Archive for social media
A new spin on Automated Direct Messages on Twitter
Posted by: | CommentsI’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 Messages)
An automated DM in Twitter is when you use software to automatically send a direct message to new followers. I was (and still am) against them because everyone knows they’re automated and are often annoying to the receiver. They do nothing to help the receiver get to know, like and trust you better. Getting people to know, like and trust you is your main purpose with marketing.
However, I recently received this automated DM and this is the exception to my no auto-DM rule. Why? Because it made me laugh – which is clearly the goal. It is poking fun at how most people craft these types of messages and instantly made me like the sender a little more. Therefore, it did the job.
What do you think? Leave a comment please.
Andrea J. Stenberg
Do you have a social media marketing plan?
Posted by: | CommentsEarlier this week I was a guest on Yvonne McCoy’s Blog Talk Radio show SOS 4 Your Business. In this episode we talked about why you need a social media marketing plan and what elements you need to include. It was only a 30 minute show but it should give you some ideas about how to get started creating your own social media marketing plan.
