Comments on: How Someone With 2000 Twitter Followers Can Be More Powerful than a Person with 25,000

By: Rich Harris

Rich Harris — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:47:55 +0000

Freakin’ excellent!

By: Raul

Raul — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:02:26 +0000

Completely agreed. And you’ve proven your point. Your post includes relevant information, good insights and reflections and it’s been re-tweeted to the end of the world.

That’s what annoys me about the followers game. I don’t care if I have 2, 2,000 or 200,000 – I have the BEST ones.

By: Marylene Delbourg-Delphis

Marylene Delbourg-Delphis — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:54:57 +0000

Very nice piece – Basically if you have a focus and a focused audience, you have a more focused shooting power and higher chances to reach a target that feels an active part of your tribe. A company that has a focus is usually more successful than a company with a scattered “potential.”

By: Beth Kanter

Beth Kanter — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:36:55 +0000

I couldn't have said it any better than Erica has above. It's the relationship that matters. Your person #1 - is building relationships that stick. Your person #2 is focusing on transactional relationships. One is a marriage, the other a one-night stand. Beth Kanters last blog post..Jon Husband, Guest Post: The New Realities of Engagement – Stories That Drive Action Planning and Implementation

By: Erica OGrady

Erica OGrady — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:17:41 +0000

This is a topic I talk about A LOT. Numbers meant something once…but the minute people found a way to “Game” the system…the numbers lost their value.

There are people I know on Twitter with less than 1000 followers who are a million times more influential then the spammers with 25K followers. They have built a strong network based on Real Relationships and Common Interests. They have gone for Quality over Quantity. And they have won

Erica OGradys last blog post..Week One of ReinventingErica.com – CHANGE

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:27:18 +0000

This is a breath of fresh air. I can follow 25000 people, but if half of them are bots, what good does it do me? I have been targeting those I follow lately. The results have been much more useful.

By: Keith Burtis

Keith Burtis — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:16:41 +0000

Holy Moly! Great article. This is very well articulate and I am glad that we connected via twitter. I really don’t have much to add here besides the fact that your blog should be subscribed by all! Great job. Heading into the archives now!

Keith Burtis

By: Dusty Reagan

Dusty Reagan — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:40:30 +0000

This is a great post! In fact I’m gonna’ retweet it!

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Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:15:20 +0000

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By: Ferodynamics

Ferodynamics — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:01:30 +0000

I just learned from TechCrunch you can use bit.ly to track the spread (success) of your links very easily. You just take that funny bit.ly URL and add a “+” (plus) at the end, gives you an animated hourly Flash chart. Anyway, not a new innovation, but more handy than anything I’ve seen before.

Something else I’m trying: I publish the most recent tweets of everyone I follow, on my blog’s front page. Now my own blog is my favorite destination for news. Also, that should extend link juice to the people I follow.