Have you seen Twitter Me Fun?

December 16, 2008 by John Dilbeck · 11 Comments
Filed under: Social Networking, Twitter 

A few days ago, Tim Linden, owner of the StartXchange traffic exchange, created a fun script to see if he could help us reach new followers on Twitter.

I had a few spare minutes, so I gave it a try. As a result, I’ve gotten nearly 100 new followers on Twitter and I’m in the process of meeting and getting to know some new people – hopefully, some of them will become friends over time.

As part of the process, I also ran across several people who have been friends for years and now we’re Twitter friends, too.

Late yesterday, I added a couple of items in the right column of this blog. Right below the form for subscribing to new postings, you’ll see an image that shows the number of people following me on Twitter. Right below that is another graphic showing how many fans I have on Squidoo.

Since working through Tim’s script, I’ve picked up nearly 100 new followers, but not all of them came from there.

I make it a point to follow everyone who follows me, and it took maybe an hour or so to follow the folks who followed me the last couple of days. That’s not much of an investment in time, especially if I meet some new friends, reconnect with old friends, and learn something here and there.

Now, that doesn’t necessarily mean I’m going to continue following them. If someone posts too much drivel, does nothing but advertise, or is rude, I’ll stop following them in a heartbeat. However, I don’t mind if someone posts links to their blogs or websites, as long as they also post more general tweets that help me learn something about them.

I’ll also drop someone if they tweet dozens of times every day. I may have time to enjoy Twitter while I’m waiting on other things, but I’m not that interested in anyone.

All in all, it was an easy thing to do and produced excellent results.

Are you looking for more people to follow you on Twitter?

Learn more about it. Go to Tim Linden’s blog and read: Twitter Me Fun

Let me know what you think.

Act on your dream!

JD

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