Scheduling tasks is a good thing.
Software that automatically shares your tweet genius is even better, right?
Perhaps.
Feeding Schedule
One of the dangers of social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn® is the time drain.
A solution for reducing time spent is a coordination of efforts.
That’s the good side of automating tweets, posts or messages.
There are several options for automating and managing tweets for posting and distribution. Here are just a few.
- AutoTweeter
- Social Oomph
- FutureTweets
- Hootsuite
- TweetDeck
Taking Tweets Off Autopilot
Perhaps it’s the nature of Twitter.
The short, 140-character maximum challenges not only brevity, but also our built-in filter.
Some of us need a lot more than 140 characters to think twice before we hit Send.
- If our Twitter bombs were limited to our Twitter followers, the damage could be minimal
- Did you forget about that helpful, tweet management tool?
- The one that shares every tweet with every social network
Many participants of LinkedIn® use the platform for business networking.
In the latter part of 2009, LinkedIn® presented a feature for adding a feed of your tweets to your profile in LinkedIn®.
In the famous words of Astro from the Jetsons – Ruh-roh.
Since adding the feature, my home page has shown the following from some of my connections.
- I’m at the Starbucks on the corner of X and Y street
- Too much information
- I am (expletive not deleted in original) right now at my client
- Not someone I want to do business with
- You should see what this girl is wearing OMG
- What, are we 12?
The funny thing about some of the tweet offenders is they call themselves consultants or experts.
I could go on, but I’ll spare you. You are probably thinking —
Drop them as a connection.
I did that, but it got me wondering how many times we make a remark, post a comment or send a tweet, and forget how many eyes are watching.
That’s why the Twitter gods invented Direct Messaging (DM).
Social media lulls you into a sense of private conversation.
Typically, I catch myself before going too far, but that tweet is so darn short.
Just think about who may be watching. You might tweet off your next big client.
Do you have any tweet horror stories you’d like to share?
Even with all those eyes watching?
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Hee hee, I remember when that first became available and I had linked folks asking me to turn OFF my tweets.
Fair enough, it’s a different platform with different goals. So I did. ‘Twas a wise decision.
Honest, folks, my sample tweets were not from Barbara. I didn’t know her then. 🙂
I see you lived it 1st hand. I am amazed by some of the things I’ve seen – believe me, I cleaned it up. I guess it just goes to show “one size does not fit all” – like you said, Barbara, different platform.
Thanks for stopping by and ‘fessing up. 🙂
I have yet to see an ROI with Twitter. I use it, and definitely don’t abuse it, but I just don’t see how people are saying they are growing their business with it. I never Tweet that I am having coffee, etc., and rarely do I directly Tweet to make money (sales offer), so here I am, wondering if I should continue with it or not.
Cheers,
Mike
Hi Mike:
Thanks for stopping by. I have to admit I have been using it more with my peers, although I do have a few connections in my niche.
That is more my doing. I have not been real strategic about it. For my niche, I much prefer LinkedIn and I have gotten several good clients from that. I guess it all depends on your business and how you use it. Do you have a preferred marketing vehicle?
Thanks again for taking the time to comment.