I am on a rant this morning, I have to admit that I have unfollowed people today because they just piss me off! Most people who start out on Twitter set up an automatic Direct Message to be sent when someone follows them and then after a few weeks they realize that it is far more detrimental to their survival on Twitter and turn it off.
However; some people just aren’t getting it. I am on the bandwagon now to BAN automatic DM’ers. Whats more frustrating than anything to me is if someone sets up an Auto DM and doesn’t Auto Follow Back.
Now, not only am I irritated by the clutter in my inbox but I can’t respond to your DM because your not following back. That is a real pisser.
I understand the motivation for the Auto DM, I did it too when I was just starting out. You really believe that you are introducing yourself and acknowledging your blessed new followers or you are looking for a cheap way to drive traffic to your website.
For the naive, I say this, an Auto DM is not a personal introduction, its a annoyance and a turn off! You would be much better off with a personalized DM that actually relates to that persons profile, tweets, or website. Say why you followed someone, make your welcome DM all about them.
To the goof that thinks that including a link in their Auto DM will increase traffic to their website, I say, “What’s to point of traffic that bounces, doesn’t convert, or is now Pissed off at you”
It’s the quality of the connections that you make on Twitter that holds the value not the number of connections.
Today, I am unfollowing you if you have an Auto DM, and you are not following back so I can reply to you. For all the Newbies, Don’t do an Auto DM, it is bad for your brand and its more of a piss off than a welcome!
There’s my rant about the Auto DM, What say you? Change my mind if you can!
