OK, the latest stats by they guys over at Popular Mechanics show that 41 percent of your Twitter followers are Bots or fictitious people, and 41 percent are real people and 18 percent are real companies.
How is that for some stats? Now I am extrapolating here, but I suspect that the numbers are about the same for Facebook as well.
So, if you want to get 20.000 real followers you need to get about 50,000 followers.
Do with this info as you will.
Cheers,
Andrew Easy Anderson
OK, having a Social Media Manger seems to be in Vogue these days. I have seen the ads for some of them with absolutely ludicrous requirements. I know I have been laughing my ass off just reading the want ads for them and you can bet Gary Vaynerchuk is as well. I want to share some of the joy with you here.
First off, the biggy seems to be a Journalism Degree or even better yet an MBA. Really? How or why that one is relevant is beyond me and actually it is totally irrelevant as I will show you.
What they should be asking is, do you have the ability to communicate in 140 characters or less and do you send out a minimum of 1,000 to 5,000 texts a month? This one is obvious as Twitter is a huge part of social media.
Here at two sample out takes from ads that are laughable. These are from a REAL ads… LOL
Completion of an advanced degree (e.g. MA, MPH, MJ, MBA) and six (6) or more years of relevant experience
* 7+ years traditional media experience working for industry-leading company with significant media budgets in the area of digital marketing.
Wow, since Twitter has only been around for 3 years and Facebook did not really get going until about 2007 tell me how you pull off that 6 or more years of relevant experience ? This is not traditional media either. Can you say Clueless?
Tags: CTS, Facebook, Gary Vaynerchuk, Social Medai Managers, Twitter
This is an interview I just did with Dave Olson at HootSuite. I interviewed Dave last April when HootSuite was still a little owl, but growing fast. Now they have over 1.4 million users.
Listen to what has happened at what I consider the best Social Media management tool and learn how you can use HootSuite to help you make more money, stay engaged with your customer base, and learn from the Secret Sauce that HootSuite is using that has lead them to dominate their market in less than a year.
Enjoy,
Andrew Anderson
Here is a link to sign up for HootSuite and get a free account or you can click on the image above or below. If you are a business, you really should look at signing up for the pro service at only $5.99 per month! It is the only way I use to manage my social media for myself and clients. I am also an affiliate too. Which as you know if you are a regular reader of mine, just how rare this is as I always drink my own Kool Aid.
Click the play button to listen to the interview or download the mp3.
Andrew: (Laughter) Yeah, okay. Hello, this is Andrew Anderson and I’ve got Dave with HootSuite on the interview here, and we haven’t spoken in, gosh I think it’s been 8 or 9 months or so. And quite a bit has changed. Um, the one thing that hasn’t changed is I’m still a big fan of HootSuite. I still think it’s the best social media tool that any business can use out there. And, point in fact, I became an affiliate, so I think I’ve sold a couple of subscriptions for you guys and I’m also a paying user of them and as everyone knows, if I don’t like something I won’t talk about it and I will not use it. So, that will set the stage for Dave Olson here and we’ll let you rip. Um, so you guys since we last spoke, um, you’ve surpassed a million users I believe. Is that correct?
Dave: Yeah. You know, it’s been a wild year since we spoke last, and it feels like every week we’re pushing out some exciting announcement and even as equally exciting, we’re finding ourselves in the middle of world affairs and business successes and all sort of stuff. So, it’s a real wild ride. We’re up to about 1.3 million users now and adding at a great pace every day. And it’s also really exciting that these users are coming from all around the world. —–> READ MORE
Tags: Facebook, HootSuite, Social Media, Twitter
One of the main rules of marketing is to find out where you customers are and market there. Well guess what folks? Your customers on Social Media.
This is the latest from Nielson.
Tags: Facebook, Social Media, Twitter
OK, dang 420 character wall limits on Facebook. Seriously. I am all about chunking down but 420 characters? Can you tell that I am not an in the box kind of guy? Just another reminder that you need to have a Blog if you have a Business or want to make money. Or to explain anything in detail which brings me to one of my points. 
Anyway, I was reading a Post over at a Women’s Entrepreneur site last night by an “Expert” Marketer/Web Designer. And no, I am not going to link to a bad article or their website. Whoops, kind of gave it away a bit huh?
Now I am sure she, the Authoress, is a nice lady and all but… Oh heck, I don’t actually know that, she could be a Harpy, but let’s give her the benefit of the doubt anyway and say she is a really super duper nice lady and she probably is. Regardless of her demeanor however, I have to point out that she is just plain wrong about some things in her article. —–> READ MORE
This is an interview that I just did with Dave Olson over at HootSuite which is one of the best tools you can use for Social Media and your business.
They just released a team collaboration tool to manage a Businesses Social Media that frankly, just totally rocks and you need to get it. I allows you to have several people use your Social Media and collaborate while limiting permissions.
Below the interview, I have a video showing you what it can do.
If you are using not using this great Social Media tool (and it is free) and your competition is, at least you will now know why you are losing your customers to the them! I am sure the blog will get hammered so be patient while the audio loads! —–> READ MORE
Tags: Andrew Anderson, Dave Olson, Facebook, HootSuite, Social Media, Twitter
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