Comments on: On the Importance of Personalization

By: MaryLynn

MaryLynn — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:42:33 +0000

Blogroll links aint that great :P but i am not the admin

By: Tim Reynolds

Tim Reynolds — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:30:55 +0000

Nice post. Thank you for the info. Keep it up.

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By: jharris

jharris — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:34:17 +0000

@Harlem Writer
That is EXACTLY why I love Twitter…it is what you make of it!
I talked about that very thing on my post this week (and very strange, I made the same “bed post” notch analogy!)
Blogs are different, they are more personal & deserve a an email back to the individual when called for (which most of us don’t get an average of 50 responses every time we hit “publish” so it IS more manageable than Twitter).
Thanks again for your post, greatly appreciated.

By: Harlem Writer

Harlem Writer — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:12:26 +0000

I agree some level of personalization is necessary when building or extending one’s professional or personal brand, but speaking solely about Twitter, I’m unable to personally respond to each and every new follower.

Is there an inherent danger in doing so? No, not for me personally. I don’t follow everyone who follows me on Twitter, honestly, because I’m not interested in being sold something daily or reading Tweets about personal family, health, or relationship problems that an increasing number of people feel compelled to share.

Another consideration in not immediately following someone on Twitter is that I wait to see HOW and WHY said person would follow me. Are they a fellow writer, editor, artist, New Yorker, transplant? Or are they collecting people like the veritable bedpost notch after a sexual dalliance?

When someone reaches out to me in a meaningful and genuine way over a period of time, I’m more likely to follow back.

I’m not on Twitter to sell anything, but to network with interesting, like-minded souls, not necessarily in the arts, but it does help as we might be kindred souls.

Your above example of a robot answering the door for dinner guests is appropriate for those in marketing, sales, or business, but for those of us that use Twitter for other reasons, it’s lost.