Comments on: Twitter: Your Weapon in the Internet Marketing War

By: colin

colin — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:31:37 +0000

"If a person uses Twitter in a manner that you dislike, unfollow them and move on?" "Why is everyone whining about not liking Guy's Twitter style. Just shut it off."

Because he's giving advice to other people on how to use twitter, and a lot of people find this way of using it extremely annoying and will unfollow you if you do it as well

By: Miranda Rights

Miranda Rights — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:15:04 +0000

Lisa Barone is right. I dropped Kawasaki just days after following him because he is an incredibly annoying twitterer. His following has been established because of his credibility elsewhere and I’m not dissing the guy at all, he’s a genius. But his Twitter stream sucks.
Just because someone is at the top of his field doesn’t mean he always does things right, and for people who use Twitter to actually converse rather than push information blindly, Kawasaki is obnoxious.
Want to see a celeb who does it better? Stephen Fry. His tweets are personal and interesting and he engages on some level with his followers even though they number into the hundreds of thousands. He is there to share, he is there to be with the community, and the community loves that. (Which might just be why Stephen Fry kicks Kawasaki’s ass by about 140,000 followers… just sayin’)

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:49:02 +0000

Why were my comments attributed to Peter Vader above?
I take exception to the reference of Guy Kawasaki as a Twitter spammer. Really, there’s no such thing as Twitter spam anyway because it’s opt-in. Also, I rec’d a DM from him two weeks ago. I follow a whole lot of folks (who I know personally and who have a fraction of his following) who have yet to DM me. Lastly, Twitter (to me) as a micro-blog site presents a diverse range of interesting content. That happens to be what Alltop does. Twitter and Alltop compliment one another well. Imagine having to search for all those resources on your own? Holy Kaw!

By: Niman

Niman — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:42:58 +0000

I absolutely agree with Lisa’s first sentence: “I would definitely not recommend anyone follow Guy Kawasaki’s method of Twittering. ”
I absolutely disagree with everything she said after, including “Guy uses Twitter *horribly*” and “He doesn’t talk to anyone. He doesn’t respond to anyone. He doesn’t engage anyone,” and especially “he really is missing a huge opportunity to build his brand”
And I completely agree with Nick’s comment above.
Guy Kawasaki is a genius. I think most folks are a little jealous that they can’t build the same following as him. I really became a fan of him only AFTER I got to know him through twitter.
In my short experience, I have found Guy to be the most effective Twitter user, period. I consider what he is doing to be an extremely graceful form of marketing.

By: Mark Green

Mark Green — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:09:39 +0000

I came so close to un-following Guy so many times but there was always something to keep me from pressing that button. Now I’m resigned to his style. Why does Twitter have to be a conversation not a blog? It is what I want it to be. For me, it has replaced RSS, blogs (when I can opt to follow instead), the Delicious home page and it added the aspect of being in a room with smart, interesting people of my choosing. Guy is on my invite list.

By: steve

steve — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:08:41 +0000

I take exception to the reference of Guy Kawasaki as a Twitter spammer. Really, there’s no such thing as Twitter spam anyway because it’s opt-in. Also, I rec’d a DM from him two weeks ago. I follow a whole lot of folks (who I know personally and who have a fraction of his following) who have yet to DM me. Lastly, Twitter (to me) as a micro-blog site presents a diverse range of interesting content. That happens to be what Alltop does. Twitter and Alltop compliment one another well. Imagine having to search for all those resources on your own? Holy Kaw!

By: Peter Vader

Peter Vader — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:08:30 +0000

Twitter has taught me two things: I should admire Shaquille O’Neal more and other people less. Mr. Kawasaki is still a net plus to my universe (and bookshelves) but the smug reaction to honest disagreement leaves a bad taste.

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:05:09 +0000

I think Scott Allen said it best.
How many of us could walk into someone’s office, such as Guy’s, and request to see him, and the receptionist just puts you through? Hahaha!!! If you think that would happen, you’ve never been in sales.
Just because you have the privilege through Social Media to follow someone does not automatically mean they have lowered all of the protections they have in place to protect their time and their priorities. If Guy posts a lot of links, I am sure it helps him bring in Revenue, which I would assume helps him pay his bills. I could hear the argument now if Guy blocked his Twitter account…”That snob, he’s so arrogant he won’t allow ‘the little people’ to follow him!”
Give me a break people!

By: Thomas L. Knapp

Thomas L. Knapp — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:59:20 +0000

I follow Guy, and seem to recall a brief exchange or two with him outside of "here's a link to my stuff."

I just generally don't go in for angst about what Twitter "should" be for or about. Between follow, unfollow and block, you can get something resembling whatever kind of experience you want out of it without a lot of work ... and others can do the same for themselves.

By: John Fischer

John Fischer — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:57:19 +0000

I love watching Guy’s stream, yeah I don’t click on every link but I often find things that spark a thought, its Twitter, if you don’t like it unfollow.