Comments on: Social Media Tactics: Being Transparent on Twitter

By: Jaremy

Jaremy — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:59:03 +0000

I’m sure Robert Cialdini would have something to say about that immediate reaction to retweet more and think less :).

Unfortunately (and fortunately) we’re in a period of time where there’s much more interesting content than there’s time to consume it. Which makes it even more difficult to distinguish the signal from noise. Spending all of our time shamelessly self-promoting and spamming just adds to the problem.

Building true, transparent relationships is the best way to improve the situation.

By: Bill Whetstone

Bill Whetstone — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:38:49 +0000

Amen to that!

We could all use a little less manic enthusiasm for replicated self promotion list building spamazoid websites.

It is getting more difficult to Filter and write thoughtful NEW inquiries. I confess I am retweeting more and thinking less…thanks for the wakeup call.

I hope to have more conversations with people on this topic.

By: Jaremy

Jaremy — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:24:58 +0000

Noise filtering is extremely tough and will only get worse. The other day I looked through my unfiltered tweetstream for @techshots and noticed that it was really 90% spam/messages I wasn’t interested in. That’s very bad for longevity.

By: Jaremy

Jaremy — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:23:01 +0000

Very true. Honestly, Gary may be a subject of one of the later transparency posts. He’s extremely open about who he is and that has helped his personality greatly.

By: Chan Hsu

Chan Hsu — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:27:13 +0000

Very nice article. Filtering the spam/single noise on twitter is probably the number 1 thing I do. Transparency is key, I’m not really going to talk to someone who’s obviously just pushing their product. Relationship building will be tough for small companies with no reputation, but I say it can be done. Looking forward to this series

By: Yu-kai Chou

Yu-kai Chou — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:11:58 +0000

Great post! One of the key reasons that Gary Vaynerchuk is so successful (besides the impressive hustle) is his authentic and transparent personality. People love him for who HE IS, not necessarily what his topic is about. That makes him well respected.

Thanks for the insight!