Wow, I actually had someone criticize me the other day regarding my twitter strategy. He said I was a fool for not using automated tools to add followers to my Twitter page at a much quicker pace.
It’s true, my following is growing slowly. But steadily. And I am quite happy with my “tortoise” strategy, thank you very much. And I love the fact that it doesn’t bother me that people who joined Twitter long after me have doubled or tripled the amount of followers that I have.
I am always preaching that size doesn’t matter, well, at least when it comes to social media. I believe very strongly that the quality of your following is FAR more important than the quantity. And this is where I fall personally.
But, I also understand that everyone will use social media – and all its tools – differently. So, if using automated tools to build followers works for you, go for it.
But I just believe it is about building a real following, a real community. And you aren’t served well by artificially following hundreds or thousands of people who you don’t really know. To me, it sounds an awful lot like spam…
What do you think?