Comments on: Proof That Twitter Is For Marketing

By: Anne Keckler

Anne Keckler — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:44:20 +0000

Just because they are using the word “marketing,” that doesn’t necessarily indicate what they are doing on Twitter. It only indicates that they use the word. It doesn’t indicate that people who use Twitter want to be sold something.

If the word clouds could be used in the way you suggest, then why don’t we go to Twitter for music, since that is also a prominently featured word for these people?

Just because they are using the word often, that doesn’t indicate anything about Twitter’s usability for that function, IMO. It only means that people are talking about it. For all we know, they may be talking negatively about it.

I suspect that people read the blogs of these men because they are educational and/or entertaining. If you want to attract people (online or offline) you need to be at least one of those.

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By: Jen

Jen — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 10:01:02 +0000

I definitely agree with David Fisher’s comment. I have thought about the same thing. But also, we do market to each other. Take this post for instance – I found it through Twitter. This is a form of marketing to get people to comment on a blog post, is it not? People might click around, might keep your name in mind when they need a certain service that they can’t do themselves.

By: Martin Lindeskog

Martin Lindeskog — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 09:17:44 +0000

I get “marketing” in my cloud too. Could it be classified as network marketing?

By: David Petherick

David Petherick — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 09:06:00 +0000

I was surprised to find the same term’s prominence in my own ‘canvas’ – excellent analysis.

I’d love to see a ‘live cloud’ widget like this which linked to conversations from those I followed with a click on a term.

Well spotted, well presented, thanks – has set me thinking.

By: Pam Foster

Pam Foster — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 03:09:36 +0000

Even if seems that we’re marketing to each other, is that a bad thing? We’re also teaching each other about this new frontier…and providing links to cool trends and insights. I’m enjoying the opportunity to learn how it all works on behalf of my web clients. Thanks for your perspective Jesse.

By: kelvinwins.com

kelvinwins.com — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 02:50:23 +0000

Nice article. I find it a good way for attracting interest to my site/blog but I mainly use it to share ideas with fellow designers.

By: Jesse Newhart

Jesse Newhart — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 21:43:53 +0000

Thanks Bill! Your opinion means a lot to me.

By: Jesse Newhart

Jesse Newhart — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 21:40:52 +0000

Andrew thanks you for your comment. I didn’t realize the data was taken from followers bios. I edited the post accordingly. The idea behind the ~~screwing around~~ experiment still holds true and in certain respects, the data behind the bios could be seen as a harder indicator of a Twitter users interests.

I see your point about @StephenFry and @ ChrisDJMoyles and I was trying to exemplify that with the last graphic in the post.
I definitely wasn’t misleading overall, and as far as a traffic generation strategy, I just write about things that interest me whether music, culture, tech, or social media. If anyone enjoys the things I write or the media I post, it truly is some very tasty icing on the cake. : )