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Pending Sign of the Twitter Apocalypse: It’s Being Talked About By Internet Marketers

Started by Duncan Riley · 1 year ago

Twitter has had its fair share of ups and mostly downs lately, but if you think Twitter had its problems now, wait until every second person on Twitter is trying to sell you an ebook, because the internet marketers have discovered Twitter.

This email from well known ebook salesma ... Continue reading »

17 comments

  • edythe

    1 year ago

    that guy is gross.
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  • drewolanoff

    1 year ago

    my FAVORITE part is how HE boldly EMPHASIZES "marketing terms" to SHOW how POWERFUL he really is.

    It's QUITE (not) impressive.

    What a douche.
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  • AndyBeard

    1 year ago

    Oh you mean you have never leveraged one profile (say a blog) to leverage another (Twitter or FriendFeed)?

    How many "Social Media Marketers" (the ones you might call friends) actually measure the effect of their Twitter participation - actually track clicks?
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  • Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins

    1 year ago

    Lots of them. Louis Gray talks about one all the time. Statsbot, I think his name is? But just about anyone with a stats program installed on their blog domain, I imagine, at least looks at the referrer logs.
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  • Matik72

    1 year ago

    That stinks. :(
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  • chrispalle

    1 year ago

    ah, man. just got barf on one of my favorite shirts...
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  • Scabr

    1 year ago

    Not Twitter Apocalypse but ordinary commercial process :).
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  • Svetlana Gladkova

    1 year ago

    Wow, this definitely an extreme example. But this shows that Twitter is really going mainstream. The only thing we are left to do is make sure that we follow only the right people not to be prompted to buy a book in every second tweet :)
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  • banane

    1 year ago

    Manual trackback :)
    MLMs & Social Marketing
    Love to know what you think- Anna
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  • christan singles

    4 months ago

    veritably, "chicaweb" we really don't choose. We have the opportunity to block, but what a stinkin' inconvenience. I get enough bacn. Invitation to "friendship" for one's personal, selfish gain is no friendship at all. Don't estimate you are doing us any favors by asking for friendship good so you can sell us your stuff. If we thirst your wares, we'll google it or ask a friend – a true friend – for a recommendation. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with selling products on the information superhighway, or using the Internet for purchasing, but following twitter folks just to get them to follow back so you sell products defeats the whole purpose of "friending." Go back to your SEOP, please. kthxbai.
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  • John Reese

    1 year ago

    Thanks for the attempt at the personal attack and trying to somewhat smear my reputation as an Internet Marketing educator. I have posted a response on my blog:
    http://www.income.com/blog/2008/06/19/wake-up-c...
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  • Duncan Riley

    1 year ago

    Actually John, the post was a go at Twitter, but now you're claiming to have created Web 2.0 it will very quickly become about you :-) BTW: where's the smear? I said Internet marketers have discovered Twitter? is that a smear? you allegedly don't sell ebooks, my bad, but you certainly sell a lot of hot air and promises... point out EXACTLY how I've smeared you? Or did you not read the ebook about reading a post first before crying like a 2 year old :-)
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  • JD

    1 year ago

    ...and I might add!!!

    Internet Marketers tend to follow other Internet Marketers, we are a community with the same right to be connected as everyone else. We understand or will quickly learn that peeps will simply turn you off if you constantly spam them "buy my eBook" shortened URLs. Twitter is undoubtedly the easiest way to stay connected, network, announce what your doing, and get your blog posts read.

    I want to follow John Reese
    I want to know what he is working on today
    I want to know when he has updated his blog

    If YOU DON'T - just turn him off!
    (same applies to any of his subscribers that stumble into Twitter 'like an Amway rep at a funeral'. Turn them off and they will magical disappear from view).

    The title of this blog has - quite obviously - been constructed to ride on his back.
    Your 10% vs John's 90% - and what value did you add?
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  • Noah

    1 year ago

    Hey Inquisitr.com, 'll send you my affiliate link for Traffic Secrets 2.0, you and mashable might need it after this disaster.
    reply
  • Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins

    1 year ago

    ,,
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  • chicaweb

    1 year ago

    The beauty of twitter is that you choose who you want to follow and who follows you. It is the essence of Web 2.0, you have a say. It is not telemarketing. Let me explain: If you don't like what somebody you are following is saying, stop following them. If any of your followers misbehaves, block them. Simple as that.

    BTW, I thoroughly enjoy John Reese's posts, I think he is one of the best internet marketing people around and I get great recommendations from him. You should try listening, you may learn one thing or two.
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  • chrispalle

    1 year ago

    Actually, "chicaweb" we really don't choose. We have the opportunity to block, but what a stinkin' inconvenience. I get enough bacn. Invitation to "friendship" for one's personal, selfish gain is no friendship at all. Don't think you are doing us any favors by asking for friendship just so you can sell us your stuff. If we need your wares, we'll google it or ask a friend – a true friend – for a recommendation. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with selling products on the Internet, or using the Internet for marketing, but following twitter folks just to get them to follow back so you sell products defeats the whole purpose of "friending." Go back to your SEOP, please. kthxbai.

    BTW- what's with all the trackbacks below?
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