Comments on: Book Review: Twitter Revolution

By: BobHereYo

BobHereYo — Wed, 27 May 2009 19:44:52 +0000

Let’s face it, Twitter is not for everyone and even Twitter is having a hard time monitizing their own tribe/herd.

By: Josh Copeland

Josh Copeland — Wed, 27 May 2009 02:51:47 +0000

I agree with @Bryan about @BobHereYo’s comment. Unfortunately “Bob” didn’t leave a way to be contacted, because I’d be happy to tell him that not only do healthcare companies use twitter as a customer support vehicle (@bcbsil, @bcbstx as examples) but wI see 278,000 twitter users who have tagged themselves with the “healthcare” keyword on wefollow.com

Unfortunately people like “Bob” likely haven’t given a little time to investigating Twitter (and likely other similar tools) before judging its merits. If anything, I’ve used Twitter more for its business applications than for personal ones and I get plenty out of it (new contacts, interesting discussion, healthy debate).

@Bryan is right. Twitter is definitely not for some people, and that’s ok with me.

Thanks,
@jbc95a

By: Sharron Field

Sharron Field — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:45:22 +0000

Maybe a bit OT, but following on from that, since we’re on the subject of books: –

Have you read Tara Hunt (@missrogue)’s book “The Whuffie Factor – Using the power of social networks to build your business.” yet? I encourage people to read it.

Perhaps you might like to do a book review on that book in the future if you like it Dave?

As I say it’s just a thought. What I’ve read in it so far has a lot of substance. It’s a very web 2.0 oriented publication. Printed by Crown Publishing, NY, it’s available for $25.00 US in hardback. ISBN 978-0-307-40950-8

- Definitely worth reading.

By: Bryan Bliss

Bryan Bliss — Thu, 21 May 2009 09:42:59 +0000

BobHereYo has inspired me.
Im working on a post or a series of tweets titled.
“Twitter is for everyone, except YOU”

by now the stories of twiter business success measure in the thousands, from accountants, writers, radio personalities, coffeeshops, home depot, finding customers.

twitter is concise, if it takes you a 2 page letter to say ” im clueless but I’m here to argue” then twitter is for everyone, except you.

If you are looking to monetize instantly before developing rapport or relationship then twitter is for everyone, except you.

If you dont know the difference between their, their, and they’re, then twitter is for everyone, except you.

By: prasanna

prasanna — Thu, 21 May 2009 05:51:30 +0000

Nice article.Great information.I just try out.Twitter is a great tool for social marketing.

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By: Matty Byloos

Matty Byloos — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:03:31 +0000

So far Twitter seems to be best used to find interesting things (mostly to read, not to buy) around the web, as tweeted by trustworthy or compelling users. This might be a local event, or an interesting review somewhere.

By: BobHereYo

BobHereYo — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:13:38 +0000

Dave, love your blogs and all of your resources and I follow the mainstream marketing bloggers as well and I totally employ Web 2.0 technologies such as podcasting, webinars, eNewsletters, Linkedin and blogs but I fail to see the purpose of this Twitter thing for any business to business sales.

I see potential for the Business to Consumer but fail to see the business to business with this glorified bulletin board (limited), instant messenger, etc. I am as tech savvy as the next person and pride myself on being a geek but with this one I just don’t get it.

Case in point, I sell software to the healthcare C-Suite a true B2B transaction. Do you think anyone in healthcare administration is Twittering? Let alone following a Tweet by me? NO! There peers are not Twittering either so they will not be able to call on anyone to send them a tweet about me or my company as well, let alone a 140 character note as well.

My thought is that this is being hyped by Internet Marketing people in a way to build the Tribe, Herd, etc. If you want to be known as a savvy marketer then you keep to the mainstream edge with that being Twitter.

So why don’t you answer this question in some future posts if you don’t mind and a few more below.

1)How does 140 characters translate into more B2B or B2C business?

2)What has Twitter Done for B2B for your other readers who are NOT Internet Marketers or Internet Educators?

3)How much time does Twittering Really consume? Daily, Weekly? Monthly? as opposed to other important activities that may yield better outcomes for businesses and B2B Transactions.

Best regards

By: Doug M

Doug M — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:10:48 +0000

David – well said. This is a great book. I reviewed the book a few months ago when I was first learning about twitter and it really helped. I tell all my friends and business contacts to read the book if they want to learn more about twitter and how to succeed at it. Great review on the book.

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By: Chef Patrick

Chef Patrick — Tue, 19 May 2009 14:45:33 +0000

Have you read Twitter Power by Joel Comm?

I’d be curious to know the differences and which one you believe is better.