This one is for the twitter people who come to follow me, give me tips about things i already know, want me to call their hotline, look at their hot photos or just want to catch me in some affiliate net.

Don’t take it personally but i have a problem with your style. It’s not because of the things that you do – it’s because the way you do it.

Don’t worry, this is not another to-do-or-not-to-do-on-twitter list. I’ve read them all and all where crap. Oh, except my own one i’ve posted a couple of months ago ;-)

So this post goes to all the whatever-marketers who recently heard about twitter and think it’s a fat money making machine or playground for absurd promotion ideas. Or just foolish stuff…

I’m sure you are a nice person!

Let me tell you again that i have nothing against you in personal. You can do what you want. If you are a whore you want guys come to your website, register and chat with you. I have no problem with that.

If you are a affiliate marketer and send me a damn fine link i already know that you will earn money when i turn into a lead. It’s absolutely okay for me, because i show ads on my websites as well and i’m happy when people click on it…

There are some other user groups on twitter that simply trust the wrong people, follow the wrong concepts.

And their 1.000+ followers are not worth a single cent.

The wrong way to get followers!

No avatar, no bio, no tweets, nothing but thousands of followers - worth nothing.

There is no one right way to use twitter. You can use it to make money, loads of money, tons of money! There’s no problem about it.

The only thing that sucks is the way you try to get more followers! Many people do it wrong, they may have good intentions but simply use wrong methods.

1. The people on twitter!

The first thing you should understand is that most active members of the twittersphere know the internet very well. They probably know “web 2.0″ and its mechanisms better than you. Don’t try to fool the twitter-people with plump link-posting and the usual “I’m bored, come and watch me doing dirty things” shit.

2. Twitter is not Facebook!

I know that many pro-marketers compare twitter with facebook. But this may lead into a confusion. Yes, you can use both, twitter and facebook, to promote your products. But on twitter you won’t find pretty galleries, colorful applications and other typical elements – only 140 characters. This is completely different to facebook and requires completely different procedures to build a valuable followership.

3. Twitter is no over-night success!

Somebody has told you that you can be successful (whatever that means) on twitter only with a wave of a hand, a blink of an eye? Come on, you can’t be that dumb! It’s just a pretty idea, a sweet dream – like all the “get money for nothing and chicks for free” promises. Understood? Wake up, it takes time to connect with followers and i’m talking about months/years. I know you’ll hate me now but i’m telling the truth.

4. More-Followers Tools are not a good idea!

Here they are, promising you luck, success, hip lifestyle, cool gadgets and “Tons of new followers”. Those services are thorns in twitter’s side. Visit the official twitter blog and help pages to learn that such more-followers tools are not recommendable and often rated as insecure. Apart from that, it makes no sense to collect followers the automatic way – better connect with them!

5. You are easy to spot!

On twitter it’s relatively easy to spot a strange account. As long as they do me no harm i let them follow me but i will not follow back, of course. Just an example: You follow me, i come visiting your twitter timeline (that’s the page where all your tweets appear. Well, “Tweets” are the… okay, please read the twitter help pages), i notice that you already have about 1.000 followers but only 4 or 10 posts. I’m away before i can even think about following you back…

There are a few more reasons i can’t follow you back. After reading this post you are probably able to spot them by yourself. It’s nothing against you in personal. I only think that you are not posting valuable content, nothing that interests me. You can change the way you use twitter for your business and become a honest member of the community anytime. It’s up to you.

Take it seriously or twitter is a waste of time – for you, not for me.

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