Comments on: Should You Send an Automated DM to New Twitter Followers?

By: TweetMan

TweetMan — Mon, 14 May 2012 11:15:32 +0000

I disagree – the accounts that I warm to are the ones that send me an auto-dm saying “check out my blog” or “link up with me on Linked in” etc.

Not spam, just a web link.

I think that’s a good thing, saves me going into all my new followers, then reading bio, then seeing if they have a web link.

By: Ted

Ted — Sun, 13 May 2012 12:46:52 +0000

@Twitter Guy.
Nice post and well-argued. I’m not sure I like the YouTube example outside of the harmless arena of YouTube, though. I has a little bit of unethical in it (Imagine telling someone you’re selling them a hamburger but them not finding out until they bite into it that it’s actually ground dog meat. They wouldn’t have tried it if you’d told them that before time but, hey, they liked it so what’s the harm?).
Otherwise, thanks for providing the other side.

By: Ted

Ted — Sun, 13 May 2012 12:40:35 +0000

Terrific post. Like some mentioned on here, I was actually googling how to set up the automatic DM. Now I think I’ll stick to the way I’ve been doing it. Thank you!

By: Twitter Guy

Twitter Guy — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:20:14 +0000

Whatever, this is a bunch of crap. Toyota, McDonalds and Walmart don’t call me to see how I’m doing but I still buy there products, you don’t have to be my buddy for me to purchase something from you. When was the last time you bought something from a friend? When you follow someone you are giving them the right to send you direct messages, plain and simple. Some will like it, some won’t. Truthfully it’s one of the only ways to get exposure on twitter. Small businesses can’t afford to advertise on twitter to raise awareness because it’s costly. It just shuts the small businesses out so the rich companies can get richer. Sending auto dms is fine, it just depends on who’s sending them. I’ve gotten auto dms from many major companies yet you want to tell the small time guy that he shouldn’t do the same? Pure nonsense.

A funny thing happened the other day. I went on YouTube looking for a song. When I found the song and clicked play, it was another song by a small time artist. I was highly irritated and as I went to hit the spam/report button I actually started listening to the song…and it was actually good. I was reading the comments under the video and many people were commenting about how they were angry at first but then winded up liking the song. Someone told the artist to change the name of the song to his own(he had the title of a major song by a major artist) and he said something that was very true. He said “If I titled it as my own song it wouldn’t have gotten any views, probably less than 100″ and when I watched it had over 25,000 views. I would not have clicked it if it wasn’t the major artists title.

Send the DMs if you want, its your business. Sometimes people don’t know what they’d be interested in until they’re exposed to it.

By: Nette

Nette — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:03:23 +0000

I was just searching for information regarding automated DMs because I thought, “Oh, cool, that’ll make things soo much easier.” Then, I stumbled on this and changed my mind. Thanks for the share of information!

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By: Theo's Self Employment Ideas

Theo's Self Employment Ideas — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:00:48 +0000

I was searching for how to set up these automatic DM’s and I am so glad that the first thing I came across was this post. You really have to look at the bigger picture don’t you, rather than just trying to throw links at people however you can. Thanks for the advice!

By: Diana Febrihatin

Diana Febrihatin — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:52:44 +0000

oh, I was looking a way to make my twitter automated DM people who follow me and this is the first site I am stumbled in. I read word by word you typed here carefully. And I ended up with “Damn, this man is so true!”. Social media is about interactivity. Thanks for the good insight Andrea!!!

Dee

By: Astro Gremlin

Astro Gremlin — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 01:20:35 +0000

I, too, was wondering how to autotweet a welcome to a new follower. I don’t mind such messages, or links or Facebook connections. But I see I would need to use a service. So skipping it. Anyone who has followed me, thanks for the follow but you won’t be getting a message.

By: UnholyJobs.com

UnholyJobs.com — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 04:48:17 +0000

I stopped doing this a while back after realizing that its actually an allowed piece of spam. Those who wrote above are correct – we need to be more social before you can start giving away freebies – cheers and kudos