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Apr 11, 2015 08:10AM
Found this article this morning on Twitter: http://www.derekhaines.ch/justpublish...
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What does this mean? I follow a lot of authors and publishers, not for promotion, but because they are funny and entertaining and interesting and I like to see their tweets. Does this mean that Penguin Classics and/or Maureen Johnson won't show up on my feed?If this is true, it really pisses me off. I don't want to see twitters effing "sponsored ads." I want to see the content from the people I follow (intentionally follow, mind you) about their books, their covers, their opinions, their pets, and their kids. I am already interested in them - I don't really consider it promotion if I am following them. If they get boring, or tweet about nothing but their WIP, or post nothing but "buy my book, buy my book" desperation tweets, I unfollow them.
Just read. So disappointing. I admit it took me a while to get used to Twitter, but now I love the vibe. The people are friendly and very supportive. I completely agree with the points that you made and just hope nothing changes. Trace
I didn't know what to make of Twitter when I first joined but now it's one of my go-to places to promote and interact with people. You don't have to promote a lot and even when you do you gotta keep it under 150 characters or so. I've found its nice and curitous to represent people, even if they don't ask. If I like their content and tweet I'm retweeting it so others can see and so people know I'm interested in it. I say it's got a different audience then Facebook, FB seems more mainstream and redundant in certain instances whereas Twitters engage and format is more suitable to quick comments and what not.
It would be a shame if Twitter is "filtered." I agree with Tracy-Anne and Justin, there is a good vibe on Twitter. Where else can you "meet" and chat with people around the world instantly about a topic you are interested in. It is a great place to promote as well as share other people's accomplishments. I only just got the hang of it after two months of using, I will not be happy if I have to figure out something else, ugh!
Readers still have the ability to "filter" their feed by creating lists. I use one focused on books via paper.li and it auto publishes a tweet daily for me spotlighting content from those on that list. I actually have two lists because there must be a cap on how many you can include. On my first list I have 478:
https://twitter.com/ruthdfw/lists/boo... --- honestly it was created over two years ago but the they seem to still be a lively bunch of publishers, authors, book bloggers and other book lovers.
my second list only has 18:
https://twitter.com/ruthdfw/lists/boo... -- feel free to tweet me and I will add you to the list.
Bottomline, promoters will adjust just like they did with Facebook. I hate the changes (and I work for a social media agency so trust me I feel the pain) but at the end of the day they are in biz to make money and if we want to continue to enjoy a free to users service, we will find ways to adjust. I think using lists is a great way to do that.
I think the best promotion of "buy my book" tweets are the ones when you have a sale or its marked free or just tweeting about General writing and publishing related content. Nobody likes seeing ads or pushy authors pushing their books, there is a much more calm and easy way to do it but a lot of times you get people that don't seem to know any better, it's all they know. I've also heard of a way to filter out the ads, I do it on Facebook and honestly I haven't come across too many ads or even ones I don't care for but I'm sure when it happens I'll make sure I'm prepared to filter em and block them.
Ruth wrote: "Readers still have the ability to "filter" their feed by creating lists. I use one focused on books via paper.li and it auto publishes a tweet daily for me spotlighting content from those on that l..."Owww..I still don't know how to use list actually. Although I have been added to lots of them I don't know what it really does though..
S. wrote: "Ruth wrote: "Readers still have the ability to "filter" their feed by creating lists. I use one focused on books via paper.li and it auto publishes a tweet daily for me spotlighting content from th..."Your not alone. I've been added to countless lists and only subscribed to two. Other then all that, I have no clue what it all means.
