Because I feel it is important to help others, I figured I'd start doing something new. It's not a new idea in the grand scheme of the Internet, but it is something new for me. I'm going to attempt to promote tools, people, or businesses on a weekly basis. I'm not being compensated accept for maybe some good karma. I am exposed to some brilliant people and products on a daily basis. I have to believe someone will benefit from this series.
This week will be about a product I went searching for. I noticed I had a drop in Twitter followers and I needed to know why. Was it something I said? Well, the short answer is YES.
I found a product that simply states "Find out which of your Twitter updates made people follow or leave you. " It didn't require that I provide my Twitter credentials, only my Twitter ID. It then gave a well formatted timeline of my tweets, the number of my followers, and the changes that correspond with my tweets.
I think this tool is excellent. It provides the feedback necessary for me to change my Twitter behavior. I discovered two possible behaviors people following me (or used to follow me) don't like.
[1] My former followers didn't like it when I retweeted my own post. I'll admit, I was trying Tweetmeme as a new feature and that one backfired on me. The result was 3 unfollows. In the future, if you want to retweet my posts, I welcome it. But, I won't be doing it myself.
[2] My former followers either didn't like the appearance that I alienated someone or the fact that I had four hash tags in my tweet. The back-story is The Triple Constraint blog had a post titled Top Project Management Twitterers. I was included on the list and was very flattered to have been mentioned. It was retweeted and I posted a thank you. Unfortunately, there are a LOT of people that could have been on that list that were not. When one of the people I follow expressed that the roll call of PM Twitterers felt like being back at school waiting to be picked in P.E., I felt like a complete heel. I posted a semi apology and asked if anyone knew of a directory of PMs. The result was 4 unfollows.
So, I'm here to recommend Tweet Effect [www.tweeteffect.com]to all those Twitterers who are curious about what they tweet about and how it might impact those who follow them. The feature is free of charge.
Let me know if you found this post helpful.
Regards,
Derek