Jun 28, 2009

That's insane, why would you want to follow so many people!?

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Jun 28, 2009

So you follow them....then what how does it help you?

What do you want from it?

How much do conversations help you and good links how do they help you on a personal level.

How does retweeting help you and how do you put the info to work for you>

Do you do anything else.

So you learn new stuff...

Lots of stuff and no action or interaction...

What for....

This is a great info on the application>>>>

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Jun 29, 2009

Hi,

Thanks for both comments. This is actually quite an old link that has been shared when I linked my Delicious account - so I've just watched it again.

The value of the size of your Twitter followers does depend on what you are using Twitter for. If you are just sharing with friends then it might seem odd to follow people you dont know. I wont go in that but plenty of people enjoy doing just that.

For those looking to be active and succesful in Social Networking then success is really down to the collecting and sharing of information and people. Why would be people do this? Ultimately to be succesful or better themselves in some way. The likelyhood when you follow someone is that a good percentage will follow you back. Therefore the bigger the follower group the more chance you have of making a difference - even if they dont follow you back you still have the opportunity to benefit from their tweets. Jesse makes these three points in the video to sum up nicely the benefits of following 15,000 people effectivly:

Network, Learn and Help People
Be active in your community
Benefit from this interaction personally - it all comes back to you

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Jun 29, 2009

Thanks...

Like this answer...

Network, Learn and Help People
Be active in your community
Benefit from this interaction personally - it all comes back to you

Only by giving one lives a life of meaning.

Also knowing how to receive gives the opportunity to
someone else to share.

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