Comments on: PLEASE!!!!! Stop the Social Spam; 5 Ways NOT to be a Social Spammer. http://www.themarketess.com/2009/04/please-stop-the-social-spam-5-ways-not-to-be-a-social-spammer/ Using Social Media to Build Brands Online Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:51:23 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: mohdisa http://www.themarketess.com/2009/04/please-stop-the-social-spam-5-ways-not-to-be-a-social-spammer/comment-page-1/#comment-3030 mohdisa Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:40:46 +0000 http://www.themarketess.com/?p=268#comment-3030 yes agree, sometimes spammer will follow your twitter to get the follower. then make annoying. especially in twitter. now we can see many tweet like a spam. like a frog. jump and jump. huh! yes agree, sometimes spammer will follow your twitter to get the follower. then make annoying. especially in twitter. now we can see many tweet like a spam. like a frog. jump and jump. huh!

]]> By: Kyle http://www.themarketess.com/2009/04/please-stop-the-social-spam-5-ways-not-to-be-a-social-spammer/comment-page-1/#comment-2907 Kyle Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:48:11 +0000 http://www.themarketess.com/?p=268#comment-2907 I usually check whether or not I want to follow someone based on the content of their tweets. Yes, dm spam is bad, but I don't want to follow someone who injects nothing but shameless self-promotion or ads that they tweet to make money into the public timeline either. If they tweet ads or self-promotion or pay-per-click tweets,but in addition tweet more meaningful things, I will usually follow, and *occasionally* even click their links. I do also call out the same ad tweeted and tweeted by about a quarter or more of the people I'm following. For example, I keep seeing the same ad refering to some kind of teeth whitening secret that dentists don't want me to know about. About a quarter of the people I'm following tweet this ad about once a day, and they're not retweeting. I think it's one of those pay-per-click ad tweeting sites. I don't at all begrudge people's desire to earn a little extra income, heck, I could use some of that myself, :P but the ad sure could use a little editing. So I tweeted my own comment about the ad, asking why such a big secret is all over the Twitter public timeline. Right now, I'm only following about 200 people, but how many more of these silly looking ads about big secrets I'm not supposed to know about will I see flooding the public timeline? My own little tip, definitely use the public timeline for promoting yourself on Twitter, and even to make a little extra money aside from your regular job. Just seriously limit the number of tweets you send out that are nothing but self-promotion and ads, and in addition, tweet and retweet meaningful things that don't necessarily require clicking on links unless it's an interesting artical you are sharing that doesn't necesarily advertise a product. I personally have sent out probably over 2000 tweets since I have had my Twitter account, and I promise that only about 10 to 20 of those have been ads. Of course, I'm not currently a member of a pay-per-click site, but once I'm ellegable, I will try to keep it very minimal in proportion to the number of meaningful tweets I send out. Actually, I usually tweet mostly verses from the Bible, Christian haiku, retweets that I found interesting enough to retweet and my own original interesting content, usually commenting on something interesting, asking thought-provoking questions or my own original blog posts, which I also try to keep to only the most interesting stuff. Take a chance, follow @kyle4jesus. There. I had to do it, didn't I? :P I usually check whether or not I want to follow someone based on the content of their tweets. Yes, dm spam is bad, but I don’t want to follow someone who injects nothing but shameless self-promotion or ads that they tweet to make money into the public timeline either. If they tweet ads or self-promotion or pay-per-click tweets,but in addition tweet more meaningful things, I will usually follow, and *occasionally* even click their links. I do also call out the same ad tweeted and tweeted by about a quarter or more of the people I’m following. For example, I keep seeing the same ad refering to some kind of teeth whitening secret that dentists don’t want me to know about. About a quarter of the people I’m following tweet this ad about once a day, and they’re not retweeting. I think it’s one of those pay-per-click ad tweeting sites. I don’t at all begrudge people’s desire to earn a little extra income, heck, I could use some of that myself, :P but the ad sure could use a little editing. So I tweeted my own comment about the ad, asking why such a big secret is all over the Twitter public timeline. Right now, I’m only following about 200 people, but how many more of these silly looking ads about big secrets I’m not supposed to know about will I see flooding the public timeline?

My own little tip, definitely use the public timeline for promoting yourself on Twitter, and even to make a little extra money aside from your regular job. Just seriously limit the number of tweets you send out that are nothing but self-promotion and ads, and in addition, tweet and retweet meaningful things that don’t necessarily require clicking on links unless it’s an interesting artical you are sharing that doesn’t necesarily advertise a product. I personally have sent out probably over 2000 tweets since I have had my Twitter account, and I promise that only about 10 to 20 of those have been ads. Of course, I’m not currently a member of a pay-per-click site, but once I’m ellegable, I will try to keep it very minimal in proportion to the number of meaningful tweets I send out. Actually, I usually tweet mostly verses from the Bible, Christian haiku, retweets that I found interesting enough to retweet and my own original interesting content, usually commenting on something interesting, asking thought-provoking questions or my own original blog posts, which I also try to keep to only the most interesting stuff.

Take a chance, follow @kyle4jesus. There. I had to do it, didn’t I? :P

]]> By: The Web2Marketer » Blog Archive » weekly (weekly) http://www.themarketess.com/2009/04/please-stop-the-social-spam-5-ways-not-to-be-a-social-spammer/comment-page-1/#comment-2846 The Web2Marketer » Blog Archive » weekly (weekly) Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:35:31 +0000 http://www.themarketess.com/?p=268#comment-2846 [...] PLEASE!!!!! Stop the Social Spam; 5 Ways NOT to be a Social Spammer. [...] [...] PLEASE!!!!! Stop the Social Spam; 5 Ways NOT to be a Social Spammer. [...]

]]> By: The Marketess » 7 Biggest Mistakes Companies Make in Social Media http://www.themarketess.com/2009/04/please-stop-the-social-spam-5-ways-not-to-be-a-social-spammer/comment-page-1/#comment-2741 The Marketess » 7 Biggest Mistakes Companies Make in Social Media Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:10:15 +0000 http://www.themarketess.com/?p=268#comment-2741 [...] my previous post on social spam.  Don’t be a spammer.  Use social media channels correctly.  If it is a message [...] [...] my previous post on social spam.  Don’t be a spammer.  Use social media channels correctly.  If it is a message [...]

]]> By: Kelley Long http://www.themarketess.com/2009/04/please-stop-the-social-spam-5-ways-not-to-be-a-social-spammer/comment-page-1/#comment-2712 Kelley Long Thu, 14 May 2009 15:17:32 +0000 http://www.themarketess.com/?p=268#comment-2712 Krista, I agree, and as a newbie to Twitter, I'm still figuring out all the etiquette and really trying to determine what its use is... had to stop device updates on a couple people because their 9 Tweets per minute were driving me CRAZY. But what spoke the most to me is the new overuse of Facebook for self-promotion. I no longer receive personal messages or that many friend requests, just tons of messages promoting events that I'm not interested in... I can usually tell when there has been a free social networking seminar in Cincy because within 48 hours I am spammed at least 6 times for random events... Anyway, thanks for your thoughts, love your blog. Hope to SEE you soon... ;) Kelley Krista,

I agree, and as a newbie to Twitter, I’m still figuring out all the etiquette and really trying to determine what its use is… had to stop device updates on a couple people because their 9 Tweets per minute were driving me CRAZY. But what spoke the most to me is the new overuse of Facebook for self-promotion. I no longer receive personal messages or that many friend requests, just tons of messages promoting events that I’m not interested in… I can usually tell when there has been a free social networking seminar in Cincy because within 48 hours I am spammed at least 6 times for random events…

Anyway, thanks for your thoughts, love your blog. Hope to SEE you soon… ;)
Kelley

]]> By: When e-Commerce Meets Community » Blog Archive » My Big Fat Twitter Spammer-Scammers List http://www.themarketess.com/2009/04/please-stop-the-social-spam-5-ways-not-to-be-a-social-spammer/comment-page-1/#comment-2657 When e-Commerce Meets Community » Blog Archive » My Big Fat Twitter Spammer-Scammers List Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:33:42 +0000 http://www.themarketess.com/?p=268#comment-2657 [...] of Twitter.  Read the story. For more on how not to be a Twitter or Social Marketing spammer, read Krista Neher’s thoughtful post on the topic.  She’s summed it up very [...] [...] of Twitter.  Read the story. For more on how not to be a Twitter or Social Marketing spammer, read Krista Neher’s thoughtful post on the topic.  She’s summed it up very [...]

]]> By: Matthew Bibby http://www.themarketess.com/2009/04/please-stop-the-social-spam-5-ways-not-to-be-a-social-spammer/comment-page-1/#comment-2641 Matthew Bibby Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:59:07 +0000 http://www.themarketess.com/?p=268#comment-2641 Thanks for the great post - Sadly I think I am guilty of doing exactly this! Appreciate the tips. Matt. Thanks for the great post – Sadly I think I am guilty of doing exactly this! Appreciate the tips. Matt.

]]> By: Terri Zwierzynski http://www.themarketess.com/2009/04/please-stop-the-social-spam-5-ways-not-to-be-a-social-spammer/comment-page-1/#comment-2607 Terri Zwierzynski Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:28:50 +0000 http://www.themarketess.com/?p=268#comment-2607 Krista, your comments about Facebook spam really struck a chord with me. A few weeks ago I held several teleclass events; one of them was with a respected marketer who recommended creating a Facebook event for the class(es) and then inviting all my Facebook friends. Did it work? Yes (most spam does). Would I do it again? No. Because a) another prominent marketer requested I remove them as a friend because they didn't want to get my unsolicited event invitations, and b) I myself now totally ignore invitations to events, pages, etc. because most of them are completely irrelevant to me. Definitely a lesson learned. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/terrizsoloceo" title="@TerriZSoloCEO" rel="nofollow"> Krista, your comments about Facebook spam really struck a chord with me.

A few weeks ago I held several teleclass events; one of them was with a respected marketer who recommended creating a Facebook event for the class(es) and then inviting all my Facebook friends. Did it work? Yes (most spam does). Would I do it again? No. Because a) another prominent marketer requested I remove them as a friend because they didn’t want to get my unsolicited event invitations, and b) I myself now totally ignore invitations to events, pages, etc. because most of them are completely irrelevant to me. Definitely a lesson learned.

]]> By: 5chw4r7z http://www.themarketess.com/2009/04/please-stop-the-social-spam-5-ways-not-to-be-a-social-spammer/comment-page-1/#comment-2591 5chw4r7z Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:08:29 +0000 http://www.themarketess.com/?p=268#comment-2591 LOL, I had a couple incoming links from this and got paranoid, forgot I was the first one to comment. I've amended my negative opinion on retweets and can see how they expand the audience of a tweet exponentially. They still get annoying when abused however. As to Jesy, If I'm not at an event, I love the tweets, the next best thing to being there. That said it would probably be better if like Krista stated the participants were fully engaged in the meeting. LOL, I had a couple incoming links from this and got paranoid, forgot I was the first one to comment.
I’ve amended my negative opinion on retweets and can see how they expand the audience of a tweet exponentially.
They still get annoying when abused however.

As to Jesy,
If I’m not at an event, I love the tweets, the next best thing to being there. That said it would probably be better if like Krista stated the participants were fully engaged in the meeting.

]]> By: @Stacy Richter http://www.themarketess.com/2009/04/please-stop-the-social-spam-5-ways-not-to-be-a-social-spammer/comment-page-1/#comment-2588 @Stacy Richter Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:30:15 +0000 http://www.themarketess.com/?p=268#comment-2588 @5chw4r7z - I think that Retweets are a way to give credit to someone who has posted interesting material. It's also a way to promote someone who you think is valuable and contributes to discussions or understanding. Keith Ferazzi (author of Never Eat Alone) is a well established networker who explains that the best way to self promote is to help others without an expectation of return. Retweeting is a good way to build your own credibility by pumping up someone else's. - Stacy @5chw4r7z – I think that Retweets are a way to give credit to someone who has posted interesting material. It’s also a way to promote someone who you think is valuable and contributes to discussions or understanding.

Keith Ferazzi (author of Never Eat Alone) is a well established networker who explains that the best way to self promote is to help others without an expectation of return. Retweeting is a good way to build your own credibility by pumping up someone else’s.

- Stacy

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