Categories: Authorprenuership

All Twitter followers are not created equal.

One of the things I am coming to understand more of. Or more accurately remembering, is that social media is about 1 on 1 contact. It’s about developing relationships with people. And yes although you can advertise on social media, that’s not its primary purpose. It’s simply about connecting with people one person at a time.

I think when you are starting a business you can forget that. It’s one thing to create a product or service it’s quite another to have that product and or service discovered in the market place. Enter Twitter.

I’ve been looking more at the people who follow me and have gleaned something after staring at who makes up my ‘followers’. I’ve determined that I needed to pare down who was on my list. For example, I just had a individual follow me who has almost 7 thousand followers! Wow I’m impressed. I looked at who he follows, and again almost 7 thousand people. Now that’s quite a lot of people to keep track of, and I doubt this person has ‘relationships’ with all these people. They follow him, he follows them. Quid Pro Quo. But then I looked at the number of tweets he tweeted. 9. Yep the actual number 9. Not Ninety. Not Nine hundred, but 9. So I ask myself. ‘Is this someone I want to follow?’ I mean he obviously doesn’t put out content. Not with just 9 tweets. He’s not being social. He’s collecting numbers. Maybe he’s famous enough that he deserves those numbers, I don’t know. But can I expect him to retweet something, let alone read something that I post. I highly doubt it. I’m probably just another notch in the followers game that can be Twitter.

And that I do not want to become. So I’m doing a purge. Really looking at who I am following. Are they sociable? Are they just an internet placeholder in the twitter verse? Because, I don’t want someone to unfollow me because I never interact with anyone, or haven’t post in over a year. Yep there are some haven’t said a thing on Twitter in over a year.

Then we have the ‘promoter.’ The promoter is the person who follows me in the hopes that I will ask them how I can get thousands of twitter followers yet they themselves have virtually none. I mean come on, at least have a follower list that remotely is impressive enough to want me to say, “Wow yeah I’d like those number.” but nope. I’m followed by what I now see are just Twitter bots or spam. Oh well.

So I’m purging the list. Id’ rather have 100 great followers, than 1000 who barely know I exist. So hence I am now using unfollowersme.com and I must admit. It’s been eye opening. I’d suggest you try it if you’re a Twitter user.

What about you? What lessons have you learned in your experience of being on Twitter? What observations come to mind? Any pointers to share?

Comment below! I actually do comment back! 🙂

Donovan

Donovan M. Neal is the Amazon best-selling independently published author of the Third Heaven Series: a speculative Christian fantasy four book series that explores the captivating story about the fall of Lucifer. The book takes readers on an epic journey through the celestial realms, offering a unique perspective on the events surrounding Lucifer’s rebellion and his descent into darkness. In this imaginative tale, Donovan weaves together elements of Christian theology, angelic mythology, and fantastical world-building. The story delves into the cosmic conflict between good and evil, painting a vivid picture of the spiritual warfare that unfolded in the heavens. Donovan has published eleven books and is currently working on publishing five more in the year 2023 alone. His books have reached thirteen countries including India, Japan, the Philippines, Mexico, Brazil and across Europe, Canada and the US. He has sold over thirty thousand units of his books and generated over a quarter million in gross sales part time and without an agent. Donovan has produced fiction; non-fiction and most recently published a graphic novel. His genre of preference is fantasy and he has been named among such notable authors as Frank Perretti, Brian Godawa, and the late Dr. Michael S. Heiser. When he’s not writing or working, Donovan can be found gaming or enjoying various forms of media. He holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) and a graduate degree in Non-profit Management from Walden University. Prior to his current career, Donovan served in ordained ministry from 1993-2011 and has extensive experience teaching the Bible. You can learn more about him professionally if you would like by clicking here. His favorite movie is the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. He also enjoys gaming and can be found on the Playstation5 deep in Destiny 2, He’s owned most gaming systems all the way back from Atari and Pong! and has made several friends from his beloved days on World of Warcraft. A lover of such classics as chess and backgammon he loves most games and the strategy behind them. When he is not imagining comic conflicts between good and evil he is helping to secure employment for housing insecure women as the Executive Director of a non-profit in the city of Detroit and also serves in the prayer and discipleship ministry of his local church.