Mark Riffey of the Flathead Beacon wrote:
One of the most common mistakes I see in Twitter is the “Hey, thanks for following, want to buy my product?” direct message (in Twitter lingo, a “DM”).
Look at it this way. If we meet for the very first time at a Rotary meeting, the first thing you say face to face after we are introduced is NOT going to be “Hey Mark, great to meet you, want to buy my product? Do ya? Do ya? Well, do ya?”
Literally, right after reading this, I got a direct message response from some person I had just started following. Timing was impeccable. I blocked them quickly.
Full article is here and it’s definitely something every business that aspires to use social media should read and heed.
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