Comments on: Focusing On Value: How I’m Changing How I Use Twitter http://blog.steffanantonas.com/focusing-on-value-how-im-changing-how-i-use-twitter.htm A Blog on Community, Design and Technology Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:53:04 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: The Connector of Open Science: A Talk With Antony Williams of ChemSpider « Significant Science http://blog.steffanantonas.com/focusing-on-value-how-im-changing-how-i-use-twitter.htm/comment-page-2#comment-2420 The Connector of Open Science: A Talk With Antony Williams of ChemSpider « Significant Science Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:28:52 +0000 http://blog.steffanantonas.com/?p=1094#comment-2420 [...] As with all forms of social networking tools online I would say that people need to have an interest in such an environment to begin with. Many people don’t read blogs yet, many are unaware of what RSS feeds are, Twitter would be an annoyance and FriendFeed just one more on the list. It is a very small fraction of the community that is using these tools but it is growing of course. I find FriendFeed of value to ask questions and engage a group of domain experts in discussion but the reality is that, for me, this is a tight knit community and I could engage the majority of them directly by email. I believe that Cameron Neylon and JC Bradley have had success in using FriendFeed to initiate projects and activities around funding applications. The truth is that there are so many groups to interact with and so many activities already underway for ChemSpider that I have backed away a little from all of these tools of late just because of time limitations. I’m focusing instead on building closer working relationships with a select group of people with whom I can get things done and produce an outcome or measurable output. I found that I was losing a lot of time in a week on conversations that didn’t lead anywhere. An interesting discussion was recently started here. [...] [...] As with all forms of social networking tools online I would say that people need to have an interest in such an environment to begin with. Many people don’t read blogs yet, many are unaware of what RSS feeds are, Twitter would be an annoyance and FriendFeed just one more on the list. It is a very small fraction of the community that is using these tools but it is growing of course. I find FriendFeed of value to ask questions and engage a group of domain experts in discussion but the reality is that, for me, this is a tight knit community and I could engage the majority of them directly by email. I believe that Cameron Neylon and JC Bradley have had success in using FriendFeed to initiate projects and activities around funding applications. The truth is that there are so many groups to interact with and so many activities already underway for ChemSpider that I have backed away a little from all of these tools of late just because of time limitations. I’m focusing instead on building closer working relationships with a select group of people with whom I can get things done and produce an outcome or measurable output. I found that I was losing a lot of time in a week on conversations that didn’t lead anywhere. An interesting discussion was recently started here. [...]

]]> By: jazzsequence » » How not to use Twitter http://blog.steffanantonas.com/focusing-on-value-how-im-changing-how-i-use-twitter.htm/comment-page-2#comment-2419 jazzsequence » » How not to use Twitter Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:23:13 +0000 http://blog.steffanantonas.com/?p=1094#comment-2419 [...] not the first person to say that automatically reciprocating all follows is a bad idea.  And probably, if all you want to do is set up hundreds of twitter accounts selling affiliate [...] [...] not the first person to say that automatically reciprocating all follows is a bad idea.  And probably, if all you want to do is set up hundreds of twitter accounts selling affiliate [...]

]]> By: Chuck Bartok http://blog.steffanantonas.com/focusing-on-value-how-im-changing-how-i-use-twitter.htm/comment-page-2#comment-2408 Chuck Bartok Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:25:31 +0000 http://blog.steffanantonas.com/?p=1094#comment-2408 I am so glad I found this Post. Thank you.<br>I concur about the "numbers" and effectiveness <br>of social Media such as Twitter.<br><br>Even tough my Click through rates are around 10-12% consistently on each post with a Link, my platform records "Sales" and those numbers are VERY good.<br>Sales in my vernacular is movement to any level, Opt-in to Newsletter, subscription to membership or RSS feed.<br>My clients are very pleased with their Twitter "action" also, but we a "small Potatoes" keeping our Lists around 2,000-3,000 in our favorite niches.<br>Twitter is Just one Cog in our wheel of Social networking, Off-line and On-line I am so glad I found this Post. Thank you.
I concur about the “numbers” and effectiveness
of social Media such as Twitter.

Even tough my Click through rates are around 10-12% consistently on each post with a Link, my platform records “Sales” and those numbers are VERY good.
Sales in my vernacular is movement to any level, Opt-in to Newsletter, subscription to membership or RSS feed.
My clients are very pleased with their Twitter “action” also, but we a “small Potatoes” keeping our Lists around 2,000-3,000 in our favorite niches.
Twitter is Just one Cog in our wheel of Social networking, Off-line and On-line

]]> By: Steffan Antonas http://blog.steffanantonas.com/focusing-on-value-how-im-changing-how-i-use-twitter.htm/comment-page-2#comment-2407 Steffan Antonas Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:00:31 +0000 http://blog.steffanantonas.com/?p=1094#comment-2407 Thanks for the kind words, Mom Noir. I'm really glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the kind words, Mom Noir. I'm really glad you enjoyed it.

]]> By: Mom Noir http://blog.steffanantonas.com/focusing-on-value-how-im-changing-how-i-use-twitter.htm/comment-page-2#comment-2406 Mom Noir Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:31:22 +0000 http://blog.steffanantonas.com/?p=1094#comment-2406 I can't believe I am just finding this. What a great post! I so am guilty of looking at my numbers to see how many followers I have when I should be focusing on listeners. Out of the 1800 or so people that are following me, I might interact with 50-75 a week, so lately I have been paying attention to who I interact with not how many are blindly following. I will stop talking and look around here. Nice space. I can't believe I am just finding this. What a great post! I so am guilty of looking at my numbers to see how many followers I have when I should be focusing on listeners. Out of the 1800 or so people that are following me, I might interact with 50-75 a week, so lately I have been paying attention to who I interact with not how many are blindly following. I will stop talking and look around here. Nice space.

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