http://mikeandrewrealestate.com/1127/twitter-is-the-honeymoon-over/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Mike Andrew's Real Estate Tips & Technology Mon, 23 May 2011 12:00:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://mikeandrewrealestate.com/1127/twitter-is-the-honeymoon-over/#comment-217 RealtyVibes Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:13:10 +0000 http://mikeandrewrealestate.com/?p=1127#comment-217 This is an interesting article Mike, and I know that you have been an avid Twitter user for some time and been quite dedicated with your tweets so it can't be said that you're just speaking from a "hunch". I would agree with what you've said and with the data from your reports because although Twitter is engaging and entertaining at times, it does beg the question of "how effective a tool is it really when compared objectively?" . I have 3 Twitter accounts,.. one for my primary blog, one in my own name, and another just started for my real estate "e-focus" blog RealtyVibes.com. Collectively I have just under 1,000 followers and I have noticed the same things you spoke of. It appears that I get about 1% of followers responding to tracked URL's (that's probably quite a high percentage of those that actually see the tweets). I follow about 60 people on one of my accounts and even with such a lowly number I find I can't keep up with the endless tweet-stream (apart from DM's & @replies). The other account I follow 630 people and there's just NO WAY I can account for even 10% of what's streaming through (again DM's & @'s excepted). How then can anyone realistically follow 10,000 to 50,000? Impossible. I follow one guy who follows over 36,000 but to his credit I always get responses to DM's and @replies when I send to him (evidently the only way he sees them). Consistent Tweeting takes quite a bit of effort and planning I find,.. even though I do have Twitter Tools installed on my blogs,..that just allows me to remain active (if not effective). I've concluded that unless one has at least 10,000 to 30,000 followers (as some do) and an an ability to present as an almost irresistible kind of "Rock star" or guru persona, then the likelihood of generating any kind of worthwhile income or attentive traffic from Twitter is probably (if not definitely) going to elude the vast majority of people. I've come to a preliminary conclusion that Twitter is on a parallel with the parody "The King's new clothes" in as much as everyone's hyping it up for their own gain or vanity, but few are willing to shout out "hey the King is naked!" For now I'm happy to have my profiles present on Twitter, but like you, I'm beginning to carefully assess the amount of time and effort invested in that medium. OK Mike,.. cheers, & keep up the good work! Russell @realtyvibes (Twitter) This is an interesting article Mike, and I know that you have been an avid Twitter user for some time and been quite dedicated with your tweets so it can’t be said that you’re just speaking from a “hunch”. I would agree with what you’ve said and with the data from your reports because although Twitter is engaging and entertaining at times, it does beg the question of “how effective a tool is it really when compared objectively?”
. I have 3 Twitter accounts,.. one for my primary blog, one in my own name, and another just started for my real estate “e-focus” blog RealtyVibes.com.
Collectively I have just under 1,000 followers and I have noticed the same things you spoke of. It appears that I get about 1% of followers responding to tracked URL’s (that’s probably quite a high percentage of those that actually see the tweets). I follow about 60 people on one of my accounts and even with such a lowly number I find I can’t keep up with the endless tweet-stream (apart from DM’s & @replies). The other account I follow 630 people and there’s just NO WAY I can account for even 10% of what’s streaming through (again DM’s & @’s excepted). How then can anyone realistically follow 10,000 to 50,000? Impossible. I follow one guy who follows over 36,000 but to his credit I always get responses to DM’s and @replies when I send to him (evidently the only way he sees them).
Consistent Tweeting takes quite a bit of effort and planning I find,.. even though I do have Twitter Tools installed on my blogs,..that just allows me to remain active (if not effective). I’ve concluded that unless one has at least 10,000 to 30,000 followers (as some do) and an an ability to present as an almost irresistible kind of “Rock star” or guru persona, then the likelihood of generating any kind of worthwhile income or attentive traffic from Twitter is probably (if not definitely) going to elude the vast majority of people.
I’ve come to a preliminary conclusion that Twitter is on a parallel with the parody “The King’s new clothes” in as much as everyone’s hyping it up for their own gain or vanity, but few are willing to shout out “hey the King is naked!”
For now I’m happy to have my profiles present on Twitter, but like you, I’m beginning to carefully assess the amount of time and effort invested in that medium.
OK Mike,.. cheers, & keep up the good work!
Russell
@realtyvibes (Twitter)

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