Comments on: Can You Judge a Book By Its Cover? (Umm…. Maybe.) http://www.gradontripp.com/2009/08/27/can-you-judge-a-book-by-its-cover-umm-maybe/ Life. Marketing. Social Media. And Combining All Three. Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: jeffcutler http://www.gradontripp.com/2009/08/27/can-you-judge-a-book-by-its-cover-umm-maybe/comment-page-1/#comment-793 jeffcutler Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:09:21 +0000 http://www.gradontripp.com/?p=353#comment-793 Nice cast of smarties. Did you attract them by promising you'd follow them back? How does a struggling writer with no sense of decorum or social causism get to star in a guest post? Nice cast of smarties. Did you attract them by promising you'd follow them back? How does a struggling writer with no sense of decorum or social causism get to star in a guest post?

]]> By: jeffcutler http://www.gradontripp.com/2009/08/27/can-you-judge-a-book-by-its-cover-umm-maybe/comment-page-1/#comment-660 jeffcutler Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:09:21 +0000 http://www.gradontripp.com/?p=353#comment-660 Nice cast of smarties. Did you attract them by promising you'd follow them back? How does a struggling writer with no sense of decorum or social causism get to star in a guest post? Nice cast of smarties. Did you attract them by promising you'd follow them back? How does a struggling writer with no sense of decorum or social causism get to star in a guest post?

]]> By: Rebecca Woodhead http://www.gradontripp.com/2009/08/27/can-you-judge-a-book-by-its-cover-umm-maybe/comment-page-1/#comment-659 Rebecca Woodhead Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:06:36 +0000 http://www.gradontripp.com/?p=353#comment-659 Hi. I totally agree with these points. I'd add that if someone is temporarily involved in something that will involve lots of repetitive or 'look at me' tweets - like a hashtag meeting or a competition - I'll cut them slack if they apologise or explain periodically but I won't if they just spam them out.<br><br>I was put in this position when I was in the Ms Twitter competition - which I pulled out of after winning the UK leg because it's just months of self-promotion otherwise and I was already totally bored of it. (Apologies for the avatar BTW, I changed it months ago but it's stored that one for comments for some reason.) <br><br>I was very fortunate that, because I explained what I was doing and why I was doing it (to promote literacy and the idea that 'the pen is mightier than the pin-up') my followers were incredibly supportive and I gained way more than I lost but I think it's always good manners to explain yourself if you plan to over-tweet for a while. I think you can temporarily 'mute' over-tweeters if they warn you but I'm not sure which app you need for that.<br><br>Thanks for posting this. BTW, I tried to subscribe to your post feed but it's broken so I favorited you instead. Found you on Linkedin through Chris B.<br><br>Rebecca<br><a href="http://rebeccawoodhead.com" rel="nofollow">http://rebeccawoodhead.com</a><br><a href="http://WordNerdArmy.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://WordNerdArmy.blogspot.com</a> Hi. I totally agree with these points. I'd add that if someone is temporarily involved in something that will involve lots of repetitive or 'look at me' tweets – like a hashtag meeting or a competition – I'll cut them slack if they apologise or explain periodically but I won't if they just spam them out.

I was put in this position when I was in the Ms Twitter competition – which I pulled out of after winning the UK leg because it's just months of self-promotion otherwise and I was already totally bored of it. (Apologies for the avatar BTW, I changed it months ago but it's stored that one for comments for some reason.)

I was very fortunate that, because I explained what I was doing and why I was doing it (to promote literacy and the idea that 'the pen is mightier than the pin-up') my followers were incredibly supportive and I gained way more than I lost but I think it's always good manners to explain yourself if you plan to over-tweet for a while. I think you can temporarily 'mute' over-tweeters if they warn you but I'm not sure which app you need for that.

Thanks for posting this. BTW, I tried to subscribe to your post feed but it's broken so I favorited you instead. Found you on Linkedin through Chris B.

Rebecca
http://rebeccawoodhead.com
http://WordNerdArmy.blogspot.com

]]> By: Alexa27 http://www.gradontripp.com/2009/08/27/can-you-judge-a-book-by-its-cover-umm-maybe/comment-page-1/#comment-653 Alexa27 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:41:18 +0000 http://www.gradontripp.com/?p=353#comment-653 Really enjoyed reading this! Really enjoyed reading this!

]]> By: Can you judge a book by its cover? « Jim Storer http://www.gradontripp.com/2009/08/27/can-you-judge-a-book-by-its-cover-umm-maybe/comment-page-1/#comment-652 Can you judge a book by its cover? « Jim Storer Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:26:27 +0000 http://www.gradontripp.com/?p=353#comment-652 [...] Meg Fowler’s “not follow” strategy (cross-posted on “friend” Gradon Tripp’s blog) Love it, [...] [...] Meg Fowler’s “not follow” strategy (cross-posted on “friend” Gradon Tripp’s blog) Love it, [...]

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