Tweeter Getter – Interesting Concept. Your Thoughts?
Reading a blog of one of my favorite bloggers and marketers Jack Humphrey I found interesting post on new Twitter Strategy – Twitter Getter.
Needless to say that promise behind the idea got my attention and action and I just wonder – What Do You Think About It?
IMPORTANT UPDATE: please read the comments section before you act on this one – some great points brought up by commenters!
Looks like its using the new variation of the script I have implemented to allow people download my “Quit Tweet Your Blog” report and appears to be effective.
I would love to hear your personal opinion on usage of these scripts!
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35 Responses to “Tweeter Getter – Interesting Concept. Your Thoughts?”
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@liamvickery U’ll agree wid @CommentLuv ‘s comment abt this thing here http://is.gd/jio0 Caution: Pretty looong comment
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@Daivrawks @bitfaker My pleasure.RE: tweetergetter spam Some good comments here RE: tweetergetter and losing trust in SM http://is.gd/jio0
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@TheBigKlosowski Found some chatter on TweeterGetter: http://bit.ly/t9a0S
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The system has proven its value in the past, so there’s no doubt about it you will gain more followers.
I only wonder if this is the way to get ‘active’ followers that will stay, instead of unfollowing instantly. But then again, that’s the question you need to ask yourself with every new follower. Getting their attention, that’s what it is all about, isn’t it!
Mieke Janssenss last blog post..TweeterGetter (Free)
I’m not sure I agree with the idea of tweetergetter. the purpose of twitter (to me, at least) is to follow people you think are interesting because the information they tweet is good or interesting (or funny or useful etc). Using a system like this means you’re being followed by a system, not a user.
How many of these auto-follows have been to your site (or ever will) ? if people are following you just to get more followers themselves then what is a follower worth? for me, when someone follows me I check out their profile page and site, if they’re worthy and not full of direct marketing, “I’m a marketing guru”, or nothing but “new blog post..” tweets then I follow them back. I’ve met some really great people by doing this, I’m not sure that having a legion of MLM type followers will bring any value to my public timeline, it may even reduce the validity of my own messages or have them lost in the crowd.
I’d really rather not have a squillion followers all tweeting about “make money with this” or “promote this and never work again” cr*p. which is what I suspect would happen with people that follow me because they can get another follower (or 6) themselves.
Why do people want 19k followers if they’re not famous or have something really worth following (like updates to a popular site or software). What good can it do them? maybe they think having that many followers is “an easy way to riches” like compiling a list of 20k opt in subscribers who get hammered with the latest “have you tried this” emails that are sent because of the return it brings and not because the thing they’re promoting is useful.
I know people can be unfollowed or they can unfollow you but to me, it’s kind of like buying a toolbox of a million screwdrivers when you only actually need a few. Why lunk around a really heavy toolbox if it takes an hour to choose the right tool when you could fit all you need in your pocket and get the one you know will fit?
I agree that it’s a very interesting concept and I’m sure there will be people that rave about it but they’re probably the same people that rave about products they’ve never used or join a system and immediately make a post about how much money you can earn with it (before they’ve even been in it a week or earned even a penny).
Just seeing a timeline of someone claiming to show you a way to get 19k followers when they themselves have only 20 following them and have 200 people they’re following will tell me enough about that person to make me reconsider clicking that “follow” button.
I’d rather have 100 followers who are interested in my site, software or tweets than 1000 who probably have never even seen me or know what I’m about. If any one of my 100 followers asks a question or needs help, they’re already pre-qualified to get my help and I try to give it if I can but if I had a thousand followers who barely know me, what motivation have I got to even give a hoot what they need?
oh dear, here I go again rambling away for ages! sorry to clog up your comments, in fact, I’m almost tempted to cut this comment and paste it as a post on my own site but, you did ask what I thought!
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I couldn’t agree more Andy. 1,000′s of computer generated followers is a complete waste of time and energy.
Pure and simple this is a pyramid scheme
As with other things many marketers will state that the end justifies the means.
My personal opinion is that TRUST is one of my most valuable commodities that is very hard to replace/repair.
Ignore the fact that the site launched with no privacy information at all, and anyone recommending this service is suggesting to their followers to enter their Twitter username and password, which they may or may not consider a valuable asset – that is risk
The primary problem is that this will never work for 90% of the people who sign up, it won’t deliver on the promise. It is primative compared to various list building sites even 3-4 years ago.
The secondary problem is that it will be eventually rejected by social media, and the negative wave will rub off on those that recommended it to their followers.
Thanks Guys!
Great feedback so far, some ideas come here that didn’t cross my mind and I appreciate the feedback.
Got to love the ability to get instant feedback and even point out My Mistakes!
Thanks!
I agree with the two Andy’s and didn’t take any action on this Tweeter Getter thing when I received an email on it right before I read this post on it.
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I really don’t see the relevancy of Twitter after you follow a couple of people anyway. It seems to me like a waste of time o have to have all these little snippets running around my page. It makes sense to maybe follow a few people who really have something to say but I don’t plan on following anyone just to follow. Apparently this is a good marketing tool but I wonder how many people are actually swayed by a little blurb.
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Andy, I think you would be shocked if you learned just how many! And in time I think you will be… all in due time.
Having read the comments I can only agree that this is a simple pyramid scheme, and any site that requires the use of your username AND password for another site/service should be looked at very carefully.
Prime example is meetyourmessenger, where thousands of users signed in with hotmail/windows live username and password to find out who had blocked them, the outcome being that the scammers behind this had been granted full access to the users account and harnessed all of their contacts details and the spam and malware was quickly spread. It still continues, with Asia now being targeted and the vicious circle will continue.
Building trust and integrity with readers is more important and it works which generates more organic and natural traffic than generating a huge list of followers who have no interest whatsoever.
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Internet tends to platy funny games with us – action taken too fast sometimes is not the most accurate one!
thanks for all the feedback.
I think it’s a great concept… I don’t understand why there’s so much controversy around it?
I give him credit…
although If i were him I would follow more people on twitter…
I find that when your only following like 10 people you really don’t want to connect with people…
makes sense right?
just my thought on it!
David
David Kings last blog post..Never Be “BORED” it’s a state of mind that does this…
oh don’t worry, at least you didn’t start shouting it was the best things sliced bread! nice to know my opinion wasn’t alone though.
Andy Baileys last blog post..Why did I just click this link? I got twitter-jacked!
Twitter is become huge. I even heard them mention on CNN today. Crazy how much free advertising they got from that.
Hi All,
Yes it looks like a pyramid system but hey if you need more followers for traffic reasons why not.
If you are using twitter for just chit chat with friends don’t use it.
Mark
mark terrells last blog post..Get 19,000 Twitter Followers in 30 Days ?
I’ve made two blogs about TweeterGetter, and I’ve corrected a lot of misconceptions about this application. The most recent article on my blog explains what I believe the future of TweeterGetter to be. The first explains why the sky isn’t actually falling because TweeterGett may not actually be all that evil after all.
Is TweeterGetter the Devil?
http://jacemansjourney.com/product-reviews/is-tweetergetter-the-devil.html
That article, and my other has caused several people on Twitter to message me and tell me that they originally hated TweeterGetter, but they may have actually jumped on the cynical bandwagon without just cause. Let me know what you think.
I must admit, it is refreshing to see a blogger keeping an open mind first and his flogging stick in his back pocket.
JaceMans last blog post..TweeterGetter the First 48 Hours and Beyond
i just read two of ur posts. i m personally not a fan of twitter & have suspicion over the idea of following for the sake of following.
but i m thinking of giving it a try
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I understand the concern because there ARE so many spammy ‘list harvesting’ or friend building tools out there that suck. But if Tweeter Getter is promoted properly it does NOT have to fall into the ‘evil’ category.
I ‘get’ the importance of relationship building. I teach it all the time. But the nature of Twitter allows people to follow you (and you don’t mind) for any reason they want… whether they just felt like it, which is often the case, or they had a ‘real good’ reason is beside the point. It’s what YOU and THEY do after they follow you that matters on Twitter.
I assure you, people are following you and me all the time who could care less about you. They just want more people to follow them. Who cares… you can’t stop that. It’s the nature of Twitter.
All that you can control is the value you give, the discussions you engage in, the help you offer others AFTER they are on your list following you.
So who cares HOW or WHY someone gets on your list–you can’t control that anyway already… that is Twitter–and certainly you don’t have to use Tweeter Getter to build your list but who cares if others want to build their list that way and then connect and engage each other in discussions afterward (which is exactly what most people are doing now anyway).
Tweeter Getter is a great tool for marketers and business people–as long as they promote it respectfully and NOT spammy–with value added, as with all things. I’ve written more about this discussion and exactly how I’m using and promoting TweeterGetter mindful of all this–it’s build my list already by a 1000 followers and by the way, I’ve engaged in some great dialogue with them… they are as good as any other followers I’ve had as far as interaction and so forth.
Here’s more on the controversy, and where and how to promote and use Tweeter Getter correctly to build a following fast.
Mike Klingler
http://www.marketingmergenetwork.com/internet-network-marketing/2009/2/15/a-follow-up-on-the-tweeter-getter-list-building-tool-for-gro.html