BIRD BATHS

We spoke last time about the value of twitter to authors especially new authors seeking to introduce themselves. we spoke about authenticity and that engagement is now a bottom up activity. No longer are we to be told what to enjoy or purchase by top down advertisers, the buyer now has the power and the seller has to work hard to get noticed. However there is a certain amount of pragmatism in using twitter, unfortunately not everyone on twitter is active, not everyone is a sharer and a lot of people use remote bots to publish without interaction. RSS feeds and automatic updating software have an essential place in using twitter but nothing compensates for real honest interaction.

So how do you sus out who is a sharer and who is just a bot. The essential aim is to have some balance between followers and those you are following so ideally you want more followers than those you are following. The way to do this is to regularly spring clean your twitter. There are many ways to do this, we use TWITTERCLEANER which identifies inactive or ghost tweeters that are simply clogging up your twitter and not participating in the shared world of tweeters. Then there is TWITTERKARMA this identifies which tweeters are actively following you and those which have no interest in you. Both allow you to click on the offending tweeters and unfollow.

It seems harsh but regular cleaning gradually whittles down your groupings to a TRIBE of people who have a shared interest in following you and you them and who are more likely to start to develop mutually successful relationships whether it be hobbies or sales leading to a more exciting and interesting twitter experience. CHECK IT.

TAKE CARE DECLAN MUNRO AND BELLE MARSH.

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