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

By: Personalizing the Twitter follow-back: Why a friendly ‘hello’ makes a difference | vivacions.com

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:09:44 +0000

[...] appreciate automated DMs that say “Thanks for the follow! Check out my website HERE” because they’re a [...]

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

By: Adrienne

Adrienne — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:39:30 +0000

I actually don’t mind the ones that link me to their site or FB or whatever. Let’s not kid, you often dont know anything about the person you are following so I would never know ‘MrPaleo’ has an awesome site unless she sends me the link. Most people don’t even know how to use Twitter anyhow and just crank out sales pitches and links all day long…a genuine, nicely worded ‘Thanks for the follow, let’s get to know each other message’ is ok in my books -especially if you have a family, are running a business and don’t sit there tweeting or dm’ing all day long!

By: Auto-responders and Social Media

Auto-responders and Social Media — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:58:26 +0000

[...] Either way, I explained that additional web apps would need to be brought in to handle the auto respond. So “thank you” could be said. Stripping away this fundamental human aspect and leaving a cold digital interaction. In time, I suppose that the follow base will remain as it is or will ultimately show that people see right through that type of thing. [...]

By: The End Of E-newsletters & The Death Of Social Media, Toronto Copywriter | Tangible Words

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 01:59:22 +0000

[...] The contradictions were rife in his speech. How can you refute e-newsletters for their lack of engagement and then promote automated social media feeds? [...]

By: liza

liza — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 03:47:41 +0000

I’m actually contemplating of doing some DMs for our recent followers and after reading this, I finally decided not to anymore.

I remember some twitter users I followed before sending me messages that has given me excitement to open. After a while, I realized it’s just an automated message which I find a bit off. So why should I do the same thing? I’m glad that I read your post and validated my thoughts about DMs. Kudos!

By: A new spin on Automated Direct Messages on Twitter | The Baby Boomer Entrepreneur

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:56:47 +0000

[...] Stenberg I’ve written a few times about automated direct messages on Twitter (Should You Send an Automated DM to New Twitter Followers? and Using Twitter: Another Look at Sending Automated Direct [...]