe.com/2009/08/02/is-there-a-trick-to-using-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-392 Gabe Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:08:10 +0000 http://www.justgabe.com/?p=1014#comment-392 Phil, I detect a tone of sarcasm in your comment. Do you not think you can get value from your Twitter colleagues? Also I had to google PLN as this is new to me. Coincidentally the Wiki definition came up with the currency code of the Polish zloty, the Partido Liberal Nacionalista, a few others and the last entry was PLN - Professional Learning Network, used frequently on Twitter.com. I guess google is still good for something. ;) Keila, I am glad you got something out of it. If you click on the "Twitter for Beginners" category on the right side of my blog you will get a bunch of posts that I hope will help you. Thank you both, -Gabe Phil,
I detect a tone of sarcasm in your comment. Do you not think you can get value from your Twitter colleagues?

Also I had to google PLN as this is new to me. Coincidentally the Wiki definition came up with the currency code of the Polish zloty, the Partido Liberal Nacionalista, a few others and the last entry was PLN – Professional Learning Network, used frequently on Twitter.com. I guess google is still good for something. ;)

Keila,
I am glad you got something out of it. If you click on the “Twitter for Beginners” category on the right side of my blog you will get a bunch of posts that I hope will help you.

Thank you both,

-Gabe

]]> By: Keila http://www.justgabe.com/2009/08/02/is-there-a-trick-to-using-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-388 Keila Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:09:22 +0000 http://www.justgabe.com/?p=1014#comment-388 I found this article to be very helpful. I've been on Twitter for a couple of months now and it still is a fairly new social networking site. I love to learn new ways to get followers or engage my fellow followers in creating meaningful conversations. Thanks! I found this article to be very helpful. I’ve been on Twitter for a couple of months now and it still is a fairly new social networking site. I love to learn new ways to get followers or engage my fellow followers in creating meaningful conversations. Thanks!

]]> By: philhart http://www.justgabe.com/2009/08/02/is-there-a-trick-to-using-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-387 philhart Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:47:29 +0000 http://www.justgabe.com/?p=1014#comment-387 Your comments are right on the button, I figure. If I want answers to technical questions, then I use Google &/or wikipedia. Answers to social questions ("What did you have for breakfast?") are much tougher, and rely on having an effective PLN. Your comments are right on the button, I figure. If I want answers to technical questions, then I use Google &/or wikipedia. Answers to social questions (“What did you have for breakfast?”) are much tougher, and rely on having an effective PLN.

]]> By: Gabe http://www.justgabe.com/2009/08/02/is-there-a-trick-to-using-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-380 Gabe Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:35:52 +0000 http://www.justgabe.com/?p=1014#comment-380 Very well said, Amy. :) Very well said, Amy. :)

]]> By: Amy Shropshire http://www.justgabe.com/2009/08/02/is-there-a-trick-to-using-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-379 Amy Shropshire Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:42:02 +0000 http://www.justgabe.com/?p=1014#comment-379 I've had mixed results getting answers on Twitter and I think you hit on all the reasons why. The biggest ones for me are #4 and #5. I get a bit annoyed when someone is asking for help, answers, advice, etc. but they have never contributed to anyone else's requests. You have to show that you are willing to be an active part of the community before you can benefit from its collective knowledge. That doesn't mean that you have to answer every question (because face it, sometimes you just don't know the answer!) but if its a valid and interesting question, why not retweet it?! I think the trick to Twitter is to give more to it than you expect to get back...and you might just be surprised at how much you do get back =) I’ve had mixed results getting answers on Twitter and I think you hit on all the reasons why. The biggest ones for me are #4 and #5. I get a bit annoyed when someone is asking for help, answers, advice, etc. but they have never contributed to anyone else’s requests. You have to show that you are willing to be an active part of the community before you can benefit from its collective knowledge. That doesn’t mean that you have to answer every question (because face it, sometimes you just don’t know the answer!) but if its a valid and interesting question, why not retweet it?! I think the trick to Twitter is to give more to it than you expect to get back…and you might just be surprised at how much you do get back =)

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