Twitter Do you Love / Hate or Ignore it?
 

Just set it up:

http://twitter.com/#!/MaxCandyCom

But not really sure if its worth the trouble?

Do you guys use it?

Never used it.

Or Facebook...

I use it to get sites indexed, hijack trends and spread rumors,...

I never tried it.

I read some postings on it before and was not interested in what was being said,
so I never went back.

:1orglaugh

Never used it personally... :pimp

allot of big twitter fans here

I personally can't stand it but I tolerate it because it makes it easier for my lazy cunt traffic to share my compelling text and expertly curated selection of content.
My theory is that the #1 reason social media has grown to play the large role it currently does in both business and social networking is that the medium appeals to the basic(/pathetic) human desire of 'being popular'. If that's not the case, then why do the most successful websites/services publicly list the # of friends/followers for each user?
About 10 days ago I decided to test the theory and placed an image with the text 'Be Popular' right next to the Twitter symbol. Sure enough, I've seen a dramatic increase in the # of unsolicited mentions. Humans sure are funny little creatures. Anyway, here it is.

http://i.imgur.com/wuOwA.jpg

Very insightful indeed

:2 cents:

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Max - What program do I join to promote your work ? And also what's the best program to use for promoting Dorcel? It doesn't appear as if he has an affiliate program set up.

I can easily pretend that I either use it or don't, what's the point??

www.twitter.com/FetishHits <- :thumbsup!

Same deal. I set up Twitter profiles for my 'Brand names' to avoid others doing so, but do not tweet or login...

Likewise I despise FB with a vengeance...

I personally despise fb as its a waste of time. Twitter sometimes but not much

You know, i do not now that.

They do have a successful member site, but program?

Yeah, a program for affiliates to promote the site. I ll look into it. The Inglorious Bitches trailer looks great!

Thanks allot, we spent a fortune on the Film, so i hope it does well on all the different media platforms.

Will you guys be doing screenings ? Take it on tour! NYC, Montreal, LA, and SF.

In NYC, you could conceivably screen it for One Leg Up and/or School Of Sex. Maybe do it in conjunction with an Inglorious Bitch themed One Leg Up 'eat-in' soiree. Have them charge $300 per ticket for member couples instead of the usual $200 so you guys get a cut, and also sell branded merchandise at the parties.I had an OLU membership a few years ago and if the parties are similar to what they were then, it would be a perfect fit.
http://www.onelegupnyc.com/
http://schoolofsex.net/

http://i.imgur.com/uu2UH.jpg

Yeah going to Mipcom in Cannes tomorrow, will pass on these other ideas. thanks

Cool. Have fun!

There's definitely crossover potential, particularly amongst art/fashion/film targets. Considering that I've seen screenings of Baise Moi and Belle du Jour at Village Cinema and the Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula at the Whitney, it's really not much of a leap.

http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer...caligula/short

I use twitter all day, every day. I've gathered 2000+ followers (without bots or mass following) and I engage my followers. Most people/companies refuse to do this and just spam everyone with their services. This is why most people don't like twitter. They're absolutely cluless about how to use it effectively. I've successfully used twitter to sell music to clients and bring business to my recording studio in Northern California. In fact, my understanding of social media, in general, is what helped land me my current position with Fleshlight!

BTW, the 2000 follower accept is my OTHER account (not the one I just started, in my sig.
http://twitter.com/tofu916

:)

for some reason, adult webmaster sponsors twitter accounts are dead..

they have at most 100 followers when in their programs they have like 5000 webmasters..

makes no sense.. really.

Quoted for truth.

That's exactly right. The sort of people that make jokes about 'why would I want to know what you had for lunch LOL' as their argument that twitter is shit.

It's hilarious watching them fuck up social media.

Show me one that says something interesting/compelling/worth reading?

Exactly.

The truth is that I dont understand it, or face book or any of the other social networking stuff...

I am just to fucking old.

I need to hire a 16 year old to work for me, makes me feel like a complete idiot.. That and cel phones with text MSN messenger WTF

Are you saying that it's categorically impossible for someone to understand best practices for Twitter and other social media, but still not like them? If so, I think we'll have to agree to disagree.

Social Media really is hard to understand

i never did get it, just ignored it since the first time i heard about it, load of crap if you ask me

Might be good as a promo tool.

Read the Clue Train Manifesto from 1999

http://www.cluetrain.com/

Those guys called it way back then!

Hate it..... but i use it.....

i just ignore it

ok, so name off your twitter accounts, i will follow you for awhile then maybe i will get it

It depends what *you* are interested in Max.

For example, I think twitter.com/meaderic is awesome. He's a magician, and just posts really interesting links to things.

There are some great photographers on twitter, maybe start there?

http://wefollow.com/twitter/photography

Which app are you using?

Which app are you using?[/QUOTE]

ummm twitter? What do you mean?

There are a variety of applications that let you consume/tweet with ease.

I wondered which app you were using to read twitter.

The fact you didn't know there were any is probably why you are struggling to make sense of it. :)

Get a twitter app. I like echofon on the iPhone, and the official twitter app on OSX.

i have Twitter on my iphone is that what you mean?

I tweet for Porn.com (@worldsbestporn)
PR_Chi tweets for PimpRoll (@pimprollxxx)
We're following you now!

Social media is finicky but once you get used to it, it's a GREAT way to connect with your clientele. Initially it seemed like a gigantic popularity contest (per previous comments) but then you realize it's about communication.

Twitter is the ultimate common ground for you, me, and celebrity. It lets people know their favorite companies are run by actual people who they can communicate with. :)

...Or they're to follow the innumerable pornbots so they can surf on the lo. :P

Yes. That is called an APP. Something other than twitter.com that you use to read the content of who you follow.

I was just checking you weren't just going to twitter.com as that is a fairly horrid experience.

Did you like the photographers link? Anything there you saw that was interesting to you?

And that's a brilliant example of a bad twitter feed.

""Hello, sweet thang. It is my duty to please that booty." http://pimproll.com #affiliate #porn"

NEW from PIMPROLL: www.IStrapOnMyMan.com login to your account get your campaign started today! #adultwebmaster

@RadicalCash @Pimprollxxx is now following you :D Plz #followback

Why would ANYONE want to read that? Anyone...

but any logical thinking would think that its worth following your sponsors where you make money..

that's more than logical, or not?

you want to follow news of the sponsors..

but most are dead.. no followers at all.. crazy and they update every day.

Yeah the photographers link loots cool, found a few to follow

What is Listed? How do you get listed?

only if they say something interesting and not just spam galls.

But they update with VERY DULL updates. Hence they have no followers. No one cares.

i will use twits when i became famous :)

Get the big pornstars to follow you.
Get them to RT their scene tweets you put out.
Profit.

Give people links they want. Profit.

80% of your tweets should be non-spammy.

Upload every day pics of your life to yfrog, link to news articles, boast and bitch about life. Be human. The *real* followers will start coming.

:thumbsup

We use it as people above have suggested. Give them interesting links, cool pics or something related and have the content next to it. I also send a lot of photo galleries and people seem to enjoy and sign up...We also have a press release account for new releases which sites can add to their site and get latest japan porn news...

I hate the "what I'm cooking now" crap, I think Jimmy is right about his test - people want to be popular, part of the hep crowd. lol.

Useless for me.