Comments on: Automated Direct Messages Are Pointless

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:31:06 +0000

What’s the BALANCE for something like this? Saying “Thank you” is NEVER a bad thing I feel, but, at the same time, you don’t want to come off as a “hard sell”…..

By: Social Marketing: Facebook Business Fan Page

Social Marketing: Facebook Business Fan Page — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 09:09:15 +0000

I agree. I wanted to set up a DM but then I thought that the whole success around Twitter is the fact that the user want to read your tweets. If you have something important to say: use Tweets, not automated DM.

By: The Leadership Dr

The Leadership Dr — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 05:42:24 +0000

I agree with JD above. I have an auto DM (when it works) that thanks for the follow,then asks them their most important leadership trait. When someone takes the time to respond I personally reply and communicate with them with something about their tweet. I don’t know if it has helped yet, but I thought it would be a good way to get a conversation going at least.

To your success,
Steve Young
The Leadership Dr.

By: Trick or Tweet: Tweet Right and You Won’t Be Tricked « Tang Marketing and Communications

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:59:25 +0000

[...] Automated Direct Messages – More of a pet peeve than anything else, but automated direct messages that say things like “thanks for following, visit our website at etc etc” – first off, your direct message adds no value to… anything! Secondly, clicking bit.ly links or other shortened links in direct messages, as mentioned above, can often be a recipe for disaster. Don’t do automated direct messages, they’re annoying. [...]

By: Varinder Kaur

Varinder Kaur — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 06:42:33 +0000

I completely agree with you that automated direct message is very irritating. Twitter or any other social media platform is to get social, share and communicate with others but these ADMs are so very impersonal that it lose the whole meaning of getting social.

By: mo

mo — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:36:30 +0000

You do not need to thank me for following you or convince me to stick around. I am obviously already interested in what you have to say. Unless your automated direct message contains information that cannot be shared publicly–like your home phone number and address–I do not need it.

Especially as all DMs go straight to my cell (useful for organizing meet-ups!), and automated services deliver them around 1am.

An automated “Thanks for following me!” DM at 1 a.m. makes me extremely uninterested in anything else you might have to say. Please do include your home address, that I might arrange for a little surprise to come knocking at 3 a.m.

By: Cornelis

Cornelis — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:08:52 +0000

Hi Rodney,

I was Googling for a way to setup these type of automated messages, but after having read your post I completely agree and I think it has saved me from a lot of future embarrassment. It is indeed all about real personal communication.

Thanks,

Cornelis

By: Neil Ferree

Neil Ferree — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:16:11 +0000

Automation tools (especially Twitter) have run a muck lately! The same business common sense should prevail when adding new followers as well. I think the 6200 followers I have now is much better than the 9000+ followers I had 3 months ago.

The TweeSearch site lets me see and click like minded Quality people vs. bulk follow tools like Twitseeker. I’d much rather connect and engage with others who are active in my niche Social Media Marketing vs. the run of the mill numbnuts who constantly post “but my Sh@t” nonsense.

By: Tim Read: Ripplenet web design

Tim Read: Ripplenet web design — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 08:44:58 +0000

Well, I agree that auto-following is worse than hopeless, but personally I like to get a thank you when I follow someone - its kind of polite, even if it is automatically generated.

By: Nicole VJ Allen

Nicole VJ Allen — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:46:42 +0000

Rodney,

Thanks so much for this post! I have been trying to explain this to people on my account for some time now and you would be amazed at how many people just don’t get it! lol You hit the nail on the head when you said that building trust, adding value and beginning a relationship first is key, but I would also add that LISTENING FIRST is key to being able to pull all of these off.

For those watching this post, I could explain what that entails, but this article will do just as good a job. The link is really long and ugly, so I shortened it for you using bit.ly.

http://bit.ly/2X48g7

Hope it helps,
Nicole