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Follow me back?

The other day I found a new thread on a LinkedIn group that I belong to and it really made me cross. The discussion topic was “Post your Twitter ID here so everyone can follow you and you can follow them back”. Now, it is a misconception that the success you can get...

@AGSocialMedia – 2000 followers and counting!

Today I passed the 2000 followers milestone with my AGSocialMedia account on Twitter which continues to amaze and worry me. Since 6th June 2010 I have had an automated Twitter account which has proven to be a very interesting experiment with the numbers game – here...

The vagaries of Twitter analysis

Since the 4th of June I have been running an experiment using Twitter – and it goes like this. For over a couple of years I have been using Twitter to engage targetted people that I want to have a dialogue with. Over the course of this period I have been very...

Do you want loads of followers?

I’m tired of listening to people in the social media sphere banging on about getting loads of followers and how important it is. For the most part it isn’t important at all. Simply having followers means nothing if they’re not listening to you, means even less if you...

Social Media a force for good?

A brilliant interview with Stephen Fry, Biz Stone (the founder of Twitter) and Reid Hoffman (the founder of LinkedIn). It helps to highlight the better, more human side of social media and the motivation behind these guys. This video is taken from NESTA’s website, and...